Trump will raise EU car tariffs to 25% next week, breaking the Turnberry deal. The agreement also covers chips and AI. The cars are the test.

Meta lost its first addiction trial, faces 40+ state AG suits, and bans are spreading. Zuckerberg's earnings call was about AI. No investor asked about children.

Nebius pays $643M for Eigen AI, a 20-person MIT spinout that maximises tokens per GPU. In the neocloud race, inference optimisation is the competitive edge.

Seven companies now operate AI on classified Pentagon networks under "lawful operational use" terms. Anthropic, which refused to drop its safety limits, was replaced.

Founders Fund's $6B fund replaces a $4.6B predecessor spent in under a year. Average check: $600M. Portfolio: Anthropic, Anduril, SpaceX, OpenAI.

Australia imports 80% of its fuel with the lowest reserves of any IEA member. The Hormuz crisis made this a national security problem. The fix is $22.7B in technology.

US debt hits 100% of GDP for the first time since WWII. Interest payments top $1 trillion. Big Tech's AI capex tops $690B. Both are financed with debt from the same pool.

NYBCe and CZ Biohub will derive iPSC lines from cord blood's immune cells, creating shared, broadly compatible resources for cell therapy, disease modelling, and AI-driven drug development.

Kenyan workers lost their jobs after telling journalists they saw users having sex and undressing through Meta smart glasses footage. Regulators and lawyers responded.

Reddit reported first-quarter 2026 revenue of $663m (+69% YoY), beat estimates across every line, raised Q2 guidance above consensus.

RSF's 2026 index records the worst press freedom in 25 years. Over half of all countries are rated difficult or worse. The report names Meta, X, and AI-driven disinformation as structural causes.

Sing Tao Daily reports that Uber has acquired Hong Kong’s Fly Taxi. The deal, if confirmed, removes the main alternative metered-taxi-hailing app from the market.