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🔐 Google and Germany’s Sparkasse announced a wallet-based EU age assurance service that lets customers prove age online without sharing personal data. Using the Credential Manager API, Google Wallet and zero-knowledge cryptography, Sparkasse will issue trusted credentials across its network of 343 regional savings banks serving 50 million customers. Integration with Android and Chrome enables one-click age checks for apps and sites and will roll out in the coming months.

🔒 At 13, Dylan became the youngest researcher to collaborate with the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), demonstrating notable technical skill, persistence, and professional communication. He progressed from Scratch to HTML and source-code analysis, discovering vulnerabilities in Teams and other services and reporting them responsibly. His findings influenced bug bounty terms to admit younger researchers while he continues to balance school, competitions, and extracurriculars.