1 Hackers exposed 41,000 Homeland Security workers
Including undercover ICE agents. (Wired $)
+ Much of the data relates to Customs and Border Protection. (TechCrunch)
+ It also linked the agencies to specific surveillance tools. (Reuters $)
+ Big Tech is pushing back against ICE’s demands for user data. (WSJ $)
+ Activists want ChatGPT users to quit over ICE ties. (MIT Technology Review)
2 Putin says Russia is coordinating with “genius” Musk on satellites
He said the cooperation maintains order in orbit. (Bloomberg $)
+ Russia is developing its own version of Starlink. (Guardian)
+ Moscow added Apple and Microsoft to a surveillance registry. (Quartz)
+ Here’s all the stuff we’ve put up in space. (MIT Technology Review)
3 Apple just announced its first-ever MacBook with a touchscreen
It joins a blitz of product launches under new CEO John Ternus. (CNN)
+ Steve Jobs and Tim Cook had both dismissed the idea. (NYT $)
+ Executives say touchscreen advances mean it’s now worthwhile. (Wired $)
4 Bloomberg and trading firms are paying to get Trump’s posts faster
They’ve signed up for Truth Social’s pay-for-access plan. (Reuters $)
5 As US ties fray, Europe is planning its first subsea cable to Greenland
It will bypass the US to link Canada, Japan, and South Korea. (Ars Technica)
+ The EU’s AI champion says Europe can rival US tech giants. (FT $)
6 Palantir’s defense chief says AI could make China target Taiwan
He says Beijing may act to stop the US pulling ahead in AI. (Bloomberg $)
+ Taiwan’s “silicon shield” could be weakening. (MIT Technology Review)
7 Musk’s xAI has offered to buy homes if residents drop a noise lawsuit
The suit targets noise from powering its Mississippi data centres. (Guardian)
8 The world’s first spinal cord transplant has sparked controversy
Experts say there’s little evidence the operation will work. (New Scientist $)
