
Multiple surveys point to a recession, or more accurately a Trump-cession, not to mention the sell-off in US stock markets, which suggests we are on the cusp of something enormous. Photograph: Getty Images
Once you start looking, the signs of an American recession are everywhere.
US tariffs are a sign of insecurity and fear, marking the end of the great American century comes via ChinaTechNews.com.

Police are appealing for more than 50 more victims to come forward after one of the country’s most prolific sex offenders was found guilty of drugging and raping 10 women.
Chinese PhD student Zhenhao Zou, 28, filmed nine of the attacks as “souvenirs”, and kept a trophy box of women’s belongings, Inner London Crown Court was told.
PhD student guilty of drugging and raping 10 women in London and China – as police fear more than 50 other victims comes via ChinaTechNews.com.

No, it was not a “Sputnik moment”. The launch last month of DeepSeek R1, the Chinese generative AI or chatbot, created mayhem in the tech world, with stocks plummeting and much chatter about the US losing its supremacy in AI technology.
DeepSeek has ripped away AI’s veil of mystique. That’s the real reason the tech bros fear it comes via ChinaTechNews.com.