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2025-05-25T10:29:21Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. North Korea has detained three officials following a failed warship launch, state media reported.

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The Defense Information Systems Agency, the Pentagon's IT arm, is facing a 10% cut to its workforce, its director told lawmakers this week. Speaking to senators in Washington on Wednesday, Lt. Gen. Paul Stanton said DISA was set to lose around one tenth of its staff but that that could be a good thing for the agency. "It's giving us an opportunity to ruthlessly realign and optimize how we are addressing what is an evolving mission," he said.

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Jack Sommers |Rebecca Rommen |Henry Blodget

Germany's new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, vowed last week that the country will build "the strongest conventional army in Europe."It comes as Germany and others adapt to the drive for European countries to rapidly rearm in the face of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 — but contrasts with recent decades when the country has preferred soft power over military strength. So, how feasible is it for Germany to be the continent's biggest military power?

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Elton John has accused the UK government of betraying artists with plans to allow Big Tech to train AI on creative works without permission or payment. The 78-year-old music icon said the plans meant "committing theft, thievery on a high scale," in an interview with the BBC on Sunday. He was commenting on the Data (Use and Access) Bill, which would allow companies to train AI on works such as music and books, unless the copyright holder specifically opts out.

3 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Jack Sommers |Rebecca Rommen |Henry Blodget

Two people died after a Mexican navy sailing ship lost power and its masts crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge. The ARM Cuauhtémoc, which was visiting on a goodwill tour, lost power on the East River and drifted toward the bridge at around 8.20 p.m. Saturday. Footage uploaded to social media shows the ship drifting backward down the river and its masts striking the bridge, as onlookers scream and shout. The two dead were crew members, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed on X.