The Daily Shear

Texas pauses data center permits while agency work continues, the EU prepares an Arctic security push, and San Diego makes crypto ATMs warn customers about scams.

Musk offers one SpaceX share to every American child, Alberta rejects a path toward separation, and 1.58 million pounds of meat get recalled after a customer says it arrived warm.

Microsoft exits an Essex AI data centre waiting for power until the 2030s, Interior officials testify over 430 cut golf-course trees, and Texas State prepares to release its first satellite.

Travis County types through delayed voter records, retailers test AI-assisted shelf pricing, and Japan prepares an MMX sample-return mission to Phobos.

Closed nuclear plants get a $4.4 billion restart for data centers, Trump waives his own Russia-Iran sanctions, and Houston police run 183,000 searches through a camera network reaching UNC Charlotte.

TSMC eyes Texas while it and Elon Musk both claim the driver's seat, the Justice Department tries to block California ballots from “likely” noncitizens, and Italy halves airspace capacity after a data-network failure.

Netflix cuts 1,000 jobs while calling business strong, the Justice Department gives California 48 hours to check an unread voter list on an insecure thumb drive, and a China–North Korea bridge opens after 12 years.

Bumble gets a $1.3 billion rescue, a judge blocks the White House ban on three outlets, and a London fraud trial features five public jobs and one separating layer of white make-up.