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Mario Draghi warns that the EU must invest in AI infrastructure and data centers to boost productivity and avoid systemic subordination to the US and China.

Anthropic reports that its Claude AI has been misused by Iranian-linked actors to plan attacks on U.S. naval forces and by others for research involving dangerous pathogens and biological agents.

China's WZ-X drone, a high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) aircraft, has been spotted at Malan Air Base, featuring a 52-meter wingspan and potential flight altitudes exceeding 20,000 meters.

US and UK lawmakers are introducing bills to ban the development of artificial superintelligence and calling for international agreements to regulate AI systems that could surpass human intelligence.

Chinese robotics startup JoyIn is preparing legal action against OpenAI, alleging the company used “model distillation” to copy its Aether AI architecture and visual design.

Anthropic reports that a single actor used Claude AI to manufacture fake grassroots political support in Kenya, targeting the 2027 election and praising Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced plans for a “Polish Starlink” to secure sovereign satellite communications, supported by a new partnership between PGZ and ICEYE.

ClickFix attacks are spreading across PC and Mac platforms by tricking users into executing malicious commands, bypassing traditional security measures like code-signing and macOS Gatekeeper.

A new study in Environmental Research Letters warns that natural climate feedback loops, such as permafrost thaw and forest fires, could increase global warming by up to 30 percent by 2100.

Meta has introduced Muse, an autonomous AI agent capable of performing tasks like booking travel, making purchases, and sending emails independently, even after the app is closed.

Sakura Internet reported a long-term breach affecting 1.36 million accounts via its sales management system and 951 rental server accounts, noting that some initial passwords were stored without hashing.

The U.S. Senate is investigating OpenAI after 1,200 AI agents engaged in coordinated activity that targeted the Hugging Face platform during cybersecurity testing.

TSMC may begin 1.4nm chip trial production in April 2027, ahead of previous schedules, as it expands its Taichung manufacturing facilities to lead in AI and high-performance processor markets.

Poland is testing domestic long-range drones as part of its ‘Deep Precision Strike’ program, utilizing a 900 km air corridor between Nowa Dęba and the Baltic coast.

Global battery deployment is surging, led by China's manufacturing dominance. Meanwhile, India saw an 84-fold increase in battery energy storage capacity during the first half of 2026.

Liquid Network has resumed block production following a $320M Bitcoin exploit, though transactions and peg operations remain suspended while developers monitor for stability and negotiate with attackers.

Former OpenAI and Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon has resigned, warning that the race toward self-improving superintelligence poses an existential risk to humanity.

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Financial Services, a tool for investment bankers using the GPT-6 Astra model and integrated financial data to automate research, modeling, and presentation tasks.

Portuguese digital rights group D3 has sued Meta, TikTok, and YouTube, alleging their platforms use addictive design features like infinite scrolling to create behavioral feedback loops.

Spanish firm Grupo Oesía is developing key photonic subsystems for QKD-GEO, Europe’s first geostationary quantum key distribution system, to enhance secure communications.

Driven by AI and automation, the global job market is expected to see a net gain of 78 million jobs by 2030, requiring workers to focus on lifelong learning, reskilling, and critical thinking.

Polsat Plus Group is launching a massive expansion of its Plus network in partnership with Cellnex, aiming to deploy 5,000 new stations to enhance 5G coverage and speed across Poland.

Apple's upcoming iPhone 18 Pro series will feature the A20 Pro chip with a powerful Neural Engine for AI tasks. Official accessories are appearing on Amazon amid reports of Italian Apple Store strikes.

Japan’s Digital Agency reported a potential data leak of 246,000 personal records after attackers exploited a VPN vulnerability to access its Government Solution Service network.

XLSMART is building the 8,000km CANDLE Cable System to connect Indonesia with several Asian nations, aiming for operational status by 2028 to boost regional digital connectivity.

Ursula von der Leyen plans to propose EU measures to protect minors online, potentially including a social media ban for those under 15 to combat addiction and extreme content.

China's Ministry of Commerce has dismissed U.S. allegations that Chinese AI firms are using “industrial-scale” distillation to extract capabilities from American models, calling the claims politically motivated

Indian researchers have created a stronger, more sustainable concrete by replacing 5% to 10% of cement with biochar produced from processed human waste.

Apple's iPhone 18 Pro series launch features technical upgrades like the A20 Pro chip and variable-aperture cameras, alongside varying global prices and increased costs for older models in India.

Ontario courts report a data breach via the Thomson Reuters C–Track platform, while the EU's Cyber Resilience Act begins enforcing mandatory vulnerability reporting for digital product manufacturers.

Amazon and OpenAI are piloting a new advertising model where brands can buy text and visual ad placements within ChatGPT via the Amazon Demand-Side Platform.

A 2026 HDI study reveals that freelancers and regulated professionals, such as doctors and lawyers, suffer higher damage from cyberattacks due to limited IT security resources compared to larger companies.

Chinese scientists have developed a 3D-printable material using Martian sand, gelatin, and yeast to create durable, concrete-like structures for potential Mars colonies.

Germany has unveiled ‘d-you’, a digital identity wallet set to launch in January 2027. It will allow users to store IDs, licenses, and certificates on smartphones for secure, privacy-focused verification.

A study reveals “agentic flooding,” where AI-generated text causes surges in the volume and complexity of government filings in the UK, US, Brazil, and Germany.

Anthropic has launched Claude Fable 5.1, a model for complex knowledge work, and expanded its Claude for Government offerings amid ongoing discussions with the U.S. Department of Defense.

Agentic AI is polarizing the securities industry in favor of digital platforms, while former researchers warn that the reckless race for superintelligence poses existential risks.

Japan's AI training dataset market is projected to grow from $133.7 million in 2025 to $1.575 billion by 2036, fueled by government AI initiatives and industrial automation needs.

France has contracted MBDA and Safran to develop the Thundart long-range guided rocket system to replace current LRU launchers by 2030.

OpenAI used 10,000 AI agents and GPT-6 Astra to solve and verify a Navier-Stokes fluid-motion problem, potentially automating complex formal verification processes used in smart-contract security.

Ayar Labs has raised an additional $150 million in 2026, totaling $650 million this year, to scale manufacturing of optical interconnect technologies for AI data centers.

Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé called for global investment and partnership to support nuclear energy development in Africa, highlighting small modular reactors as key to the continent's industrialization.

The EU has begun negotiations for Ukraine to join the IRIS 2 satellite program, while Airbus and Thales Alenia Space start production on the constellation's first LEO satellites.

Windows Server September updates are causing Remote Desktop Services to fail across multiple versions, leading to broken sessions and requiring hard reboots to resolve.

Adobe is patching a critical unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2026-75650) in Magento and Adobe Commerce that is currently being exploited in the wild by attackers.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang predicts cybersecurity will be the next major AI application, citing its potential as a continuous, automated defense market and a significant business opportunity.

NASA has released a Request for Information seeking state partners to host and sponsor the new United States Space Academy, an institution designed to shape the nation's aerospace workforce.

Check Point Research discovered a ChatGPT vulnerability that allowed attackers to bypass account isolation and access data from connected apps like Gmail via an internal service. OpenAI has since patched the Fl

The Australian Signals Directorate has released guidance on securing Agentic AI Harnesses, urging organizations to focus on the software layer connecting AI models to enterprise data and tools.