Bridges, Breakdowns, and Bomb Shelters

Markets wobble, machines evolve, and conflicts spill across borders. In today’s digest: Botswana declares a health emergency, AI ethics spark debate, cyberattacks escalate, and infrastructure reaches record-breaking heights.

In this episode we cover:

  • Botswana’s hospitals run short of medicines
  • The global debate over AI suffering and rights
  • China’s stealth radar and neutrino megaproject
  • Cholera spreading into Chad’s refugee camps
  • Git code execution flaw under active exploitation
  • Dish retreats from telecom ambitions
  • The first AI-powered ransomware discovered
  • Germany’s car industry sheds 51,500 jobs
  • Japan expands SeaGuardian drone surveillance
  • China’s tightening ideological controls
  • Fusion funding accelerates worldwide
  • MixShell malware exploits web contact forms
  • Hamburg port warehouse explosion
  • Microsoft protesters occupy Brad Smith’s office
  • Nevada state offices shut by cyberattack
  • 5G downgrade attack without rogue towers
  • Nissan breached by Qilin ransomware
  • Norway’s wealth fund divests from Caterpillar
  • Reuters journalist resigns over Gaza coverage
  • Suicide surge among Hong Kong youth
  • Trump weighs stakes in defense firms
  • Turkey builds shelters across 81 provinces
  • U.S. consumer confidence falls on weak jobs data
  • Whistleblower exposes Social Security database mishandling
  • China completes world’s tallest bridge load test

Takeaway:
Nine sections per story, one scan per minute — giving you the signal without the noise.

Links:
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Bridges, Breakdowns, and Bomb Shelters
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