Google reportedly in talks with SpaceX to launch its orbital data centers — partnership could mark a historic turning point and boost upcoming IPO

Google is reportedly in talks to make Elon Musk’s SpaceX its launch partner for its orbital data centers as part of its Project Suncatcher initiative.

EU considers running undersea cable under the North Pole to link Europe to Asia — Polar Connect aims to bypass the Strait of Hormuz and Russia by 2030

The EU is planning an undersea cable that goes under the North Pole to connect to Asia. This route avoids geopolitical hotspots like the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf but will have to weather the harsh Arctic.

South Korean official proposes ‘citizen dividend’ payouts from AI windfall — markets spooked by suggestion AI revenue should be redistributed to citizens

Kim Yong-beom, presidential chief of staff for policy, floated the idea of a “national dividend” in a Facebook post late Monday.

Trump administration reportedly debating ban on Chinese cellular modules in expansion of FCC crackdown — potential restrictions could impact everything from smart devices and routers to connected cars and industrial IoT systems

A Financial Times report claims the Trump administration is considering restrictions on Chinese cellular modules as the FCC escalates its crackdown on Chinese communications technology, potentially affecting massive portio…

TSMC allocates $20 billion to Arizona expansion — project faces water and labor shortages, complicated by visa rules

TSMC’s Fab 21 becomes profitable in the first year of operations, though TSMC continues to struggle with labor shortage, water shortage, and is concerned about the long-term power supply. Nevertheless, it allocates $20 bil…

Jensen Huang snubbed by White House for President Trump’s China state visit — Nvidia CEO not on roster, which includes Apple’s Tim Cook and Elon Musk

Jensen Huang was reportedly not invited to President Trump’s state visit to China, even though the Nvidia CEO has accompanied the U.S. president in several state visits across the globe. One expert says that this is a “str…

Amazon employees admit to using AI unnecessarily to pump up internal usage scores — workers complain of intense pressure to use AI tools

Amazon is the latest hyperscaler where employees have been caught inflating AI token consumption to hit internal usage targets.

Compromised Mistral AI and TanStack packages may have exposed GitHub, cloud and CI/CD credentials in ‘mini Shai Hulud’ malware infection — supply-chain campaign spreads across npm and AI developer ecosystems like wildfire

Microsoft says attackers compromised the mistralai PyPI package with malware that executed on import, while researchers link related npm compromises affecting TanStack and Mistral SDKs to the broader “Mini Shai-Hulud” supp…

Standard 90-day vulnerability disclosure policy is likely dead thanks to AI, expert warns that AI can weaponize patches in 30 minutes — LLM-assisted bug-hunting ushers in a new cyberworld order

AI-assisted bug detection has massively accelerated the timeline in which new security vulnerabilities are discovered, and one researcher argues that has killed the standard 90-day disclosure policy.