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U.K. Government Drops Apple Encryption Backdoor Order After U.S. Civil Liberties Pushback

The U.K. government has apparently abandoned its plans to force Apple to weaken encryption protections and include a backdoor that would have enabled access to the protected data of U.S. citizens.

U.S. Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard, in a statement posted on X, said the U.S. government had been working with its partners with the U.K. over the past few months to ensure that Americans’ civil liberties are protected.

“As a result, the U.K. has agreed to drop its mandate for Apple to provide a ‘backdoor’ that would have enabled access to the protected encrypted data of American citizens and encroached on our civil liberties,” Gabbard said.

Discover How AI is Transforming Quantum Computing

Quantum technologies have had a meteoric rise and become a key area of prioritization for governments, academics, and businesses. Government funding commitments total almost $40 billion, while private investments since 2021 total nearly $8 billion. The US agency, National Institute of Standards and Technology, released this year three new post-quantum security standards, which governments classify as ‘critical resources’ for the economy and national defense. Meanwhile, users of quantum technologies experiment with them, from industry applications in drug development and materials science to energy grid optimization and logistics efficiency.

Yet, besides a few areas, such as quantum sensing, practical and impactful quantum technologies haven’t matured for widespread use. However, when combined with classical machine learning, practical use cases emerge.

This article delves into the impact and potential of artificial intelligence and quantum technologies with QAI Ventures, a financial partner and ecosystem builder in quantum technologies and AI, as a potential collaborator for startups to deliver investment, resources, global networks, and tailored accelerator and incubator programs.


This article covers AI and quantum technologies with QAI Ventures, a financial partner and ecosystem builder in emerging technologies.

Tinfoil Hat: Secrets, Conspiracies, Myths and Legends

The stuff THEY don’t want you to know. Who is they? The government? The illuminati? Are they the same? Who pulls the strings of power in the world? It may not be the people we think it is. And those running our world are not the people we elected. For centuries the powerful have kept secrets from the prying public. But with the advancement of technology, it has never been easier for the masses to seek out the truth — and expose the lies. They will stop at nothing to protect their agenda. Is this channel safe? Are YOU safe?

Grab your tinfoil hat and let’s dig into secrets, unsolved mysteries, coverups and conspiracies!

Charon Ransomware Hits Middle East Sectors Using APT-Level Evasion Tactics

The threat actor behind the activity, according to Trend Micro, exhibited tactics mirroring those of advanced persistent threat (APT) groups, such as DLL side-loading, process injection, and the ability to evade endpoint detection and response (EDR) software.

The DLL side-loading techniques resemble those previously documented as part of attacks orchestrated by a China-linked hacking group called Earth Baxia, which was flagged by the cybersecurity company as targeting government entities in Taiwan and the Asia-Pacific region to deliver a backdoor known as EAGLEDOOR following the exploitation of a now-patched security flaw affecting OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools.

“The attack chain leveraged a legitimate browser-related file, Edge.exe (originally named cookie_exporter.exe), to sideload a malicious msedge.dll (SWORDLDR), which subsequently deployed the Charon ransomware payload,” researchers Jacob Santos, Ted Lee, Ahmed Kamal, and Don Ovid Ladore said.

How a string of deadly shark attacks made a remote island a hub of lifesaving research

In an instant, one French surfer’s tropical vacation became a nightmare. On a late afternoon in February 2011, Éric Dargent was riding the waves off Réunion, a small island in the Indian Ocean renowned for its world-class waves, when a shark mangled his left leg. Luckily, a nearby surfer quickly fashioned a tourniquet to stem the bleeding and helped him ashore. Surgeons ended up amputating Dargent’s leg above the knee.

At the time, the attack was seen as unusual. But it turned out to be the beginning of what would become known on Réunion as “la crise requins,” or the shark crisis. Over the next 8 years, sharks attacked 30 people around the island, killing 11—accounting for an extraordinary 18.5% of known global shark fatalities over that period. The attacks earned Réunion infamy as a “shark island,” prompting officials to close its beaches to swimming and surfing, causing immense damage to its lucrative tourism industry.

Scientists, however, flocked to the island. In an effort to understand the outbreak and prevent future attacks, the French government, which oversees Réunion, poured millions of euros into studying shark ecology and behavior, as well as technologies to deter attacks. Réunion soon became a major center for shark attack research, rivaling long-established programs in Australia and South Africa. The work has resulted in scores of scientific papers in a wide range of fields, from ecology to social science, and produced technology now used in other regions to catch dangerous sharks while sparing less threatening animals. It has also fueled controversy—including debates over whether wearable electrical devices designed to repel sharks really work and whether the mass killing of the predators increases beach safety—and exposed deep divides in how people view sharks.

OpenAI’s GPT-5 Flop, AI’s Unlimited Market, China’s Big Advantage, Rise in Socialism, Housing Crisis

Questions to inspire discussion.

📊 Q: How did GPT-5 perform compared to GPT-4? A: GPT-5 was narrowly ahead of GPT-4 in artificial analysis, but GPT-4 was significantly better in “humanity’s last exam” and RKGI2, which measures tasks relatively easy for humans but hard for AIs.

🌐 Q: What is the key architectural improvement in GPT-5? A: GPT-5 has a multimodal architecture that can self-select the underlying model for a task, providing a simple, clean interface without users needing to understand technical details.

AI industry growth and economic impact.

💰 Q: How much is being invested in the AI industry annually? A: The AI industry is experiencing astronomical growth, with hundreds of billions of dollars being deployed annually, and a projected trillion dollars in the next 5 years on data centers and AI infrastructure.

📈 Q: Are there already economic returns on AI investments? A: Economic returns on AI investments are already evident, with companies like Meta and Microsoft reporting significant revenue growth and productivity gains.

TISSIUM Announces Clinical Results of COAPTIUM® CONNECT System for Atraumatic Sutureless Nerve Repair

Paris, France, Cambridge, USA, April 2nd, 2025 – TISSIUM, a privately-owned medtech company developing biomorphic programmable polymers for tissue reconstruction, is proud to unveil clinical data which were presented at the IFSSH Congress in Washington, D.C. on March 27, 2025, demonstrating the potential of its COAPTIUM® CONNECT System, an innovative atraumatic sutureless solution for peripheral nerve repair.

Peripheral nerve injuries pose a significant burden, often resulting in impaired nerve function, reduced dexterity, and decreased quality of life. Traditional microsurgical repair with sutures, while effective, presents challenges such as inconsistent functional recovery and the potential for additional nerve trauma. The need for disruptive technologies in nerve repair is clear—TISSIUM’s COAPTIUM® CONNECT System offers an innovative atraumatic sutureless method for coaptation of severed nerves.

Study Overview & Key Findings

A prospective, single-arm study was conducted in patients with digital nerve injuries to assess the COAPTIUM® CONNECT System. The trial enrolled 12 patients, of whom 10 completed the entire 1-year follow-up duration.

ASML Reportedly Faces No Tariffs on Equipment Shipments to the U.S., Allowing TSMC, Samsung & Others Ease in Establishing American Facilities

The Dutch chip equipment manufacturer will be exempted from the new US tariffs, allowing chipmakers like TSMC and Samsung easy access to lithography machines in America.

Well, the US and EU recently concluded on a trade deal, setting the tariff rates to the “baseline” 15% figure, along with potential ‘hundreds of billions’ in investments by the EU into America’s energy sector. However, there are tariff exemptions with specific categories, and one of them includes semiconductors, according to a statement released by the European Commission. This means that US companies could import chip equipment and essentials into the nation without paying the extra costs to the government in form of tariffs, and this means great news for the likes of Samsung and TSMC.

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