US Government Shuts Down Top Tech Unit: Hashtag Trending for Wednesday, March 5, 2025 - IT Security News

US Government Shuts Down Top Tech Unit, China's AI Advancements, and Microsoft Outage

In this episode of Hashtag Trending, host Jim Love covers the abrupt closure of the US government's premier IT improvement unit, 18F, and Mark Cuban's proposal to back its former employees. We also dive into China's continued leadership in AI development despite US sanctions, highlighting DeepSeek's latest innovations. Finally, we examine a significant Microsoft 365 outage caused by a problematic code update. Tune in for this week's top tech news.