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A security researcher is claiming Microsoft quietly built a backdoor into BitLocker, the encryption tool millions of Windows users rely on to protect their data, and has released a working exploit to prove it. If confirmed, this would represent a serious breach of trust between Microsoft and its users, raising uncomfortable questions about who, exactly, holds the keys to your encrypted drive.
Shifting to geopolitics and artificial intelligence, Germany's domestic intelligence agency has chosen a French AI firm over the American data giant Palantir for a sensitive contract. The decision signals that European governments are increasingly wary of routing intelligence work through American platforms, and suggests the continent is serious about building its own sovereign AI capabilities.
And on the public health front, the World Health Organization has declared an Ebola outbreak in Central Africa a global health emergency. The declaration, which involves cases spreading across Congo and Uganda, triggers international coordination mechanisms and puts pressure on governments and tech infrastructure alike to accelerate response and containment efforts.
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