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The company is fighting back against a legal maneuver that could redirect stolen cryptocurrency from hack victims to creditors of decades-old North Korean terror judgments.

A suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius has killed three passengers and sparked WHO coordination across multiple nations, raising questions about rare pathogen preparedness at sea.

The ultra-low-cost carrier ceased operations early Saturday morning after bailout talks with the Trump administration collapsed. Jet fuel prices and creditor disputes sealed its fate.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has published a proposed rule that would create a streamlined pathway for licensing microreactors and similar low-risk designs, with approval timelines as short as six months.

The federal government's Spring Economic Update proposes eliminating nearly 4,000 machines that officials say have become a primary tool for scammers.

The DOL's new AI in Registered Apprenticeship Innovation Portal offers industry-specific training modules and practical tools for organizations integrating AI skills into earn-and-learn programs.

United Flight 1980 struck what pilots described as a shiny small red drone on approach this morning. Consumer drones shouldn't fly that high. Someone built this one to.

From Roswell to the White House registration of aliens.gov, unidentified flying objects have woven themselves into the fabric of American identity for nearly eight decades.

Beijing orders Meta to unwind its acquisition of Manus, imposing exit bans on founders and sparking new rules that force Chinese startups to choose a side in AI's great decoupling.

Jury selection began today in the civil trial that could reshape OpenAI's future and determine if its co-founders breached their nonprofit mission.

The European Commission proposes Google share anonymized search rankings, queries, clicks, and views with competing search engines and AI chatbots under FRAND terms.

The defense startup's integrated family of autonomous submarines, torpedoes, and seabed sensors forms a unified system for persistent ocean operations.

A sweeping DPA invocation frames grid infrastructure as a national security imperative, echoing the same playbook the U.S. is using to reshore semiconductors.

The defense tech company partners with HD Hyundai and Edison Chouest on a new class of autonomous surface vessels targeting the Navy's MASC program. The first hull is already being built in Korea.

The gimbal camera that was approved by the FCC, then wasn't. What happens when trade policy dictates your gear options.

New guidance launches the National Initiative for American Space Nuclear Power, with a lunar reactor targeted for 2030.

The standalone web messenger shuts down April 14th, forcing users into Facebook.com or the mobile app.

The state's attorney general is probing whether the athleisure giant misled consumers about toxic 'forever chemicals' in its products.

The platform's new safety measures raise urgent questions about whether protecting kids requires sacrificing everyone's privacy.

The platform quietly dropped revenue share for aggregator accounts to 60%, targeting low-effort spam. Early data suggests it's working.

Reports claim Apple Maps briefly showed parts of southern Lebanon as Israeli territory during active conflict, raising hard questions about cartographic power.

Iran is accepting cryptocurrency for transit fees through the world's most critical oil chokepoint, with payments reaching $2 million per passage.

The semiconductor giant is betting on domestic manufacturing at a moment when supply chain resilience matters more than raw speed.

The CAC ordered Bitchat's removal under provisions targeting apps capable of influencing public opinion—a familiar playbook for silencing encrypted communication.

A combat search and rescue operation deep inside Iran marks the first such mission since the failed 1980 hostage rescue attempt.

The U.S. now requires visa applicants to unlock their social media before interviews. The surveillance state just got a lot more personal.

A new company backed by serious capital is betting that US semiconductor independence isn't optional anymore.

Router bans signal what's ahead for humanoid bots: national security concerns will fragment the global market into regional manufacturing zones.

From surveillance tools to autonomous swarms, military drones have rewritten the rules of combat in ways we barely understand.

In a move that has ignited fierce debate across the tech and political landscapes, the European Commission imposed a substantial fine on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, on December 5, 2025. The penalty, amounting to 120 million euros—equivalent to approximately $140 million USD—stems from alleged violations of the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA).

The drone doesn’t need to cross a border; it may already be there. A recent strike deep inside Russia didn’t just send a message. It revealed a new structure of war: decentralized, automated, and ambient. Are pre-located drone sleeper cells the new guerrilla warfare?

As Palantir quietly builds a centralized database on every American, and the DOJ seeks to pry open Google's vault of search data, a chilling picture begins to emerge: one where private tech firms become the scaffolding of state surveillance. This isn’t about protecting citizens—it’s about modeling them. And if left unchecked, the future won’t be Orwellian because of government overreach alone, but because we allowed the fusion of public power and private intelligence to happen in plain sight.

In the quest to democratize AI, the DOJ's data gambit represents a bold step. Its success will depend not only on legal outcomes but also on our collective commitment to balancing technological progress with the fundamental right to privacy.

The GENIUS Act doesn’t scream innovation—but it might be the most quietly transformative legislation in crypto since the first token standard. It gives stablecoins the regulatory air cover they need to stop being a shadow asset class and start powering real financial infrastructure.

The U.S. Senate just stalled the GENIUS Act—a major bill aimed at regulating stablecoins—after it failed a key vote amid growing political controversy. At the heart of the issue: concerns over former President Trump’s ties to crypto ventures and fears the bill could open the door to political corruption. For the crypto industry, it’s another frustrating delay in establishing clear rules for a $200B market still operating in regulatory limbo.