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Efforts to revive chip manufacturing in Pennsylvania have been left in limbo by President Trump's sudden upending of US semiconductor policy over the past year (Michael Acton/Financial Times)

Michael Acton / Financial Times:
Efforts to revive chip manufacturing in Pennsylvania have been left in limbo by President Trump's sudden upending of US semiconductor policy over the past year  —  High-tech semiconductor manufacturing began in the Lehigh Valley but promised federal funds for its revival have not come through

Tencent launches an international beta for QClaw, its OpenClaw-based AI agent, and says the Chinese version, launched in March, reached over 1M users in 10 days (T. K. Lin/KrASIA)

T. K. Lin / KrASIA:
Tencent launches an international beta for QClaw, its OpenClaw-based AI agent, and says the Chinese version, launched in March, reached over 1M users in 10 days  —  OpenClaw's founder publicly endorsed the product's rollout.  —  Tencent has launched an international beta for QClaw …

TikTok's plan to build a ~$38B data center campus in Brazil, its first in Latin America, is facing local pushback over sustainability in a semi-arid area (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
TikTok's plan to build a ~$38B data center campus in Brazil, its first in Latin America, is facing local pushback over sustainability in a semi-arid area  —  TikTok's plan for $9.5bn data centre on Brazil's coast reflects national ambitions but is hit by environmental concerns

Australia's eSafety Commissioner issues transparency notices to Roblox, Microsoft's Minecraft, and other online gaming platforms to detail child safety measures (Renju Jose/Reuters)

Renju Jose / Reuters:
Australia's eSafety Commissioner issues transparency notices to Roblox, Microsoft's Minecraft, and other online gaming platforms to detail child safety measures  —  Australia's internet regulator on Wednesday asked online gaming platforms including Roblox (RBLX.N) and Microsoft's (MSFT.O) …

Documents and sources: insurers including QBE and Beazley are moving to cap cyber policy payouts for losses and regulatory fines tied to AI use and "LLMjacking" (Lee Harris/Financial Times)

Lee Harris / Financial Times:
Documents and sources: insurers including QBE and Beazley are moving to cap cyber policy payouts for losses and regulatory fines tied to AI use and “LLMjacking”  —  Beazley and QBE are among the groups proposing to limit losses from the rapidly advancing technology