The day in 4 cards

Servers borrow, voters balk, orbit beckons, hackers sprint. Who checks the honesty box?. Tap a card to see it full size, or a headline for the whole story.

  1. Explainer: the US AI buildout is projected at 3.6% of GDP a year to 2032, financed increasingly by opaque lending, with stock valuations near historic crash levels.01Is the AI boom a bubble?
  2. Explainer: CERT-In says AI-agent attacks moved from access to impact within hours; banks are urged to speed up response and limit partner access.02Can banks outrun AI hackers?
  3. Explainer: after Democratic wins, tech voices pitched space data centres; Musk spent more than $400 million on losing Republicans, but Texas change faces limits.03Data centres eye orbit after vote
  4. Explainer: studies of honesty boxes and diplomats' parking tickets show culture and rules both shape cheating; violations fell 95% once enforcement arrived.04What cheats teach economists

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