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MENA's Quest for AI Ambitions: A Framework for Hyperscale Data Centre Expansion
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region faces a pressing need to rapidly scale hyperscale data centre capacity to...
HHS Sets Science-Based Thresholds for Kratom Products to Target Opioid Risks
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has recommended science-based thresholds to the DEA to target krato...
Tesla Renames 'Full Self-Driving' to 'Tesla Assisted Driving' in Europe, Boosting Adoption Chances
Tesla has renamed its advanced driver assistance system in Europe to 'Tesla Assisted Driving' after Germany's transport ...
The AI Divergence: How Europe's Overregulation Could Hand China Global Supremacy
Europe's overregulation of AI and data centers could lead to a new great divergence, with China emerging as the global l...
FMCSA's Crackdown on Truck Driver Schools: 9,970 Locations Closed
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has closed nearly 10,000 truck driver training school locations nationwi...
Bureaucracy Is the Biggest Drag on German Competitiveness, Ifo Finds
Half of German firms name regulation as their top competitive problem—far ahead of energy and labour costs—with larger e...
Anthropic Blocks Accounts in Suspected Attempt to Use Claude for Bioweapon Research
Anthropic banned accounts tied to a grant application that sought to make chikungunya virus more harmful and shared find...
More Than a Third of Budapest Short-Term Rentals May Be Operating Illegally, Analysis Finds
New data shows 5,374 of 15,825 Budapest short-term rental listings lack valid NTAK IDs, costing an estimated HUF 3.1bn i...
Russian Business Lobby Seeks Tax Relief on Drone-Defense Spending
RSPP proposals to the cabinet would let companies treat counter-drone costs as non-operating expenses and offer co-finan...
Political Backlash Threatens the U.S. AI Data Center Boom
State-level reviews, moratoriums and cost-shifting proposals are rewriting the assumptions behind America's AI data cent...
Brazil's Power Distributors to Spend R$20bn on Grids as El Niño Hits
Extreme weather has forced Light, Neoenergia, Energisa and Enel to accelerate network automation, expand crews and rewri...
Turkey Tightens Car Rental Rules with Licences, Fleet Limits and Deposit Caps
The Trade Ministry's new vehicle rental regulation introduces compulsory licences, stricter fleet and vehicle standards,...
Telehealth 'Pill Mills' Are Turning Easy Access Into a Patient-Safety Problem
Cash-pay telehealth sites are prescribing GLP-1s, ketamine and other drugs after minimal screening. Clinicians and a JAM...
New York Overhauls Health Insurance Dispute Rules; Key Changes Take Effect Aug. 26
DFS issued guidance implementing budget law that excludes Medicaid Managed Care from IDR, adds Empire Plan and Student E...
Egypt Sets Compensation Rules for Owners of Distinctive-Style Buildings
Egypt's cabinet approves a framework for compensating owners of architecturally distinctive buildings barred from demoli...
FDA's Mandatory GRAS Notification Rule Gets Cautious Industry Backing
Food and feed groups welcome the proposed GRAS transparency overhaul but warn that FDA resources, workable timelines and...
Brazil Finance Ministry Says More Than 5 Million People Blocked From Online Betting
Restrictions tied to Desenrola debt relief, social-benefit rules and self-exclusion, as the government also moves to pub...
Kazakhstan's Crypto Mining Shift: From Garage Farms to a Licensed 676 MW Industry
Licences, accredited pools and a 70/30 energy program are reshaping Kazakhstan's crypto mining sector—but legal miners f...
E-Scooter Injury Surge Widens UK Insurance Liability Gap to £108 Million
MIB data shows claims from e-scooter incidents have topped £108 million, with a structural legal gap leaving private rid...
Kazakhstan Offers Three-Year Tax Holiday to Crypto Investors in Bid to Revitalise Sector
A new government decree exempts individual investors from income tax on digital asset gains for three years, while creat...
France orders nursing homes to publish three key staffing indicators for family scrutiny
A decree now requires France’s 7,500 elderly care homes to publicly disclose their staff-to-resident ratio, absenteeism ...
Alpacem Cement Pours €30 Million into Emission Control as Slovenian Rules Tighten
Slovenia's largest cement producer plans to install advanced oxidation and catalytic reduction systems to meet new pollu...
Home Equity Fintech Splitero Expands to Four More States Amid Industry Scrutiny
The fintech company now offers its Maturity Match equity investment in 18 states, targeting homeowners with locked-in lo...
Egypt’s New Real Estate Brokerage Rules Take Effect: Jail and Fines for Unlicensed Agents
New rules imposing jail terms and fines of up to EGP1 million on unlicensed real estate brokers are now being enforced, ...
No Policy Bar on Airport Operators Owning Airlines, But PPP Contract Restrictions Exist: Indian Govt
India's government says there is no national policy barring airport operators from owning airlines, but PPP agreements m...
Zuckerberg Defends Open-Source Superintelligence, Pledges $1B Community Fund
Mark Zuckerberg outlines Meta’s vision of widespread superintelligence access, proposes government collaboration on AI s...
Mexico Mobile Line Purge Claims 1.7 Million Users in Q2 as Prepaid Shrinks
Mandatory registration drives a 2.9% quarterly drop in mobile access, with prepaid losing 6.3 million lines in H1, but i...
Online Gambling’s $50bn Boom: Regulation, Tech, and the Investment Landscape
Once shackled by religious prohibition, online gambling has grown into a $50bn-plus market. A wave of new legalizations—...
Regulatory Easing and Tech Trends Drive Online Gambling Growth
The global online gambling market, with revenues estimated above $50bn, is expanding at nearly 10% a year as more countr...
Meta Ordered to Pay $567 Million in Damages Over Youth Mental Health Harm in New Mexico
New Mexico judge enforces jury verdict, adding to mounting legal pressure from over 40 states accusing Meta of prioritiz...