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In a first, US will allow some private firms to carry out cyberattacks

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The new order sweeps away decades of existing U.S. cybersecurity policy prohibiting private companies from conducting ‘hack back’ attacks or offensive cyber operations.

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What’s Scaleup Europe, the $5.7B fund that just backed satellite company ICEYE?

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Scaleup Europe, a public-private fund with a $5.7 billion target, made its first investment by backing Finnish satellite company ICEYE.

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Kyoto Fusioneering starts work on key fusion power plant device

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Fusion power startups are turning to Kyoto Fusioneering to supply components for future power pants. The Japan-based startup just received a grant to build a part of the fuel system.

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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight the billionaire tax

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California’s Prop 40, would impose a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of the state’s billionaires.

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Sila lands $1.4B Pentagon loan as militaries demand more batteries

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Battery materials startup Sila will use a $1.4 billion loan from the U.S. Department of Defense to scale production at its factory in Washington State.

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Historian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy

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On the latest episode of Equity, we spoke to Jill Lepore about “government by machines” and why Elon Musk is a bad science fiction reader.

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Trump administration has spent nearly $4B to cancel offshore wind farms

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The Trump administration has now convinced developers to abandon 12 offshore wind leases. The latest will cost taxpayers $1.2 billion.

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Trump’s DOJ gains oversight of OpenAI’s green-card employee sponsorships

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The DOJ alleged that OpenAI did not meaningful attempt to hire U.S. citizens before seeking permanent residence for Visa-holding employees.

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Trump EPA wrongly canceled $20B in climate funds, appeals court rules

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Climate nonprofits can again access their federal funding more than a year after the Trump EPA ordered Citibank to freeze their accounts.

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India moves to give its instant payments network a business model

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The legislation lays the groundwork for a potential overhaul of India’s zero-merchant-discount-rate regime, under which businesses have not paid fees to accept UPI payments since 2020.

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