AI & Safety: The UK NCA and Internet Watch Foundation warn parents to tighten social media privacy and review old child photo consent after AI tools make abuse material easier to create. Regulation & Consumer Protection: The FCA consults on simpler, plain-English rules for investment cost disclosures, aiming to make platform and advice charges clearer for retail investors. Health Tech & NHS: Questions grow over the future of Palantir’s £330m NHS Federated Data Platform contract as Andy Burnham weighs distancing the health service from the US firm. Climate & Energy: Heat pump rollout stalls under the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, while public concern about climate change drops—adding pressure to Net Zero plans. Data Centres & Water: Canada-based Wafr raises $100m to cut AI data-centre water use and cooling power demand with a thermal-battery cooling approach. UK Industry & Automation: Automate UK appoints Dan Thombs as CEO as manufacturers reassess automation investment and skills. Local Tech & Infrastructure: Oxfordshire trials a hydrogen-powered highways maintenance truck to cut emissions and improve air quality. Cyber/Privacy in Everyday Life: Research finds 70% of smartphone photos are never revisited, driven by overload and emotional avoidance.