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US bans Deepseek technology across federal civilian agencies

TL;DRUS bans Chinese AI startup Deepseek from all federal civilian agencies.

Why it matters: Signals escalating AI tech competition between US and China; affects government efficiency and AI adoption strategy.

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ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent ordered 3M+ of Nvidia's new RTX PRO

Chinese tech giants bulk-buying $35B worth of Nvidia GPUs to work around U.S. export restrictions.

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Google says Cloud in its London region is "experiencing issues"

Google Cloud's London region went down, taking UK banking services like Revolut offline.

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Note-taking tool Otter.ai raised $320M in non-dilutive capital

Otter.ai raised $320M in non-dilutive funding without giving up equity stakes.

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Mods can almost double DLSS 5 performance through Foveation, reducing

Mods use foveation to nearly double DLSS 5 performance by lowering edge resolution.

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Scientists Discover A Strange Particle Explains the Origin of Reality

Researchers found a particle that may explain why matter dominates over antimatter.

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Modal taps Nvidia Vera CPUs

Nvidia's new Vera CPU doubles performance over Intel/AMD in AI workloads.

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Four Z.ai founders participated in a 2018

Z.ai founders worked on a research project linked to Chinese intelligence agency, UK spy agency warns.

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OVHcloud CLI releases backdoored on GitHub to steal developer secrets

OVHcloud's CLI tool was hacked to steal developer credentials and secrets.

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Windows 98 SE users get a Thunderbolt 4 driver, thanks to AI assistance

Someone built a Thunderbolt 4 driver for Windows 98 using AI help.

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Alibaba, Tencent, and Huawei are pouring billions into data centers

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