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Iran is proposing to take control of seven undersea internet cables in the Strait of Hormuz, mandating permits and tolls for foreign operators. In a scientific breakthrough, new “super steel” could drastically reduce green hydrogen production costs. Meanwhile, the UN condemned West Bank settlers for forcing the exhumation of a Palestinian man’s grave. Lastly, a Dutch regulator upheld a €10M GDPR fine against Uber.
North American unemployment is rising, with Canada hitting 6.9% and US IT jobs declining due to AI uncertainty. Maryland is protesting a $2 billion power grid upgrade to support out-of-state AI centers, while SpaceX’s million-satellite plan faces environmental backlash. Additionally, LA Metro has opened its first new subway stations in 25 years, and Linux gaming is seeing performance boosts via NTSYNC.
An attacker used Morse code to trick AI agents Grok and Bankrbot into transferring $200,000 in tokens. Meanwhile, Meta faces employee backlash over new surveillance software used to train AI models. In the software industry, 10 trillion annual downloads are straining open-source repositories, prompting new sustainability efforts. Finally, a Georgia data center’s use of 30 million gallons of unmetered water has fueled local calls for development bans.
Meta is stripping end-to-end encryption from Instagram DMs by 2026, and Donald Trump has pivoted his AI policy toward strict regulation. As GPT-5.5 costs soar, the Iran war is driving datacenter construction prices up by 20% through supply chain disruptions. A newly identified worm is emerging that deletes competing malware to hijack credentials, while Akamai surges following a major LLM deal.
Three German political parties are exiting X due to concerns over hate speech and disinformation, potentially signaling a broader European shift. In South Korea, the AI-driven semiconductor boom has pushed SK Hynix bonuses to an average of $430,000, reshaping the social landscape. Meanwhile, experts warn as nearly half of young Europeans increasingly rely on AI chatbots for mental health support.
Anthropic is scaling Claude by leveraging SpaceX’s Colossus datacenter and 220,000 GPUs. Meanwhile, Elon Musk plans a massive $119 billion semiconductor facility in Texas. In AI efficiency, navigating websites via visual clicking costs 45 times more tokens than using APIs. Cybersecurity risks also loom as 13% of employees admit to selling work credentials, while Iranian-linked groups use ransomware tactics to mask espionage.