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Japan's GMO Internet Group is taking an unusual approach to a serious breach. After refusing to pay an extortion demand following an attack on its Onamae Desktop Cloud service, the company is offering up to one million dollars in rewards for tips that lead to arrests. The service hosts Windows desktops used for foreign exchange trading, making the breach particularly sensitive.
Shifting to Europe, the EU's so-called twenty-eighth regime, a flagship plan designed to help startups scale across member states, has hit a significant wall in the European Parliament. Trade unions and political parties are raising alarms that the framework would quietly erode workers' rights, and until that tension is resolved, the plan appears stuck.
And on a lighter note, Bosch has quietly upgraded one of the most widely used motors in the electric bicycle world. The new Active Line Plus brings more power and a smaller, lighter design to a drive system already trusted by millions of everyday riders. It's a steady, incremental step, but in the e-bike market, reliability and refinement matter more than headlines.
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