A report by the US research portal ProPublica has revealed that Chinese technicians have been working on computer systems for the US Department of Defense on Microsoft's behalf.

A bipartisan initiative in the US Congress is seeking to ban artificial intelligence (AI) from China, Russia and other countries considered hostile for use in US authorities.

The tariff dispute between the USA and China has recently paused for breath - but now there is new trouble surrounding trade in AI chips.

With stricter restrictions on the supply of AI chips to China, the US government is causing semiconductor giant Nvidia to lose billions of dollars. Nvidia announced that the company will record a charge of 5.5 billion dollars in connection with inventories and purchase commitments.

After a long period of dormancy, the Chinese hacker group FamousSparrow is active again. According to the IT security company ESET, the group has become increasingly dangerous and has deployed new, sophisticated espionage tools.

Dozens of board members from global corporations have accepted an invitation from China to Beijing. There, the government is heavily promoting itself. But a major issue hovers over the meeting.

The daughter of the Baidu vice president is said to have published personal user data - but the Chinese technology company firmly rejects accusations of an internal data leak.

Following an intensive investigation dating back to mid-2024, the security company Mandiant has uncovered a covert espionage campaign by the China-linked group UNC3886. Specially developed malware was discovered on decommissioned Junos OS routers from Juniper Networks.