Trump halts U.S. military aid to Ukraine, China retaliates against new tariffs, and BYD raises $5.6 billion to expand globally. Plus, Tencent’s AI bot overtakes DeepSeek, a private company successfully lands on the Moon, and YouTube revamps its TV app to push streaming services.

• BYD raises $5.6 billion for overseas expansion - Financial Times

• Trump halts all U.S. military aid to Ukraine - Reuters

• China, Canada, and Mexico retaliate against Trump’s tariffs - Forbes

• Tencent’s AI bot surpasses DeepSeek as China’s top assistant - Yahoo Finance

• Study finds AI writing tools are more widely used in less-educated areas - Slashdot

• Opera unveils an AI agent that automates online tasks - The Next Web

• Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost successfully lands on the Moon - Slashdot

• GPT-4.5 review: improvements in writing but weak reasoning skills - Techmeme

• Trump & TSMC announce $100 billion U.S. chip manufacturing plan - Reuters

• Spotify bets on AI music creation tools to reshape the industry - Forbes

• Aramco signals lower dividends amid profit declines - Yahoo Finance

• Trump’s FDA budget cuts spark concerns over drug approval delays - Wired

• YouTube TV redesign will push third-party streaming subscriptions - The Verge

• U.S. teens remain loyal to YouTube and TikTok despite slight decline - SmartBrief

Trump Ukraine aid, BYD global expansion, U.S. chip plant deal, China tariffs retaliation, Tencent AI chatbot, AI writing adoption, private lunar landing, GPT-4.5 review, YouTube streaming overhaul, Spotify AI music tools

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