AI & Nuclear Engineering: China’s WAIC unveiled an “AI for ADANES” roadmap to embed AI across accelerator-driven advanced nuclear energy, using data, physics models, and expert knowledge to tackle safety-critical deployment. AI Governance: Twenty-nine countries signed up to create WAICO in Shanghai, aiming to move AI governance from principles to implementation with capacity-building. Cyber & Defense Tech: Israel Aerospace Industries launched HYPNOSIS, a counter-UAS system using high-power navigation warfare to jam/spoof satellite navigation and disrupt drone threats. Digital Health: Qatar’s Hamad Medical Corporation is digitizing lab workflows and integrating instruments with electronic records to cut turnaround times and boost diagnostic quality. EV Supply Chains: Vietnam is pitching itself as an EV manufacturing destination via long-term incentives, infrastructure, workforce development, and a growing high-tech ecosystem. Crypto Security: South Korea’s FSS has started sanctions proceedings against Dunamu over Upbit’s 2025 wallet breach, testing how existing rules handle hacking. Infrastructure Timing: India’s “One Nation, One Time” rollout uses White Rabbit precision timing over fiber to synchronize critical services with sub-nanosecond accuracy. Local Tech Policy: California lawmakers push to curb 3D-printed “ghost gun” components with printer software limits, drawing tech and civil-liberties backlash. Energy Storage Backlash: Iberville Parish, Louisiana imposed a two-year moratorium on battery energy storage systems after resident safety and environmental concerns.