⚡️🇨🇳 NEW - China cuts the cord: its "new Internet" is now live China has just launched a digital highway so fast that it renders our usual connections obsolete. More than just a technical feat, this is a strategic move that could well redraw the map of power in global cyberspace. After a decade of titanic work, Beijing has officially launched the China Environment for Network Innovation, or CENI. Imagine a sprawling network of 55,000 kilometers of fiber optics connecting 40 of the country's largest cities. This is not simply access to the Internet as we know it, but rather an open-air laboratory, a platform designed to forge the network technologies of tomorrow, far removed from Western standards. The network simultaneously supports 128 heterogeneous networks (architectures that are incompatible with each other) and can run 4,096 parallel tests. For researchers, it's like Christmas: everyone can tinker with their prototype without disturbing their neighbors. And the icing on the cake is that transmission costs are 60% cheaper than previous solutions.

⚡️🇺🇸 NEW - Trump on Epstein: "Everybody was friendly with this guy, either friendly or not friendly... I don't like the pictures of Bill Clinton being shown. I don't like the pictures of other people being shown."

⚡️🚨 NEW - Fmr Rep. Matt Gaetz tells Tucker Carlson that agents of the Israeli govt tried to blackmail his wealthy father for $25m by saying they had "images of me with underage prostitutes." Gaetz also reveals that just the other day he was personally offered "a bunch of money" to "go to Israel" and give speeches. After he declined, he says he got attacked as an "anti-Semite" by Jonathan Greenblatt at the ADL.

⚡️🇺🇸 NEW - Dr. Scott Gottlieb Worries That Moving the U.S. to the Denmark Vaccine Schedule Could Make Vaccine Makers Liable Again “If they move away from recommending these vaccines and move them to a different configuration on the CDC schedule called shared clinical decision making, there's a question of whether or not they will still have liability protection under the vaccine injury compensation program.”

⚡️🇦🇺 NEW - Australia Removes Anonymity Online Victoria State are pressing ahead with new laws meaning online accounts will no longer be anonymous to Police

⚡️🇮🇱 NEW - Benjamin Netanyahu announces the Israeli government will investigate the October 7 terrorist attacks using a model similar to the 9/11 Commission created under George W. Bush. He says no topic will be off-limits, including questions about his own alleged involvement. "Thats exactly what we're doing"

⚡️🇬🇭 NEW - Ghana's Parliament has just passed a landmark law legalizing the widespread use of cryptocurrencies in the country. This law comes after several months of work on a clear regulatory framework, with licenses for platforms and enhanced controls. Until now, more than 3 million Ghanaians (≈ 9% of the population) were already using cryptocurrencies for payments, transfers, or investments without a clear legal framework, prompting the authorities to take action.

⚡️🚨 NEW - JPMorgan is exploring the possibility of offering crypto trading services to its institutional clients. Bloomberg reveals that the Wall Street bank is evaluating which crypto products and services its markets division could provide, potentially including spot and derivatives trading for institutions.

⚡️🇰🇷 NEW - South Korea introduces mandatory facial recognition scans for purchasing mobile SIM cards to reduce scams.

⚡️🇲🇽 NEW - A Mayor in Mexico, was late for the inauguration of the new train line and couldnt be part of the first trip.