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The White House announced that there is no indication of a cyber-attack linked to the nationwide ground stop affecting all U.S. airports. Markwayne Mullin, Secretary of Homeland Security, stated from outside the White House that the issue appears to be a telecommunications outage. He mentioned that he had discussed the situation with President Trump. Mullin…

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is expanding use of an $875 million AI tool, SMART, to “assist in managing air traffic across the entire national airspace system,” Ars Technica reported on Thursday—but the agency says that the route-management software will not affect air safety.