The mysterious drones that lit up skies across the US late last year were authorised by federal regulators and “not the enemy,” the White House has announced. The Federal Aviation…
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China: DeepSeek AI on US national security radar
US officials are considering the national security implications of an apparent artificial intelligence (AI) breakthrough by Chinese firm DeepSeek, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. The announcement comes…
USA: Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s freeze on federal grants and loans
A US judge temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s order to freeze hundreds of billions of dollars in federal grants and loans, minutes before it was set to come into effect…
USA: Trump offers millions of federal workers eight months pay to resign
President Donald Trump has offered buyout packages to almost all federal workers who do not want to return to the office, a major move designed to shrink the US government.…
South Korea: Plane fire causes mass evacuation
An Airbus plane has caught fire at an airport of South Korea’s city of Busan, forcing the evacuation of all 176 people on board, fire authorities say. They say four…
USA: Democrats express ‘extreme alarm’ after White House halts federal grants
US President Donald Trump has paused grants, loans and other federal assistance, according to a leaked government memo verified by the BBC’s US partner, CBS News. The two-page memo, from…
USA: Tech stocks steady after DeepSeek AI app shock
US tech stocks were steady on Tuesday after they slumped on Monday following the sudden rise of Chinese-made artificial intelligence (AI) app DeepSeek. Shares in chip giant Nvidia were up…
China: DeepSeek shows AI’s centre of power could shift away from US
DeepSeek’s arrival at the top of the Apple App Store charts has placed it firmly in the public consciousness, shaking the belief that the US would continue as the largely…
Australia: Authorities warn users about DeepSeek
Australia’s science minister, Ed Husic, has become the first member of a Western government to raise privacy concerns about DeepSeek, the Chinese chatbot causing turmoil on the markets and in…
UK: Britain will not be able to resist China’s tech dominance
China’s success in technology has not come out of thin air, even given the unlikely origins of the DeepSeek deep shock. The obscure Hangzhou hedge fund that coded a ChatGPT…