AI GRANNY VS. SCAMMERS—MEET DAISY, THE SCAMMER-SLAYING BOT. The latest AI hero isn’t a high-tech cyborg or a Wall Street trading algorithm—it’s Daisy, an AI-powered grandma designed by O2 to waste scammers’ time and turn the tables on fraudsters.
—> HOW IT WORKS: Daisy mimics a sweet, chatty grandmother who keeps scammers on the phone forever, frustrating them with endless stories about her cat or asking for instructions at an excruciatingly slow pace.
—> SCAMMERS, MEET YOUR MATCH: According to O2, 7 in 10 Brits have dealt with phone scammers. The AI was built by cybersecurity researchers to combat robocalls and scam attempts, with recorded calls showing scammers growing increasingly desperate and angry as Daisy keeps them hooked in pointless conversations.
—> FUTURE OF AI DEFENSE: With scams getting more sophisticated, AI countermeasures like Daisy could become the norm. Imagine a digital army of grandmas keeping fraudsters too busy to scam real people. 👵🔥
Daisy proves that in the war against cybercrime, the best weapon might just be an AI-powered elderly lady who won’t stop talking about her knitting club.
Source: TechRadar.
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FUTURES
DEEPSEEK WHO? NVIDIA STILL DOMINATES AI CHIP GAME. The Chinese AI startup’s big claims rocked markets last month, wiping $750 billion off Nvidia’s market cap—but the AI chip giant is bouncing back as its biggest customers double down on spending. 🚀
—> BIG TECH STILL LOVES NVIDIA: Amazon, Meta, and Alphabet are all shoveling billions into AI infrastructure, with Amazon CEO Andy Jassy calling Nvidia a “deep partner for as long as we can see into the future.” 💰 For now, DeepSeek isn’t dethroning Nvidia—and Big Tech’s AI hunger shows no sign of slowing. 🔥
Source: WSJ.
CRYPTO
SAUDI PRINCE MEMECOIN SCAM—ROYAL FRAUD IN CRYPTO LAND. Scammers posing as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman launched a fake "official" Saudi Arabia (KSA) memecoin—tricking investors into thinking the kingdom was backing a crypto token. 🚨💰
—> RED FLAGS EVERYWHERE: The scam token was hyped by a hacked X account and had zero government confirmation, no tokenomics details, and mystery developers. Classic rug pull setup.
—> MEMECOIN MAYHEM: This follows Argentina’s LIBRA token crash, where insider wallets drained $107M, leaving investors with worthless coins. Meanwhile, Trump’s and Melania’s memecoins are also down 76% and 90%, proving political hype doesn’t mean financial gains. 📉
—> STAY SAFE, DON’T GET REKT: Always check the team, tokenomics, and real backing before diving into memecoins. 🕵️♂️
Source: Cointelegraph.
SPACE
BLUE ORIGIN HITS TURBULENCE—1,000 JOBS CUT. Jeff Bezos’ space dream is taking a hit, with Blue Origin laying off roughly 10% of its workforce as the company restructures. CEO Dave Limp announced the cuts in an internal email, impacting engineering, R&D, and management roles, as first reported by the New York Times. 🚀
—> WHY IT MATTERS: Blue Origin has been competing with SpaceX in the private space race, but progress has been slow. The layoffs suggest a strategic shift or cost-cutting push as it works toward upcoming missions.
—> BEZOS VS. MUSK: While Musk’s SpaceX dominates with Starship and NASA contracts, Bezos has focused on space stations and lunar ambitions. This move raises questions about how Blue Origin will compete moving forward.
—> MEET THE FUTURE: Blue Origin’s next big test? The New Glenn rocket launch and NASA’s Artemis program. But can Bezos keep up with SpaceX’s rapid-fire innovation? 🔥
Source: Space.com.
ASTEROID ALERT—2032 IMPACT? A newly discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, has a 2.3% chance of slamming into Earth on December 22, 2032—a probability high enough to have scientists scrambling. Measuring between 130 to 300 feet wide, it’s big enough to level a city and could hit with the force of 8 megatons of TNT. 🚀☄️
Why you should keep reading mtf —> We told you about this story last month and now all the mainstream press is picking it up…
—> WHERE COULD IT HIT? Scientists have mapped a risk corridor stretching from the Pacific Ocean to South America, Africa, and South Asia, with Ecuador, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh in the possible impact zone. 🌍
—> CAN WE STOP IT? NASA, the ESA, and the United Nations Planetary Defense team are racing to assess the threat. A last-resort option could involve deflecting the asteroid—a strategy similar to NASA’s 2022 DART mission. 🛰️
—> MEET THE FUTURE: The world has seven years to prepare. If asteroid deflection tech advances fast enough, we may be able to redirect 2024 YR4 before it becomes history’s worst Christmas surprise. 🎄🔥
Source: CNN, Daily Galaxy.
QUANTUM // ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
MEET YOUR NEW AI COWORKER—TRY NOT TO GET REPLACED. Whether you like it or not, AI is moving into your workplace. From virtual assistants to decision-making algorithms, these digital colleagues are here to stay. But don’t panic—learning to work with AI (instead of being replaced by it) is the real skill of the future.
—> THE RULES OF AI OFFICE ETIQUETTE: AI won’t steal your lunch from the fridge, but it will change how you work. The key? Learn, unlearn, and relearn. If you're clinging to old skills, you're already behind. Adaptability is your new superpower. 🤖
—> TECH ADAPTATION > TECH PARANOIA: Companies are scrambling to integrate AI faster than the internet boom of the ’90s. The ones that win? They don’t just upgrade their software—they upgrade their people.
—> YOUR BOSS WANTS AI-FRIENDLY EMPLOYEES: The real asset isn’t just knowing how to do the job, but knowing how to evolve with it. The most valuable employees aren’t the ones who memorize processes—they’re the ones who can pivot when AI rewrites the rules.
So, start thinking of AI like the weird new hire who never takes lunch breaks: It’s not here to steal your job—unless you refuse to work with it. 🔥
Source: Fast Company.
GEOPOLITICS
TECH EXODUS—"ANYTHING BUT CHINA" TAKES OVER. Western tech companies are accelerating their exit from China, shifting production to Southeast Asia, India, and Latin America to reduce reliance on Chinese supply chains. U.S.-China tensions, new tariffs, and the CHIPS Act’s restrictions are driving a massive realignment in global manufacturing. 🌏
—> TECH SUPPLY CHAINS ARE MOVING: The first wave of "China Plus 1" was about moving assembly; now, factories making semiconductors, circuit boards, and AI servers are relocating—a much more permanent shift.
—> WHERE THE MONEY’S GOING: Malaysia, Vietnam, Mexico, and Thailand are seeing billions in new tech investment. Malaysia alone exported $137B in semiconductors and electronics in 2024. Nvidia, Intel, and HP are expanding in Southeast Asia, while laptop production in Thailand is surging.
—> CHINA STRIKES BACK: Chinese suppliers aren’t staying put—they’re setting up plants abroad at the request of Western clients. Shenzhen-based Vital New Material and Eoptolink Technology are expanding to Mexico and Thailand to keep their customers.
—> CAN ANYONE REPLACE CHINA? Some execs warn that costs could rise by 15% as companies rebuild supply chains. But the shift is already happening, reshaping global tech in a new Cold War-era economy. ⚙️
Source: WSJ.
ONE MORE THING
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