23andMe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Sunday, leaving the fate of millions of people’s genetic information up in the air as the company deals with the legal and financial fallout of not properly protecting that genetic information in the first place. The filing shows how dangerous it is to provide Read more…
CERN faces a pivotal decision about its future as the Large Hadron Collider approaches the end of its usefulness by the early 2040s. Management proposes building the Future Circular Collider (FCC), a machine with a 90-kilometer circumference that would smash particles at eight times the energy of the LHC. This Read more…
Worries over China’s “3D” problem — that deflation, debt and demographics are structurally hampering growth — are melting away. Instead, investors are talking about how the world’s second-largest economy can take on the US and challenge its technological dominance. There is the prevailing sense that China’s “engineer dividend” is finally Read more…
Microsoft is expanding its Security Copilot platform with six new AI agents designed to autonomously assist cybersecurity teams by handling tasks like phishing alerts, data loss incidents, and vulnerability monitoring. There are also five third-party AI agents created by its partners, including OneTrust and Tanium. Microsoft’s six security agents will Read more…
Hungary’s Parliament not only voted to ban Pride events. They also voted to allow authorities to use facial recognition software to identify attenders and potentially fine them [The nationwide legislation] amends the country’s law on assembly to make it an offence to hold or attend events that violate Hungary’s contentious Read more…
European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane warned that Europe must develop a digital euro to counter growing American influence over the continent’s financial system amid escalating geopolitical tensions. Lane specifically cited Europe’s “current dependence on US payment-card providers Visa and Mastercard, as well as technology companies including PayPal, Apple Read more…