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The banking industry is pushing back hard on the Clarity Act stablecoin proposal, arguing the legislation would allow crypto firms to evade traditional financial regulations. Senators believed a compromise reached last week had finally resolved months of gridlock, but major banking groups say the current language still creates dangerous loopholes that could undermine the broader financial system.
Meanwhile in California, a proposal to cover the state's canals with solar panels is gaining renewed attention. Researchers say the project could generate thirteen gigawatts of clean energy while conserving enough water for two million people. The obstacles are real though — high installation costs and unresolved questions about environmental impact are keeping large-scale deployment from moving forward.
And in a story that bridges tech security and the modern workplace, new research from Israeli firm RedAccess has exposed a striking vulnerability. Roughly five thousand apps built by employees using AI coding tools — often without any IT oversight — were found exposed to the public internet, connected to live databases. Security teams are calling it the new shadow IT crisis, and the scale of the exposure is significant.
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