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  US President Donald Trump said Monday that Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s dark-horse entry into the AI race should serve as a “wake-up call” for American companies developing artificial intelligence. “Hopefully, the release of DeepSeek AI from a Chinese company should be a wake-up call for our industries that we need to be laser-focused on competing to win,” Trump told a Republican congressional retreat in Florida. Trump’s comments came after the AI model powering DeepSeek’s chatbot began outperforming top US models, with the Chinese company saying they were made at a fraction of the cost. By Monday, DeepSeek’s chatbot was the number…

New rules which pedicabs could be forced to obey to operate on London’s streets have been laid out. A crackdown on ‘nuisance’ pedicabs, also known as rickshaws, announced by the Tory government last year pledged to end ‘dangerous driving and antisocial behaviour’ and ‘eyewatering fares’ by drivers. Ministers passed a law to ‘close a legal loophole’ that meant the industry, which is concentrated in tourist hotspots like Covent Garden, was unregulated. The law gave Transport for London (TfL) powers to decide when, where and how many pedicabs can operate, and make sure they operate safely. On Monday TfL announced it…

As a major energy summit kicked off in Tanzania towards the goal of delivering affordable electricity to 300 million more people by 2030, France 24’s Yuka Royer speaks with Sarah Malm, Executive Director at Gogla, about the importance of off-grid solar power. But first, the release of Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek has caused a global rout in technology stocks, with US chip designer Nvidia losing about 600 billion dollars in its market cap in a single day. Off-grid solar energy holds key to narrowing energy access gap in Afica

The US Justice Department Tuesday said it had fired several career lawyers who worked on President Trump’s criminal cases. The employees worked with special counsel Jack Smith on investigations involving Trump’s role in overturning the 2020 presidential election and his alleged mishandling of classified documents. Smith resigned from the department earlier this month. He dropped both cases after Trump’s election, citing a longstanding policy against prosecuting a sitting president. What did the Justice Department say? “Today, Acting Attorney General James McHenry terminated the employment of a number of DOJ officials who played a significant role in prosecuting President Trump,” said a statement from a…

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The Minister of Economy, Employment and Digital Transformation, Guillermo Santamaría, has held a new working meeting with representatives of the family business association, AEEF, to advance the implementation of measures regarding the lack of labor, the administrative simplification or the generational relief plan, “in which we are incorporating their necessary contributions.” Santamaría stressed that Extremadura GDP grew by 2.5% in the third quarter of 2024, a data that has been known today. He has also pointed out the upward revision of the BBVA Research, going from 2 to 2.7% and that involves advancing to Asturias, Cantabria and the Basque Country.…

People still trust scientists – study Public trust in scientists is still high despite the rising popularity of anti-science politicians.  That’s according to a survey of almost 72,000 people in 68 countries, which found no evidence of the oft-repeated claim of a crisis of trust in scientists. In fact, most participants (52%) believed that scientists should be more involved in policymaking. Across 68 countries, the study recorded a relatively high level of trust in scientists, with a mean trust level of 3.62 (1 being very low and 5 being very high). “The study is the most comprehensive post-pandemic snapshot of trust in…