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Human rights experts report that Israeli soldiers are using sexual violence to displace Palestinians in the West Bank. Meanwhile, the DHS is developing “ICE Glasses” for real-time facial recognition, raising mass surveillance fears. Internationally, Iran alleges the U.S. used backdoors to sabotage its internet, while NASA warns that next-gen spacesuits may not be ready for the 2028 Artemis III mission.
John Ternus will succeed Tim Cook as Apple’s CEO in 2026, with Cook moving to executive chairman. In tech, StackAdapt is piloting prompt-based ads in ChatGPT, while researchers discovered even “uncensored” AI models exhibit a “flinch” by avoiding sensitive words. Meanwhile, Florida’s citrus industry faces a historic collapse, and over 50% of young Dutch adults now report they do not want children.
The NSA is leveraging Anthropic’s models for cybersecurity despite the DoD labeling the company a supply chain risk. Meanwhile, Palantir’s new manifesto advocates for AI weapons and hard power to defend the West. In hardware, Google is in talks with Marvell for new AI processors, while Tesla expands its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston, with driverless rides slated to begin in 2026.
Casely is recalling 430,000 MagSafe power banks following a fatal explosion and several injuries. In the crypto sector, an attacker drained approximately $292 million in rsETH from Kelp DAO’s LayerZero bridge, forcing a halt to all core contracts. Meanwhile, Elon Musk has proposed a “Universal HIGH INCOME” program to address potential mass unemployment caused by advancements in AI.
Computer science history was marked by the rediscovery of Dennis Ritchie’s lost thesis. In security, Trail of Bits outperformed Google’s quantum cryptanalysis benchmarks by exploiting vulnerabilities in their Rust prover code. Meanwhile, Ubuntu 24.10 dailies are testing an experimental AppArmor-based permission prompting feature, and developers have launched ezli.me, a lightweight, Rust-built URL shortener.
An investigation in Pakistan has linked a recent HIV outbreak among 331 children to reused syringes at a government hospital. Globally, the U.S. and Philippines are launching a manufacturing hub to counter China’s supply chain dominance, while the U.S. and EU negotiate a controversial biometric data-sharing deal. Meanwhile, rising GPU scarcity is driving up AI costs amid new allegations of Amazon price-fixing.