IDScan.net Breach Linked to 153 Million Driver’s Licences Sold on the Dark Web
IDScan.net, whose software runs ID checks for retailers, rental firms and bars, confirmed a breach. Reporting links it to a dark-web service that listed 153 million US and Canadian licences — credentials that, unlike passwords, cannot be changed.
IBM Says Quantum Advantage Has Arrived. Its Three Papers Don’t Carry Equal Weight.
IBM put quantum advantage on its roadmap for 2026, then claimed it on 30 July with three demonstrations. One makes a real complexity argument; the other two are empirical. None is a reason to change a post-quantum cryptography plan.
Trump Called the Greenland Deal “Infinite.” Two Parliaments Haven’t Voted Yet.
Trump says a new pact gives the US permanent control of Greenland's security. Copenhagen and Nuuk describe a partnership that recognises their sovereignty — and it still needs both parliaments. The clause that matters most is about who else gets in.
Washington Counts 40 Ships Through Hormuz. Commercial Trackers Count a Dozen.
US officials describe dozens of escorted ships and up to 18 million barrels a day crossing Hormuz. Commercial trackers record about a dozen transits against a pre-war hundred — and the insurance market has already picked a side.
Four Ways a Number Goes Wrong, Taken From Our Own Corrections
Almost nothing we corrected this month was invented. The errors were stale figures, superseded documents, claims attached to the wrong subject, and numbers with no source at all — and each has a different tell.
Nobody Has Published a Humanoid Robot Production Count. That Is the Story.
Tesla has never published an Optimus production figure, and Musk told investors in January that it was not in use in Tesla's own factories in any material way. The widely circulated unit counts come from neither Tesla nor its rivals.
Two in Five Private Credit Borrowers Burn Cash. Regulators Say It Isn’t Systemic Yet.
The IMF puts the share of private credit borrowers with negative free cash flow at around 40%, up from 25% in 2021. The FSB's May report calls the sector a vulnerability but stops short of systemic. The gap between those two statements is the whole…
US Factory Construction Is Down 21% in a Year. One Sector Explains Nearly All of It.
Census data puts manufacturing construction at a $172.7 billion annual rate in June, down 21.4% year over year. The decline is not broad — it is concentrated in semiconductor and electronics fabs, which have fallen 44% from their 2024 peak.
Amazon Retired Blue Jay in February. The Launch Announcement Is Still Up.
Amazon's flagship warehouse robot was announced in October to heavy coverage. Its own announcement page now carries a one-line update, dated 25 February 2026, saying the system is no longer in use. Nothing else was published.
Waymo Runs 500,000 Rides a Week and Recalled 3,871 Robotaxis in June. Both Are True.
Waymo reports half a million paid rides a week across ten US cities and a 13x cut in serious-injury crashes. It also recalled 3,871 vehicles in June and faces NHTSA and NTSB investigations over school buses and a struck child. The two claims measure…