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Microsoft is sounding an alarm that the security industry can no longer afford to ignore. The company says advances in quantum computing have shifted what it calls the risk horizon, and it is now actively ramping up quantum-ready security work with an eye on a two thousand twenty nine deadline. For enterprise teams, crypto agility may soon matter as much as encryption strength itself.
Turning to a legal battle that cuts to the heart of AI and creative ownership, Midjourney is pushing back against three Hollywood studios in court, and it wants them to open their books. Specifically, Midjourney is seeking to compel those studios to disclose exactly how they themselves use AI tools. The move reframes the dispute as less about protection and more about transparency on both sides.
And on the health technology front, your smartwatch may be doing more than counting steps. Researchers and developers are increasingly focused on how wearables can flag early signs of illness, not by setting fixed thresholds, but by learning your personal baseline and spotting meaningful breaks from it. The value, it turns out, is in the outliers.
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