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NASA has made its chief information officer appointment official, naming Sean Gallagher to the role permanently. Gallagher has been serving in an acting capacity since January, overseeing the agency's full portfolio of information technology products and services. The move signals NASA's intent to stabilize its digital infrastructure leadership at a critical moment for the agency.
Shifting to the quantum frontier, President Trump's executive push on quantum computing is drawing a mixed reception. Industry leaders are welcoming the urgency, but researchers are sounding a cautionary note about cryptocurrency security, warning that Bitcoin's infrastructure simply isn't prepared for the post-quantum era. The accelerated timelines are real, and the window to act may be narrower than most people realize.
And on Capitol Hill, the crypto industry's long-sought legislative clarity is running into an unexpected wall. A coalition of eighty-two Catholic leaders is now opposing a key provision in the Clarity Act that would shield software developers from criminal prosecution. Their concern is pointed and serious — they argue the protection could be exploited to enable human trafficking, a charge that will be difficult for lawmakers to dismiss without substantive revision.
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