Prison Safety Watch: HMP Millsike, a £400m “super-prison” near York, opened chaotic and is still unsafe, with an inspection finding blind spots from its 1,500-camera design and a chronic shortage of officers. AI & Open Source: Nvidia has agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.93bn, promising developers won’t be forced to run on Nvidia chips. Tech Regulation: Apple is hit with a £2bn UK lawsuit over its App Tracking Transparency privacy rules, with developers claiming unfair treatment versus Apple’s own ads. Energy & Industry: GE Vernova signs a deal to supply 16 onshore wind turbines for ESB’s Chleansaid Wind Farm in Scotland, while Atlas Copco launches AIRPlan in the UK for managed compressed air and gas systems without big upfront CAPEX. Digital Identity: UK guidance on the GOV.UK Wallet suggests private providers may get only “derived” credentials first, raising fears of a two-tier system. Cyber Insurance: Acrisure UK and ESET announce a partnership combining cyber risk expertise with security tech. Climate & Security: UK and France agree to intensify Channel migration crackdowns, and a UK-led NATO Arctic exercise includes US Tomahawk launchers in Norway. Science: British Geological Survey researchers say an ancient supervolcano lies under eastern England, inferred from reworked rock samples.