Privacy watchdogs fume over DeepSeek’s data funnelling to Beijing

Germany’s data protection commissioner is sharpening the knives for DeepSeek, demanding that the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple and Google boot the Chinese AI outfit from their German app stores.

Shares soar past Microsoft 

Nvidia has soared to a $3.77 trillion market cap, overtaking Microsoft after a 4.3 per cent rise in its share price, capping a dramatic turnaround from earlier setbacks this year.

Avoiding US export controls 

A senior US official has accused DeepSeek of aiding the PRC’s military and intelligence operations by using Southeast Asian shell companies to sidestep US semiconductor export controls.

AI darling used shell firms and backend routes to access banned Nvidia tech

A senior US official has accused Chinese AI startup DeepSeek of supporting China’s military and intelligence services, while using shell companies and regional data centres to skirt around US export controls on advanced semiconductors.

Huang reckons continent’s GPU drought is nearly over

Nvidia chief Jensen Huang has assured Europe that its embarrassing lack of AI computing grunt will be sorted soon, as the region scrambles to catch up with the US and China’s AI supremacy.

Zuckerberg goes headhunting to close AI gap

Meta is reportedly throwing $15 billion at Scale AI for a 49 per cent stake, desperately trying to headhunt is way up the AI pecking order after being left in the dust by OpenAI, Anthropic and Google.

Chinese AI startup's R1 model scored real points

DeepSeek’s R1 model has done what no one else has managed and gotten Microsoft's top brass to admit OpenAI might finally have a proper rival.

Custom AI chips with local partners

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that Nvidia is going all-in on a Plan B: building custom, China-specific AI chips through partnerships with domestic tech firms like DeepSeek.

Locking out China might just hand the AI future to Huawei

Analysts are worried that the US restrictions on exporting chips to China are fueling the country's rapid development of advanced chips.

 
Asay says it’s Linux all over again

MongoDB's developer relations boss Matt Asay has come out swinging in InfoWorld with an opinion piece declaring DeepSeek had escaped from its national boundaries and become an Open Sauce juggernaut.