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A startup called Polsia is under scrutiny tonight after a detailed exposé alleged the company fabricated its annual recurring revenue figures, inflated its active user numbers, and granted internal staff what's being described as god-mode administrative access over client accounts — all while raising thirty million dollars from investors. It's a serious set of claims, and the startup world will be watching closely for a response.

Shifting from the boardroom to the supply chain, a German research spin-off called Lepto is quietly making waves in deep-tech circles. The company, which its founders say they never intended to commercialize, has developed microscopic terahertz filters barely thicker than a virus. Those tiny components are already finding applications in satellite communications, six-G research, medical imaging, and early-stage quantum computing experiments.

And on the security front, a supply chain attack has hit the Laravel ecosystem. Several Laravel Lang packages — widely used open-source localization tools — were hijacked and repackaged to deploy credential-stealing malware. Developers relying on those packages are urged to audit their dependencies immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

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