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The geopolitics of tech regulation took a sharp turn this week as President Trump threatened the European Union with new tariffs following Brussels' decision to fine Google under the Digital Markets Act. The Commission found Google violated rules around search ranking and anti-steering, and now that regulatory action has become a flashpoint in a broader transatlantic trade dispute.
Closer to the stars, NASA is grappling with a crisis on the ground. Wildfires sweeping through Spain have burned through the Deep Space Communications Complex near Madrid, one of the agency's most critical links to probes operating across the solar system. Crews have been unable to assess the full damage while the emergency continues to grip the region.
And in the world of AI investment, Reid Hoffman and Marc Pincus have co-founded a new lab called Prentis, which is reportedly in talks to raise one hundred million dollars. The bet here is not on coding assistants or chatbots but on automating the routine computer tasks that make up the unglamorous bulk of office work — a quieter but potentially enormous slice of the market.
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