Daily Cyber and Tech Digest

The Monthly Roundup: Angela Suriyasenee on Southeast Asia’s sovereign-AI race

Microsoft unveils powerful new home-grown AI models | US puts GDP data on the blockchain in Trump crypto push | Nvidia’s $50bn China opportunity, TSMC dumps China tools

NEW ASPI REPORT: Aligning Indo-Pacific cyber rules | FBI, allies: China hacks in 80 countries | Denmark summons US envoy over Greenland ops

China-linked hackers hit Southeast Asian diplomats | Microsoft staff protest Israel ties, occupy president’s office | Whistleblower warns US Social Security records uploaded to insecure cloud

NEW ASPI REPORT: Hyperscale cloud and shared security in the Indo-Pacific: Views from The Strategist | Pentagon: U.S. use AI to suppress dissent | Nationalist AI videos inundate Chinese social media

US blocks Five Eyes from Ukraine peace talk | Africa cybercrime crackdown | Australia orders Binance money laundering audit

China's Great Firewall cuts global access for an hour | 493 child sextortion cases linked to scam compounds | Australian trade union council strikes deal on AI copyright payments

Hackers accessed 850,000 Orange Belgium customer accounts | North Korea-linked hackers target embassies in Seoul in new espionage campaign | Aussie workers sceptical of AI coming for their jobs

US spy chief says UK drops Apple backdoor demand | Cyber attack exposes details of thousands of internet provider iiNet's customers | Nvidia developing more powerful Blackwell-based AI chip for China

U.S. eyes 10% Intel equity via Chips Act grants | Google fined $55M for anticompetitive search engine deals | Foxconn, SoftBank to build AI data gear in Ohio

China cracks down on foreign companies stockpiling rare earth | Trump says he will set tariffs on steel and semiconductor chips in coming weeks | Aus government looks to dump proposed AI Act

White House discusses taking Intel stake | Moscow-attributed hackers seized control of Norwegian dam floodgate | Meta rules permit bots' sensual chats with minors, false health claims