Morning Digest: 5 Key Events for July 20–21
From cyberattacks to quantum and medical breakthroughs — the tech world never stands still.
🛡 Critical Zero-Day in SharePoint
- Microsoft confirmed exploitation of CVE-2025-53770 (CVSS 9.8) in SharePoint Server.
- More than 85 servers in government, energy, and fintech sectors have been compromised via “spinstall0.aspx” — enabling full control without authentication.
- No patch released yet: AMSI activation and server isolation are strongly recommended.
💼 AWS Cuts Hundreds of Jobs to Prioritize AI
- Amazon Web Services is laying off around 900 employees (support, certification) despite $29.3 billion in quarterly revenue (+17% YoY).
- Resource reallocation in favor of key AI initiatives.
- Laid-off staff are guaranteed at least 60 days’ pay and job placement assistance.
🚀 Uber Invests $300M in Robotaxi Partnership with Lucid and Nuro
- Rollout of 20,000 Level 4 Lucid Gravity robotaxis over the next six years.
- Testing has begun in Las Vegas; Lucid shares rose 26% following the announcement.
- Service launch in a major US city expected by late 2026.
⚛️ Denmark Builds the World’s Most Powerful Quantum Computer
- €80 million invested by Novo Nordisk and EIFO into QuNorth for the Magne system (50 logical qubits).
- Collaboration with Microsoft & Atom Computing; the first commercial Level 2 quantum computer scheduled for late 2026.
- Focus: drug discovery, materials science, and climate modeling.
🤖 Isomorphic Labs Prepares for First AI-Designed Drug Trials in Humans
- Alphabet spin-off is leveraging AlphaFold 3 to design cancer drugs.
- Raised $600 million; contracts signed with Novartis and Eli Lilly totaling $3 billion.
- Company president: “We are very close to first patient dosing.”
🔍 Summary:
Today’s challenges span corporate network security, workforce restructuring in major IT firms, autonomous transport, commercial quantum computing, and AI-powered medicine — all illustrating how algorithms are shaping the future.
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