Trump administration wants nuclear startups to use plutonium for their reactors

The U.S. government is sitting on dozens of tons of weapons-grade plutonium. It’s hoping startups can find a use for it.

Dutch government blocks US company from acquisition, citing ‘risk to public interest’

The move to block the acquisition of the cloud company that hosts the Dutch digital ID service comes as Europe continues to reduce its reliance on U.S. technology.

Trump delays AI security executive order: ‘I don’t want to get in the way of that leading’

President Trump delayed signing an executive order that would have required pre-release government security reviews of AI models, citing dissatisfaction with the order’s language.

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani takes to Twitch to chat with New Yorkers

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is launching a Twitch series today at 4 p.m. ET.

US cyber agency CISA exposed reams of passwords and cloud keys to the open web

The federal cybersecurity agency left plaintext passwords in a spreadsheet uploaded to a public GitHub repository, per a report by independent journalist Brian Krebs.

r/WallStreetBets really hates the SEC’s proposal to weaken quarterly reporting

The retail trading subreddit submitted the sharpest criticism yet in response to the financial regulator’s idea of letting companies report twice per year.

GM agrees to pay $12.75M in California driver privacy settlement

General Motors has reached a privacy-related settlement with a group of law enforcement agencies led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta.

Pentagon releases UFO files on new website

The initial set of files housed on the site will include those containing unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) videos, photos, and original source documents from across the entire U.S. government. The materials have been reviewed for security purpose…

Airbnb co-founder taps Peter Arnell as first US chief brand architect

Arnell joins Gebbia’s National Design Studio under Trump to unify UX across 27,000 federal sites and streamline how Americans use government services.

Pentagon inks deals with Nvidia, Microsoft, and AWS to deploy AI on classified networks

The deals come as the DOD has doubled down on diversifying its exposure to AI vendors in the wake of its controversial dispute with Anthropic over usage terms of its AI models.