A US judge has temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s plan offering incentives to federal workers to voluntarily resign before a Thursday midnight deadline. Federal Judge George O’Toole Jr said the plan would be paused until a hearing on Monday when he could determine the merits of a lawsuit filed by federal employee unions, reports CBS,…
Tom Gerken Technology reporter Getty Images Australia has banned DeepSeek from all government devices and systems over what it says is the security risk the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup poses. DeepSeek stunned the world in January when it unveiled a chatbot which matched the performance level of US rivals, while claiming it had a…
OpenAI on Tuesday announced its biggest product launch since its enterprise rollout. It’s called ChatGPT Gov and was built specifically for U.S. government use. The Microsoft-backed company bills the new platform as a step beyond ChatGPT Enterprise as far as security. It allows government agencies, as customers, to feed “non-public, sensitive information” into OpenAI’s models…
The Trump administration emailed thousands of federal employees on Wednesday, ordering them to report any efforts to “disguise” diversity initiatives in their agencies or face “adverse consequences”. The request came after President Donald Trump banned diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices and programmes throughout the government. Emails seen by the BBC directed workers to “report…
Mozambique’s main opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane has told the BBC he is prepared to serve in the government if President Daniel Chapo meets his demands to end the political crisis that has hit the country following disputed elections. Chapo said he had set up a team that was “considering” whether his rival should be invited…
Mr. Hegseth is poised to move from “Fox & Friends Weekend” to overseeing the Pentagon. Sean Duffy, a Fox Business host, is Mr. Trump’s pick for transportation secretary. Tom Homan, a Fox contributor, has been tapped to be his border czar. Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, who explained the Covid pandemic to Fox viewers, is nominated for…
Hungarian Integrity Authority Ferenc Biro said he thought the attack on him was intended to discredit his organisation Police in Hungary have raided the offices of the Integrity Authority, a state body that overseas the use of EU funds. The chief prosecutor has announced that its chairman, Ferenc Biro, is suspected of corruption and abuse…
Railway builders erect a box girder at the site of the standard project in front of the Huning section of the Shanghai-Nanjing-Hefei high-speed railway in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, on January 10, 2025. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s economy expanded by 5% year on year in 2024, with an upswing in the final…
TikTok isn’t the only party asking the Supreme Court to overturn the federal law that could see the app sold or banned later this month. A group of eight TikTok creators also sued the government over the law, saying it violated their First Amendment rights. The creators have argued that they have not found the…
Photo courtesy of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s legal team Khalid Sheikh Mohammed The US government has succeeded in temporarily blocking the accused mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks from pleading guilty amid a dispute over the terms of a pre-trial agreement. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants reached deals last summer to plead guilty to all…
