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European central banks are pushing to extend their stablecoin yield ban to crypto lending and staking, arguing that indirect yield structures blur the line between payment tokens and commercial bank deposits. Regulators say the distinction matters — if crypto starts behaving like banking, it should face the same rules.
On a heavier note, the US military has modified its AI-assisted targeting process following a strike that hit a school in Minab, Iran. The incident raises urgent questions about how autonomous systems are integrated into lethal decision-making, and whether human oversight is keeping pace with the speed of AI-driven warfare.
And in a breach that's hard to ignore, three point two million Burger King Russia customers had their personal data exposed following an August two thousand twenty four attack on the company's marketing platform. Troy Hunt's Have I Been Pwned has now indexed the leaked records, meaning affected users can check their exposure — a reminder that marketing databases carry real human risk.
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