Pressure grows among European lawmakers to pass a new updated Chips Act.

This weekly newsletter highlights EU lawmakers urging increased AI investment and updates to semiconductor policy, outlines privacy concerns following 23andMe’s bankruptcy (including user steps to delete data and reference to its 2023 breach), and flags discussions about senior officials allegedly using Signal for sensitive planning. It also notes a U.S. State Department reward targeting drone tech smuggling and promotes a podcast episode on cybersecurity amid global political shifts.