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Beijing Launches Scenario Handshake Plan to Fast-Track Quantum Tech in IndustryBeijing just rolled out the Scenario Handshake Plan, connecting quantum startups and researchers with industrial and government partners in transport,Philadelphia Residents Push for 3-Year Moratorium on Data CentersAbout 100 Philly locals are calling for a three-year freeze on new data centers, demanding rules on energy use, water, and pollution as the city weighNvidia CEO Pushes Back on New AI Regulation: 'Safety Is Engineering'Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI safety is an engineering challenge, not a reason for new regulation. Companies should set their own development pace, Morgan Stanley: China’s Consumer AI Market Could Hit $44B by 2030Morgan Stanley forecasts China’s consumer AI market to reach 294 billion yuan (~$44B) in monetizable revenue by 2030, leading global adoption and growAirTrunk and Emergence Quantum Explore Cryogenic Cooling for Data CentersAirTrunk and Emergence Quantum team up to study cryogenic cooling for both classical and quantum data centers, aiming to slash water use and boost effOpenAI Eyes $1.2 Trillion Valuation in New Private Funding TalksOpenAI is in early talks with major investors for a new private funding round that could push its valuation to around $1.2 trillion, ahead of a possibPhemex CEO: AI Is Hurting Crypto—Capital Outflows, Hacks, and Centralization RisksPhemex CEO Federico Variola says AI is a net negative for crypto, draining capital, boosting hacker power, and driving the industry toward centralizatCircle Launches Arc Blockchain Mainnet: $370M USDC Moves in First 2 HoursCircle has officially launched the Arc blockchain mainnet, with over $370 million USDC flowing in the first two hours—about 0.05% of supply. LiquidityX Rolls Out Cashtag Trading for Stocks and Crypto in the USX now lets US users trade stocks and crypto via Cashtag, with price charts and a Trade button linking to brokers like Interactive Brokers, Gemini, KraQuantum Computing Needs 100,000x Performance Boost for Real ScienceA new preprint introduces the QUOPS benchmark and tests on Quantinuum, Google, and IBM chips, showing quantum computers need a 100,000x speedup for scORBIT Quantum Processor Cuts Response Times by 40% in Police TestQuantum Dice and North Wales Police tested the ORBIT quantum processor, slashing response time for 15 patrol cars by 40% to 4.82 minutes using historiMetaMask Rolls Out Scam Protection for Romance and Investment FraudsMetaMask adds a new layer of scam protection, leveraging Blockaid to flag romance and investment frauds before users send crypto. Stay safer with MetaMichael Burry Slams OpenAI and Anthropic for Calls to 'Slow Down AI'Michael Burry blasts OpenAI and Anthropic for urging an AI slowdown, calling their motives 'purely self-serving.' He says LLMs aren't real AI or AGI—jServisFirst Bank Taps Covecta AI Agents for Workflow AutomationServisFirst Bank, with over $18B in assets, partners with Covecta to automate routine tasks using AI agents, moving toward an agent-based operations mOpenAI Acquires Glass Imaging in $300M+ Deal to Boost AI Smartphone CamerasOpenAI has reportedly snapped up Glass Imaging, an AI camera startup, for over $300M. The stealth deal marks a major leap from Glass's $100M valuationMicrosoft Unveils MAI Code: Human Control Over AI, No Fake ConsciousnessMicrosoft rolls out the MAI Code, locking in human oversight for AI and banning simulated consciousness. Public input open for 6 weeks, final rules hiSolana Raises Mainnet Transaction Size Limit to 4096 BytesSolana has bumped its mainnet transaction size limit to 4096 bytes, giving devs more room for zero-knowledge proofs and multisig operations in a singlUnreal Engine 5.8: City Sample Gets Built-In Procedural City Generation & LLM SupportEpic Games just dropped a major City Sample update: procedural city generation is now native in Unreal Engine 5.8, with LLM-powered editing via the buGoogle Starts Paying Publishers for Gemini AI Answers in SearchGoogle rolls out AI Contribution Pilot, paying publishers for content powering Gemini AI answers. New Search Console widget tracks monthly AI earningsMetaMask Rolls Out New Scam Protection Tools for Wallet UsersMetaMask adds fresh security features: alerts for address spoofing, new recipients, and investment or romance scams. Added Protection blocks risky traOpenAI Hired Contractors to Review Real ChatGPT ConversationsOpenAI brought in hundreds of contractors to manually review full ChatGPT conversations for quality. Names are hidden and personal data is scrubbed. AS&P Global Backs Kaiko With $110M Series B for On-Chain Data InfrastructureS&P Global joins Kaiko's $110M Series B, boosting data infrastructure for tokenized securities and on-chain markets. Major financial institutions invoPenn Researchers Achieve 10x Faster Four-Qubit Entanglement at Room TempUniversity of Pennsylvania scientists created a four-qubit entangled state in diamond in just 14.8 μs—about 10x faster than sequential methods, with 0TiSe2 Quantum Materials: A Leap in Dark Matter Detection SensitivityResearchers at Hebrew University found TiSe2 quantum materials could boost light dark matter detector sensitivity by 100–1000x. Lab tests are next.