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A near-270 km/h crash in China GT Shanghai trapped Ollie Millroy in a burning Ferrari; a rival pulled him out in 59 seconds, while official medical help arrived minutes later. The incident and a Guangdong crash highlight racing's layered safety system.
President Donald Trump’s AI task force agreed at its first meeting to address cybersecurity, biosecurity and model control risks, and will commission a report on those and other concerns.
A JAMA study estimates up to a quarter of active-duty Army members could receive a low testosterone result from mandatory screening announced by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, though the condition's true prevalence is likely far lower. Experts warn the screenings may lead to unnecessary evaluations and harm.
New York Representative Ritchie Torres plans to introduce the Power to the Players Act, directing the FTC to protect video game ownership and require offline modes when servers shut down.
Data center backlash over electricity, water and local impacts is becoming a midterm issue, with Cato's Jennifer Huddleston urging the tech industry to better explain data centers' role beyond generative AI.
FTC subpoenas OpenAI and Anthropic for documents on safety incidents and possible consumer protection violations.
Twelve state attorneys general asked FERC to authorize a 17.8-mile natural gas pipeline in New Mexico to power an Oracle data center campus for OpenAI, saying a broader environmental review could affect similar projects.
Benn Jordan testified before a Senate subcommittee on Flock Safety's license plate readers as cities cancel contracts.
Scientists have rewarmed pig kidneys stored for months and restored function after transplanting them into pigs, while nuclear operators and U.S. regulators push for more power from existing reactors and BasiGo expands electric buses in Africa.
Citizen Lab says online ad networks were abused to deliver zero-click spyware, including attacks on Al Jazeera devices.
Bloomberg reports Apple plans to launch Apple Intelligence in mainland China in December with older features and no new Siri. ASML posts record quarterly sales and expands capacity for AI demand, while Tencent, OPPO and others push AI agents and regulators face new lawsuits.
Denver’s Intero Biosystems sells lab-grown human intestinal organoids to drug and chemical companies as an alternative to animal testing.
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco, Flock CEO Garrett Langley said the company has not ended contracts with any police departments over abuse of its license plate reader systems, while also saying its gunshot-detection microphones listen only for gunshots, despite broader capabilities listed on Flock's website.
Apple plans to launch Apple Intelligence in China in December via iOS 27.3, excluding Siri AI and some features, Bloomberg reports.
Victoria Labor pledges free abortion care; Albanese rebukes Hanson; Canavan disputes EU trade walkout claim.
A Reform UK member of the Welsh Senedd is suspected of using smart glasses as a teleprompter during a five-minute speech, prompting the Liberal Democrats to urge the Commons speaker to ban the devices from the parliamentary estate, which is already reviewing its policy.
An audit by the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China says the UK’s China policy is incoherent and short on senior expertise, and calls for clearer red lines, stronger security tools and supply-chain diversification.
France’s foreign minister accuses Musk of online harassment campaigns, warning of foreign meddling before 2027 election.
A US Senate report says nearly 1.5 million scammer or bad-actor accounts on Tinder and Hinge matched with users through Q3 2025, while one victim told The Guardian she lost almost $100,000. Match Group disputes parts of the report and cites new safety measures.
Nvidia gives $250m in computing power to UK AI safety research; UK AI Security Institute can review advanced models.
SNAP card skimming may have drained $233 million in benefits over two years, and federal funding cuts could weaken state prevention efforts.
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey and IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned at IMF-World Bank meetings in Bangkok that cyber fraud and attacks could erode trust in finance and push people out of the formal system. They launched the Bangkok blueprint.
Bank of Korea Gov. Shin Hyun-song said the AI investment boom and Middle East conflict are combining to lift inflation, urging a focus on low-income households as South Korea faces a K-shaped economy.
FSC: 100,000 personal info leaks presumed at 16 financial institutions after recent hackings; sensitive financial data not leaked.