Data Centres & Energy Policy: Denmark is preparing an “emergency” plan that would prioritise households, hospitals and defence over foreign-owned datacentres after an Audit Office report criticised botched grid expansion and raised fears of missing climate targets. AI & Refugee Rights: York University in Canada secured a $2.5M grant to study how border agencies use AI and digital tools that may violate refugees’ rights, aiming to develop more transparent alternatives. Biotech Spotlight (Bavaria): At BIO 2026, Bavaria’s biotech cluster was highlighted, with oncology leading R&D and hundreds of firms spanning mAbs, ADCs and cell therapies. Pharma Court Fight (Novo vs Lilly): Novo Nordisk sued Eli Lilly in the US over alleged misleading advertising for weight-loss and diabetes drugs. Social Media Regulation (France): France became the first EU country to ban social media accounts for under-15s, though enforcement details were stripped back in the final law. Optics for AI: Seoul researchers unveiled a programmable photonic chip that can reroute optical signals in software, targeting the “pause button” problem for optical computing in AI data centres. Denmark in Space Science: ESO observations reported a moon-like “exosatellite” candidate orbiting a brown dwarf in the CD-35 2722 system.