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Toilet maker Toto is making an unexpected play in the semiconductor space. The Japanese bathroom fixtures giant has pledged to significantly expand its ceramics division, which produces materials critical to NAND memory chip manufacturing. As global demand for storage continues to strain supply chains, Toto's pivot underscores just how unlikely the heroes of the chip industry can be.
Meanwhile, the UK's Department for Work and Pensions is spending up to two million pounds on what amounts to a fleet of spy vans. The tender calls for covert cameras, live-streaming systems, and in-vehicle recording equipment, all aimed at catching benefit fraud suspects in real time. It's a significant surveillance investment, and one that's already raising questions about proportionality and civil liberties.
And in South Korea, crypto exchange Bithumb has caught a legal lifeline. A Seoul court reversed a six-month business suspension handed down in March over alleged compliance failures, allowing the exchange to keep its core operations running. The ruling is a notable signal about how courts are beginning to weigh regulatory penalties against the systemic disruption they can cause in fast-moving markets.
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