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CNBC
19 hours ago
- Business
- CNBC
Germany tells Apple, Google to block DeepSeek as the Chinese AI app faces rising pressure in Europe
One of Germany's data protection watchdogs on Friday said DeepSeek's app illegally sends user data to China and asked Google and Apple to consider blocking the artificial intelligence service. Berlin's data protection commissioner Meike Kamp said in a statement that DeepSeek's transfer of German user data to China is "unlawful." There is not a readily available way to get in touch with DeepSeek. CNBC has reached out to DeepSeek's privacy team. Chinese firm DeepSeek made waves this year when it launched an AI model that it claimed was created at a fraction of the cost of competitors, using less advanced Nvidia chips. The company also has its own global chatbot AI app, which has been downloaded millions of times, garnering scrutiny. If the German case against DeepSeek progresses, it could lead to a European Union-wide ban for the app, some experts say. "It is certainly possible that this incident could lead to an EU-wide ban because the rules that apply in Germany are the same elsewhere in the EU and also in the UK," Matt Holman, specialist AI and data lawyer at Cripps, told CNBC by email. There are a few steps before this would become reality, however. "DeepSeek has not been able to convincingly demonstrate to my authority that the data of German users is protected in China at a level equivalent to that of the European Union," Germany's Kamp said, according to a CNBC translation. "Chinese authorities have extensive access rights to personal data within the sphere of influence of Chinese companies." Under the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation — the bloc's huge data protection law — companies are prohibited from sending data outside the region unless specific safeguards are in place at the countries of arrival. Those safeguards must meet GDPR requirements in Europe. In short, the Berlin data protection commissioner is concerned that Chinese authorities could access German user data sent by DeepSeek to China. The Berlin data watchdog on Friday said it had informed Apple and Google of DeepSeek's alleged violations and expects the U.S. tech giants to carry out a "timely review" about whether to ban the app or not from their respective app stores. It's unclear if Google and Apple will comply. CNBC has reached out to both companies for comment. Cripps' Holman said that while and EU-wide ban is possible, there needs to be consensus among the bloc's regulators first that this would be an appropriate step. If Apple and Google remove DeepSeek from their app stores, this would effectively amount to an EU-wide ban, Holman said. "The implications for Deepseek could be, unsurprisingly, quite stark. Access to German citizens' data will be curtailed. In short order this could expand to the remainder of the EU if other national regulators follow suits meaning EU — and potentially UK — markets will be curtailed if Apple and Google disables the app," Holman said. This is not DeepSeek's first run-in with regulators in Europe. Italian data protection authorities in February ordered DeepSeek to block its app in the country. Meanwhile, Irish authorities in January asked DeepSeek for information on its data processing.
West Australian
2 days ago
- Business
- West Australian
ASIC chair Joe Lungo pulls out three big guns for ASX probe
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has enlisted three battle-hardened business veterans to probe governance and risk management at stock exchange operator ASX Ltd. Former Reserve Bank deputy governor Guy Debelle, one-time Telstra Broadcast Services boss Christine Holman and banking veteran Rob Whitfield will have to report on potential fixes by March next year. Announcing the special inquiry last week, ASIC chair Joe Longo vented his frustration at investigations, regulatory actions and litigation failing to fix problems at ASX during his four years as Australia's top corporate regulator. Mr Longo said the experience Mr Debelle, Ms Holman and Mr Whitfield would be 'invaluable' to the inquiry. He said their roles covered ASX top 20 boards and government investment funds, as well as 'deep experience' across global markets, banking, regulation, risk and technology. ASIC revealed plans for the broad inquiry into the ASX group after a series of technology failures and delays in upgrading its trading and settlement systems. The inquiry trio's terms of reference includes identifying 'any core organisational and cultural drivers within the ASX group that have contributed' to incidents dating back to 2016. They must also probe whether the ASX group has the right organisational capabilities to 'provide a stable, secure, and resilient market infrastructure and to meet the evolving needs of the Australian market'. And all have seen the joys and challenges of corporate life, with Mr Debelle having spent 17 months until August 2023 on the board of iron ore miner Fortescue's financial black hole Fortescue Future Industries. His current board roles include lithium hopeful Tivan and the Federal Government's Clean Energy Finance Corporation. Mr Whitfield will chair the inquiry. He has been a director of Commonwealth Bank since September 2017 — a period that covers the banking royal commission, a series of ASIC probes and what are broadly seen as big governance improvements at major banks. The Transurban director and Australian National University councillor worked at Westpac for almost 30 years until 2015, with his last six years as head of the big four player's institutional banking division. Ms Holman, who is currently a non-executive director of AGL and Collins Foods, is credited with blowing the whistle on problems at ASIC investigation target WiseTech after less than a year on its board six years ago. She is on the corporate governance committee at the Institute of Company Directors and a director of digital infrastructure investor Indara, a joint venture between the giant AustralianSuper and Optus's parent Singapore Telecommunications. ASIC executive Jane Eccleston will head the inquiry support team, which will include people seconded from the Reserve Bank, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
National Post
4 days ago
- Automotive
- National Post
Holman Announces Key Executive Appointments
Article content Pete Dondlinger will oversee the organization's commercial businesses and Kristina Nicoles will lead the company's key corporate services Article content Article content MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — Holman, a global automotive services leader, announced a pair of key executive appointments that are designed to strengthen and grow the organization's core businesses while also continuing to enhance the employee and customer experience. Article content Holman's Pete Dondlinger will oversee the organization's commercial businesses and Kristina Nicoles will lead the company's key corporate services. Article content Pete Dondlinger has been appointed President and Chief Operating Officer and will now oversee all of Holman's commercial businesses. Additionally, Kristina Nicoles has been promoted to President and Chief Administrative Officer, providing strategic leadership across the company's various corporate services including human resources, corporate assets, marketing, information technology, and legal and compliance. Both Dondlinger and Nicoles have also been named to Holman's Board of Directors. Article content 'We are incredibly honored and excited to promote Kristina and Pete to these extremely important roles within our organization,' said Holman Chief Executive Officer Chris Conroy. 'Pete and Kristina are extraordinary leaders, and they truly embody the core values and principles that have long served as the foundation for Holman's sustained success.' Article content In his new role, Dondlinger will leverage his extensive industry expertise to further align the organization's commercial businesses, including the company's fleet management, upfitting, powertrain distribution, vehicle equipment manufacturing, and insurance divisions, helping to ensure Holman remains well positioned to continue to meet the complex needs of its various commercial customers around the globe. In his previous role, Dondlinger provided fourth-generation family leadership to the organization's upfitting and manufacturing business which experienced a period of unprecedented growth and success under his guidance, positioning Holman as one of the premier leaders and innovators in this segment of the industry. Article content As President and Chief Administrative Officer, Nicoles is now tasked with ensuring the company's corporate services continue to provide proactive, strategic support for Holman's 10,000-plus employees, driving operational excellence as the organization continues to emphasize delivering an exceptional experience for both customers and employees. Since joining the organization in 2004, Nicoles has spearheaded a variety of key initiatives across several departments, displaying remarkable business acumen and a profound understanding of Holman's unique customer service culture. Article content The Holman Way Article content by always doing the right thing for our people, our customers, and the community since 1924. The Holman story began 100 years ago as a single Ford dealership in New Jersey. Today, Holman, headquartered in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, is one of the largest family-owned automotive service organizations in North America with more than 10,000 employees across North America, the UK, and Germany. Article content Holman delivers a unique range of automotive services including industry-leading fleet management and leasing; commercial vehicle equipment manufacturing; powertrain distribution and logistics services; commercial and personal insurance and risk management; venture capital funding; and automotive retail sales as one of the largest privately owned dealership groups in the United States. Guided by its deeply rooted core values and principles, Holman is continuously Driving What's Right. For additional information, please visit and connect with Holman on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook. Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content Contacts Article content Abby Miller (640) 248-7364 Article content Article content Article content
Yahoo
18-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
GOLDEN LAB TECHNOLOGIES DEBUTS US-MADE SOLAR-POWERED TRAILERS, DISRUPTING THE STATUS QUO IN MOBILE INFRASTRUCTURE AND REMOTE CONNECTIVITY
A Smarter Way to Power Remote Operations—Cleaner, Cheaper, and Ready for Anything LEXINGTON, Ky., June 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today's mobile infrastructure demands more than temporary power. It requires flexible, connected, and sustainable solutions that can be deployed anywhere. Golden Lab Technologies, a US-based startup, is rising to meet that need with the launch of its solar-powered trailer line, offering clean energy, tech-ready platforms, and rapid deployment for field operations, remote sites, and emergency response. "We didn't enter this market to compete with the past. We're here to design the future," said Jason Hawley, Founder & President. The global mobile infrastructure market is projected to hit $1.2 trillion in 2025, fueled by 5G rollout, IoT expansion, and demand for fast internet access in both urban and remote areas. Yet, many industries still rely on fuel-based equipment — noisy, polluting, and ill-suited for modern connectivity needs. Golden Lab's solar trailers change the game: 24/7 solar power with hybrid backup Wi-Fi/5G connectivity, custom antenna mounts Security surveillance, remote monitoring, and floodlighting Tech-ready hardware for IoT and field communications Zero refueling, zero maintenance, zero emissions On-site, concierge-style customer support Flexible leasing options Case Study: Holman Cuts Costs by 60% When global fleet operator Holman needed to roll out a new asset tracking system to monitor fleet assets across multiple sites, they were facing the inability to deploy due to the lack of vertical infrastructure and power. Within days, Golden Lab delivered turnkey solar-powered trailer solutions equipped with 30-foot masts, tech integration, and off-grid power — reducing costs by 60%. Powering Recovery with ITDRC Golden Lab is a proud partner of the Information Technology Disaster Resource Center (ITDRC). The company's trailers enable real-time communication, Wi-Fi/5G, surveillance, lighting, resource tracking, data capture and more — without relying on diesel fuel that requires costly daily refueling. Mobile solar trailers ensure quick, low-burden deployment, helping responders focus on saving lives, not fueling logistics. "In crisis scenarios, infrastructure can vanish overnight. We help bring it back, fast," said Hawley. Golden Lab's solar-powered trailers offer a cleaner, more connected future. Learn more at CONTACT INFORMATION:Golden Lab TechnologiesJulia Blake, Marketingjulia@ 614-0554 View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Golden Lab Technologies
Time of India
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Soldiers, Strykers and 100-degree temps: Inside Trump's border military zone
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Remove Ads BORDER BUILDUP 'COVERED BY DESERT SAND' The weapons system atop a drab green U.S. Army Stryker swivels, its camera shifting downward toward a white Ford F-150 driving slowly along the U.S.-Mexico the watchful eye of the 26-ton armored vehicle perched on a sand dune above them, humanitarian volunteers are driving the dirt road next to the border wall to see if they can continue to search for migrant remains inside one of two military zones established along the border by the Trump administration in April and they get their not long before an unmarked gray pickup appears, makes a U-turn in the sand, and puts on its siren, here in the desert 5.6 miles (9 km) west of the Santa Teresa, New Mexico border driver pulls alongside, introduces himself as a U.S. Border Patrol agent, and tells the volunteers they can no longer be Holman, founder of the Battalion Search and Rescue group, whose volunteers also hand water to migrants through the bars of the barrier, he vents his frustration."We're ramping up all this military and taking this public land away, it doesn't make sense, and it's theater, it's deadly, deadly theater," says Holman, 59, a former are in one of two so-called " National Defense Areas " set up along 260 miles (418 km) of the U.S. southern border in New Mexico and Texas as part of the Trump administration's military buildup on the border.U.S. President Donald Trump has long shown interest in using the military for civilian law enforcement, sending Marines to Los Angeles this week in their first domestic deployment in over 30 border military zones are one of his most audacious attempts yet to use troops trained for overseas combat in roles normally carried out by Border Patrol or local Army has not made public the zones' boundaries. The New Mexico area may run over three miles into the United States, in places, based on "restricted area" warning signs in English and Spanish posted along State Road 9 parallel to the zones are classified as U.S. Army installations , giving troops the right to temporarily detain and question migrants and other civilian trespassers caught in the primary mission is to detect and track illegal border crossers as part of the Trump administration's quest for "100% operational control" of the border at a time when migrant arrests are near an historic the international boundary, Reuters saw warning signs posted inside the United States around 45 feet north of the border barrier around every 100 meters, facing south. That meant if you had crossed the border and could read them, you were already in the caught illegally crossing the border into the zones face new trespassing charges on top of unlawful entry to the country, with combined penalties of up to 10 years imprisonment. Attempts to prosecute them for trespassing have in May, federal judges in Texas and New Mexico have dismissed trespassing charges against migrants caught within the area and acquitted a Peruvian woman brought to trial, ruling there was no evidence they saw signs before entering the border crossings fell to a record low in March after the Biden administration shut down asylum claims in 2024 and Mexico tightened immigration who banned people from claiming asylum on the southern border shortly after starting his second term in January, nonetheless says the military areas are needed to repel an "invasion" of human traffickers and drug the past four months Trump raised the number of active-duty troops on the border to 8,000 from 2,500 at the end of the Biden administration, according to the U.S. since Richard Nixon have used regular troops and reservists for support roles on the border. Trump has taken it a step Bureau of Land Management in April transferred 110,000 acres (172 square miles) of land in New Mexico, an area seven times the size of Manhattan, to the U.S. Army for three years to establish a first zone. A second was created in May with a transfer of International Boundary and Water Commission land in areas are satellites of the Fort Huachuca and Fort Bliss Army bases in Arizona and Texas, gives troops the right to hold and question civilian trespassers without the need for Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act. The law lets a president deploy federal forces domestically during events like civil 105 Stryker combat vehicles and around 2,400 troops from the 4th Infantry Division deployed from Colorado Springs in March. They rove in armored personnel carriers across New Mexico, Texas and saw Strykers concentrated in a roughly 20-mile ribbon from El Paso west to Santa Teresa, one of the 2,000-mile border's busiest and most deadly areas for migrant 8-wheeled vehicles, used by Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan, and now by Ukraine in its war with Russia, can be seen parked under a bridge to Mexico, atop a landfill and on a ridge above a gap in the border engines run 24/7 to cool crews in the 100 F. (38 C.) plus heat. Vehicles are unarmed but soldiers have personal weapons. Crews take shifts operating the joystick-controlled camera systems that can see for two miles (3.2 km) and have night vision, according to the Army.A person familiar with Strykers, who asked not to be named, said the work was "monotonous" but said it gave soldiers "a sense of purpose."Troops have alerted Border Patrol to 390 illegal crossings in the nearly two months since the first zone was established. They made their first detentions on June 3, holding 3 "illegal aliens" in New Mexico before handing them over to Border Patrol, according to Army spokesperson Geoffrey Patrol arrested 39,677 migrants in the El Paso sector in the fiscal year to April, down 78% from the year-earlier outside his juice bar in Sunland Park, Harold Gregory says he has seen a sharp drop in migrants entering his store or asking customers for a ride since Strykers arrived."We feel safer," said Gregory, 38. "They do kind of like intimidate so there's not so many people come this way."In neighboring Santa Teresa, trade consultant Jerry Pacheco says the optics of combat vehicles are not good as he tries to draw international firms to the town's industrial park."It's like killing an ant with a sledgehammer," says Pacheco, executive director of the International Business Accelerator , a nonprofit trade counseling program. "I think having the military down here is more of a political splash."About 90 miles (143 km) west, New Mexico rancher Russell Johnson said he saw five Strykers briefly positioned in a gap in the border barrier on his welcomes the zone as an extra layer of security and has testified to the U.S. Congress on illegal border crossers destroying barbed wire fences, cattle thieves driving livestock into Mexico and a pickup stolen at gunpoint by drug is unsure if his home, or over half his ranch, is inside the area but has been assured by U.S. Border Patrol he can continue to work land ranched by his family since 1918."I don't know, I don't think anyone knows," says Johnson, 37, a former Border Patrol agent, of the zone's says the Army has not communicated rules for hunters with permits to shoot quail and mule deer this fall in the military area, or hikers who start or end the 3,000-mile (4,800 km) Continental Divide Trail within Army has been seeking memoranda of understanding with local communities and agencies to continue activities in the New Mexico zone, said Nicole Wieman, a U.S. Army spokesperson."The MOU process for commercial and recreational activities, such as hunting, mining and ranching, is complex," Wieman Jones, Republican state representative for Johnson's area, said Americans can keep doing what they did before in the zone."They can carry their firearms as they would have prior," said Jones, who welcomed the troops to her "neglected" area where only a barbed-wire fence separates the two countries in the east in Las Cruces, the state's second largest city, State Representative Sarah Silva, a Democrat, said the zones have created fear and apprehension"I see this as an occupation of the U.S. Army on our lands," said in desert west of Santa Teresa, Battalion Search and Rescue leader Abbey Carpenter, 67, stands among dunes where the group has discovered the remains of 24 migrants in 18 months, mostly women. She is concerned the area could be absorbed into the military zone."Who's going to look for these remains if we're not allowed out here," she said, showing the jaw and other uncollected bones of a woman her group reported to local authorities in September. "Will they just be covered up by the desert sands?"
