AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoAI & Chips Diplomacy: The US-led Pax Silica push keeps expanding: 35 countries signed a “Joint Statement on AI Opportunity” backing pro-growth AI rules alongside trusted semiconductor and critical-mineral supply chains, with the Netherlands among new EU partners. Dutch Deeptech in Focus: Orffa opened an Orffa Science Lab in Breda to turn animal-nutrition research into customer insight, linking gut-health diagnostics and antimicrobial resistance work to new services. Climate Shock in Europe (Netherlands Included): A record-breaking heatwave is battering western Europe, with health systems under strain, transport disruptions, and emergency measures like event cancellations and alcohol limits; Germany and the UK logged June records while the Netherlands faces red-weather warnings. Cyber & Security: Microsoft flagged a new hotel-phishing attack class that can slip past email protections, including a variant using Calendly. Netherlands Policy Watch: The Dutch government urged an EU ban on plastic-based chewing gum to cut microplastic and litter. Space Science: Citizen scientists helped spot a rare “bow-and-arrow” radio galaxy shockwave, RAD-BAARG, offering clues to how galaxies change in cluster collisions.
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