AI Governance & Safety: FTC is investigating OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI firms over product safety risks as Washington pushes voluntary “self-policing” AI accords. US–China Tech Diplomacy: A new US–China AI incident dialogue is emerging from Xi–Trump talks, signaling AI as a central security and power issue. Enterprise AI & Risk Controls: OneTrust unveiled platform upgrades to govern privacy, consent, risk, data and AI at enterprise scale, citing widespread AI incidents. Cybersecurity Reality Check: A new advisory warns that buying security tools isn’t protection unless MFA, monitoring and testing are actually implemented. Infrastructure Cooling for Finance: Options Technology will deploy ZutaCore’s waterless liquid cooling to boost compute density for financial services workloads. Telecom Resilience: Comcast is rolling out fiber-sensing vibration detection to spot network damage earlier, with plans to pair it with AI. Health Tech: Thomson Hospital Kota Damansara introduced handheld robotic-assisted tech for minimally invasive knee replacements. Semiconductors & Training: ABM opened a Boise technical training center for semiconductor manufacturing, while SingNova showcased full-stack RISC-V and AI solutions at Tech Week Singapore. Energy Transition: Petronas is working to make advanced sustainable fuel more economical amid upcoming F1 power unit regulation changes. Business & Community Tech Grants: Tennessee officials announced small technology grants for local libraries, including chromebooks and networking gear. Agriculture Under Strain: Philippines’ DA-Caraga seeks P6.2M for cloud seeding to ease drought impacts on farms.