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There are over 11,000 satellites in low Earth orbit, providing internet, surveillance and navigation services, The New York Times reported. It is not going well. China’s Starlink competitors have only about 120 satellites in low Earth orbit. China’s two biggest networks have been deployed less than 1 percent of their planned satellites, records show, a measure of how far they
The “department of government efficiency (DOGE) is using artificial intelligence to create a “delete list” of federal regulations, according to a report, proposing to use the tool to cut 50% of regulations buy the first anniversary of Donald Trump’s second inauguration, The Guardian reported. The “DOGE AI Deregulation Decision Tool” will analyze 200,000 government regulations, according to internal documents obtained
Meta on Friday said starting in October it will no longer accept political, election, or social issue ads in the European Union, in response to new regulation that says it will cause 'significant operational challenges and legal uncertainties.” Axios reported. Why it Matters: Google already said it would pull ads in the EU for the same reason. Campaigns and cause
When DeepSeek, Alibaba, another Chinese firms released their AI models, Western researchers quickly noticed thy sidestepped questions critical of the Chinese Communist Party. U.S. officials later confirmed that these tools are engineered to reflect Beijing’s talking points, raising concerns about censorship and bias, TechCrunch reported.
The Trump administration published its much-anticipated AI Action Plan on Wednesday, a document that takes a sharp shift away from former President Biden’s cautious approach to addressing the risks of AI, and instead barrels ahead with plans to build out AI infrastructure, cut red tape for tech companies, shore up national security and compete with China, TechCrunch reported. The downstream
Several hacking groups with ties to the Chinese government have been linked to a recent wave of widespread attacks targeting a Microsoft SharePoint zero-day vulnerability chain, Bleeping Computer reported. They used this exploit chain (dubbed “ToolShell”) to breach dozens of organizations worldwide after hacking into their on-premise SharePoint servers. “Microsoft has observed two named Chinese nation-state actors, Linen Typhoon and
Elon Musk’s X is refusing to hand over data to French authorities, claiming its defending its users’ free speech and privacy while branding a criminal investigation into alleged algorithm manipulation as “politically motivated”, ArsTechnica reported. In a post on Monday, Xs Global Government Affairs account denied the allegations, insisting the French investigation “egregiously undermines X’s fundamental right to due process