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🇮🇷 Deadly deepfakes: A survival guide for the age of algorithmic war - Rachel Adams warns AI-generated content sabotages civilian safety in conflict zones, and calls out global inequities and the role of Western tech powerhouses.
🇮🇳 Why AI alone cannot fix social problems - Even sophisticated AI systems need human support and institutional capacity to succeed.
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🇦🇫 Humanitarian aid turns to AI as crises outpace capacity - Purpose-designed AI agents with a focus on safety can provide critical assistance to vulnerable populations.
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🇨🇳 AI optimism surges in Asia, unlike in the U.S. - New research shows Americans are far less excited about AI — and far less trusting of regulators — than their counterparts across Asia.
🇦🇫 Humanitarian aid turns to AI as crises outpace capacity - Purpose-designed AI agents with a focus on safety can provide critical assistance to vulnerable populations.
₿ U.S. companies back Sam Altman’s World ID even as much of the world pushes back - The biometric ID project has been halted and investigated in multiple countries, but it recently partnered with Tinder, Zoom, and Docusign to verify users.
🇨🇳 AI optimism surges in Asia, unlike in the U.S. - New research shows Americans are far less excited about AI — and far less trusting of regulators — than their counterparts across Asia.
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🇨🇳 I got stood up by an AI agent, and tracked down its human owner in China - A solo entrepreneur is paying a quarter of his salary to let AI agents run his side-hustle app. He recently realized his "employees" have been keeping secrets.
🇨🇳 The quiet layoffs sweeping China’s tech giants - Alibaba reduced its head count by a third in 2025, while Baidu’s workforce declined nearly 7%. “There’s constant churn,” a Chinese tech worker said.
🇦🇫 The global edtech boom is fading as investors look elsewhere - Venture capital is moving away from K-12 edtech worldwide as investors prioritize AI tools and workforce training with clearer returns.
🇨🇳 I got stood up by an AI agent, and tracked down its human owner in China - A solo entrepreneur is paying a quarter of his salary to let AI agents run his side-hustle app. He recently realized his "employees" have been keeping secrets.
🇨🇳 The quiet layoffs sweeping China’s tech giants - Alibaba reduced its head count by a third in 2025, while Baidu’s workforce declined nearly 7%. “There’s constant churn,” a Chinese tech worker said.
🇦🇫 The global edtech boom is fading as investors look elsewhere - Venture capital is moving away from K-12 edtech worldwide as investors prioritize AI tools and workforce training with clearer returns.
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₿ U.S. companies back Sam Altman’s World ID even as much of the world pushes back - The biometric ID project has been halted and investigated in multiple countries, but it recently partnered with Tinder, Zoom, and Docusign to verify users.
🇨🇳 AI optimism surges in Asia, unlike in the U.S. - New research shows Americans are far less excited about AI — and far less trusting of regulators — than their counterparts across Asia.
🇮🇷 Deadly deepfakes: A survival guide for the age of algorithmic war - Rachel Adams warns AI-generated content sabotages civilian safety in conflict zones, and calls out global inequities and the role of Western tech powerhouses.
₿ U.S. companies back Sam Altman’s World ID even as much of the world pushes back - The biometric ID project has been halted and investigated in multiple countries, but it recently partnered with Tinder, Zoom, and Docusign to verify users.
🇨🇳 AI optimism surges in Asia, unlike in the U.S. - New research shows Americans are far less excited about AI — and far less trusting of regulators — than their counterparts across Asia.
🇮🇷 Deadly deepfakes: A survival guide for the age of algorithmic war - Rachel Adams warns AI-generated content sabotages civilian safety in conflict zones, and calls out global inequities and the role of Western tech powerhouses.
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🇦🇴 An old railroad is key to U.S.-China race for critical metals in Africa - Washington is trying to use the Lobito Railway in Congo to break China’s hold on critical metals in Africa, writes Nicholas Niarchos in his new book, The Elements of Power.
🍎 South Korean probe tests U.S. willingness to protect its tech giants abroad - A massive data breach at huge online retailer Coupang, which is registered and listed in the U.S., has both countries claiming the right to act.
🇨🇳 The quiet layoffs sweeping China’s tech giants - Alibaba reduced its head count by a third in 2025, while Baidu’s workforce declined nearly 7%. “There’s constant churn,” a Chinese tech worker said.
🇦🇴 An old railroad is key to U.S.-China race for critical metals in Africa - Washington is trying to use the Lobito Railway in Congo to break China’s hold on critical metals in Africa, writes Nicholas Niarchos in his new book, The Elements of Power.
🍎 South Korean probe tests U.S. willingness to protect its tech giants abroad - A massive data breach at huge online retailer Coupang, which is registered and listed in the U.S., has both countries claiming the right to act.
🇨🇳 The quiet layoffs sweeping China’s tech giants - Alibaba reduced its head count by a third in 2025, while Baidu’s workforce declined nearly 7%. “There’s constant churn,” a Chinese tech worker said.
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🇨🇳 I got stood up by an AI agent, and tracked down its human owner in China - A solo entrepreneur is paying a quarter of his salary to let AI agents run his side-hustle app. He recently realized his "employees" have been keeping secrets.
🇧🇷 How the vinyl revival fills the gaps streaming left behind - As global sales climb, the reasons people buy records diverge sharply across cultures.
🇮🇶 Big Tech is moving data out of the Gulf through Iraqi oil pipelines - U.S. hyperscalers secure "dark fiber" capacity along Iraqi land route to reduce latency and provide a backup to vulnerable subsea cables.
🇨🇳 I got stood up by an AI agent, and tracked down its human owner in China - A solo entrepreneur is paying a quarter of his salary to let AI agents run his side-hustle app. He recently realized his "employees" have been keeping secrets.
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🇦🇴 An old railroad is key to U.S.-China race for critical metals in Africa - Washington is trying to use the Lobito Railway in Congo to break China’s hold on critical metals in Africa, writes Nicholas Niarchos in his new book, The Elements of Power.
🍎 South Korean probe tests U.S. willingness to protect its tech giants abroad - A massive data breach at huge online retailer Coupang, which is registered and listed in the U.S., has both countries claiming the right to act.
🇨🇳 The quiet layoffs sweeping China’s tech giants - Alibaba reduced its head count by a third in 2025, while Baidu’s workforce declined nearly 7%. “There’s constant churn,” a Chinese tech worker said.
🇦🇴 An old railroad is key to U.S.-China race for critical metals in Africa - Washington is trying to use the Lobito Railway in Congo to break China’s hold on critical metals in Africa, writes Nicholas Niarchos in his new book, The Elements of Power.
🍎 South Korean probe tests U.S. willingness to protect its tech giants abroad - A massive data breach at huge online retailer Coupang, which is registered and listed in the U.S., has both countries claiming the right to act.
🇨🇳 The quiet layoffs sweeping China’s tech giants - Alibaba reduced its head count by a third in 2025, while Baidu’s workforce declined nearly 7%. “There’s constant churn,” a Chinese tech worker said.
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🇧🇷 How the vinyl revival fills the gaps streaming left behind - As global sales climb, the reasons people buy records diverge sharply across cultures.
🇮🇶 Big Tech is moving data out of the Gulf through Iraqi oil pipelines - U.S. hyperscalers secure "dark fiber" capacity along Iraqi land route to reduce latency and provide a backup to vulnerable subsea cables.
📷 Motorola’s India lawsuit could make platforms police speech faster - The American phonemaker's Indian arm has named X, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Google, and Meta in a lawsuit asking to take down existing and future “defamatory” content.
🇧🇷 How the vinyl revival fills the gaps streaming left behind - As global sales climb, the reasons people buy records diverge sharply across cultures.
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🇨🇳 The global cybersecurity gap deepens as AI-powered attacks surge - Restricted access to powerful defensive AI tools like Anthropic’s Mythos leaves some companies, central banks, and nations more vulnerable than others.
🇦🇴 An old railroad is key to U.S.-China race for critical metals in Africa - Washington is trying to use the Lobito Railway in Congo to break China’s hold on critical metals in Africa, writes Nicholas Niarchos in his new book, The Elements of Power.
🍎 South Korean probe tests U.S. willingness to protect its tech giants abroad - A massive data breach at huge online retailer Coupang, which is registered and listed in the U.S., has both countries claiming the right to act.
🇨🇳 The global cybersecurity gap deepens as AI-powered attacks surge - Restricted access to powerful defensive AI tools like Anthropic’s Mythos leaves some companies, central banks, and nations more vulnerable than others.
🇦🇴 An old railroad is key to U.S.-China race for critical metals in Africa - Washington is trying to use the Lobito Railway in Congo to break China’s hold on critical metals in Africa, writes Nicholas Niarchos in his new book, The Elements of Power.
🍎 South Korean probe tests U.S. willingness to protect its tech giants abroad - A massive data breach at huge online retailer Coupang, which is registered and listed in the U.S., has both countries claiming the right to act.
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📷 Motorola’s India lawsuit could make platforms police speech faster - The American phonemaker's Indian arm has named X, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Google, and Meta in a lawsuit asking to take down existing and future “defamatory” content.
🇧🇷 How the vinyl revival fills the gaps streaming left behind - As global sales climb, the reasons people buy records diverge sharply across cultures.
🇺🇸 The Chinese EV standard winning globally is banned in the U.S. - By banning Chinese software, the U.S. risks isolating its automakers from the integrated systems, standards, and partnerships shaping the global electric vehicle market.
📷 Motorola’s India lawsuit could make platforms police speech faster - The American phonemaker's Indian arm has named X, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Google, and Meta in a lawsuit asking to take down existing and future “defamatory” content.
🇧🇷 How the vinyl revival fills the gaps streaming left behind - As global sales climb, the reasons people buy records diverge sharply across cultures.
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🇮🇶 Big Tech is moving data out of the Gulf through Iraqi oil pipelines - U.S. hyperscalers secure "dark fiber" capacity along Iraqi land route to reduce latency and provide a backup to vulnerable subsea cables.
🇦🇴 An old railroad is key to U.S.-China race for critical metals in Africa - Washington is trying to use the Lobito Railway in Congo to break China’s hold on critical metals in Africa, writes Nicholas Niarchos in his new book, The Elements of Power.
🍎 South Korean probe tests U.S. willingness to protect its tech giants abroad - A massive data breach at huge online retailer Coupang, which is registered and listed in the U.S., has both countries claiming the right to act.
🇮🇶 Big Tech is moving data out of the Gulf through Iraqi oil pipelines - U.S. hyperscalers secure "dark fiber" capacity along Iraqi land route to reduce latency and provide a backup to vulnerable subsea cables.
🇦🇴 An old railroad is key to U.S.-China race for critical metals in Africa - Washington is trying to use the Lobito Railway in Congo to break China’s hold on critical metals in Africa, writes Nicholas Niarchos in his new book, The Elements of Power.
🍎 South Korean probe tests U.S. willingness to protect its tech giants abroad - A massive data breach at huge online retailer Coupang, which is registered and listed in the U.S., has both countries claiming the right to act.
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🇺🇸 The Chinese EV standard winning globally is banned in the U.S. - By banning Chinese software, the U.S. risks isolating its automakers from the integrated systems, standards, and partnerships shaping the global electric vehicle market.
🇨🇳 The global cybersecurity gap deepens as AI-powered attacks surge - Restricted access to powerful defensive AI tools like Anthropic’s Mythos leaves some companies, central banks, and nations more vulnerable than others.
🇦🇺 Five times AI hallucinations embarrassed governments - From the Trump administration’s “formatting errors” to South Africa’s historic policy withdrawal, AI confabulation is infiltrating official documents.
🇺🇸 The Chinese EV standard winning globally is banned in the U.S. - By banning Chinese software, the U.S. risks isolating its automakers from the integrated systems, standards, and partnerships shaping the global electric vehicle market.
🇨🇳 The global cybersecurity gap deepens as AI-powered attacks surge - Restricted access to powerful defensive AI tools like Anthropic’s Mythos leaves some companies, central banks, and nations more vulnerable than others.
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🇨🇳 Some Taiwanese drone math ahead of the Xi-Trump visit - Recalling my visit to Thunder Tiger, a Taiwanese company building “non-China” drones for the U.S. military.
📷 Motorola’s India lawsuit could make platforms police speech faster - The American phonemaker's Indian arm has named X, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Google, and Meta in a lawsuit asking to take down existing and future “defamatory” content.
🇮🇶 Big Tech is moving data out of the Gulf through Iraqi oil pipelines - U.S. hyperscalers secure "dark fiber" capacity along Iraqi land route to reduce latency and provide a backup to vulnerable subsea cables.
🇨🇳 Some Taiwanese drone math ahead of the Xi-Trump visit - Recalling my visit to Thunder Tiger, a Taiwanese company building “non-China” drones for the U.S. military.
📷 Motorola’s India lawsuit could make platforms police speech faster - The American phonemaker's Indian arm has named X, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Google, and Meta in a lawsuit asking to take down existing and future “defamatory” content.
🇮🇶 Big Tech is moving data out of the Gulf through Iraqi oil pipelines - U.S. hyperscalers secure "dark fiber" capacity along Iraqi land route to reduce latency and provide a backup to vulnerable subsea cables.
Our 3 top read stories from accross the day:
🇦🇺 Five times AI hallucinations embarrassed governments - From the Trump administration’s “formatting errors” to South Africa’s historic policy withdrawal, AI confabulation is infiltrating official documents.
🇺🇸 The Chinese EV standard winning globally is banned in the U.S. - By banning Chinese software, the U.S. risks isolating its automakers from the integrated systems, standards, and partnerships shaping the global electric vehicle market.
🇨🇳 The global cybersecurity gap deepens as AI-powered attacks surge - Restricted access to powerful defensive AI tools like Anthropic’s Mythos leaves some companies, central banks, and nations more vulnerable than others.
🇦🇺 Five times AI hallucinations embarrassed governments - From the Trump administration’s “formatting errors” to South Africa’s historic policy withdrawal, AI confabulation is infiltrating official documents.
🇺🇸 The Chinese EV standard winning globally is banned in the U.S. - By banning Chinese software, the U.S. risks isolating its automakers from the integrated systems, standards, and partnerships shaping the global electric vehicle market.
🇨🇳 The global cybersecurity gap deepens as AI-powered attacks surge - Restricted access to powerful defensive AI tools like Anthropic’s Mythos leaves some companies, central banks, and nations more vulnerable than others.
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🇨🇳 The Chinese whiz kids of Silicon Valley - Chinese-born tech workers have fueled Silicon Valley for decades. In the AI era, they're superstars.
🇨🇳 Some Taiwanese drone math ahead of the Xi-Trump visit - Recalling my visit to Thunder Tiger, a Taiwanese company building “non-China” drones for the U.S. military.
📷 Motorola’s India lawsuit could make platforms police speech faster - The American phonemaker's Indian arm has named X, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Google, and Meta in a lawsuit asking to take down existing and future “defamatory” content.
🇨🇳 The Chinese whiz kids of Silicon Valley - Chinese-born tech workers have fueled Silicon Valley for decades. In the AI era, they're superstars.
🇨🇳 Some Taiwanese drone math ahead of the Xi-Trump visit - Recalling my visit to Thunder Tiger, a Taiwanese company building “non-China” drones for the U.S. military.
📷 Motorola’s India lawsuit could make platforms police speech faster - The American phonemaker's Indian arm has named X, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Google, and Meta in a lawsuit asking to take down existing and future “defamatory” content.
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🍎 Taiwan’s chips power the global economy. China holds the leverage - Big Tech’s reliance on TSMC makes the China-Taiwan dispute the world’s most dangerous geopolitical flashpoint, says writer Eyck Freymann ahead of this week’s Xi-Trump meeting in Beijing.
🇦🇺 Five times AI hallucinations embarrassed governments - From the Trump administration’s “formatting errors” to South Africa’s historic policy withdrawal, AI confabulation is infiltrating official documents.
🇺🇸 The Chinese EV standard winning globally is banned in the U.S. - By banning Chinese software, the U.S. risks isolating its automakers from the integrated systems, standards, and partnerships shaping the global electric vehicle market.
🍎 Taiwan’s chips power the global economy. China holds the leverage - Big Tech’s reliance on TSMC makes the China-Taiwan dispute the world’s most dangerous geopolitical flashpoint, says writer Eyck Freymann ahead of this week’s Xi-Trump meeting in Beijing.
🇦🇺 Five times AI hallucinations embarrassed governments - From the Trump administration’s “formatting errors” to South Africa’s historic policy withdrawal, AI confabulation is infiltrating official documents.
🇺🇸 The Chinese EV standard winning globally is banned in the U.S. - By banning Chinese software, the U.S. risks isolating its automakers from the integrated systems, standards, and partnerships shaping the global electric vehicle market.
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🇨🇳 Some Taiwanese drone math ahead of the Xi-Trump visit - Recalling my visit to Thunder Tiger, a Taiwanese company building “non-China” drones for the U.S. military.
🇨🇳 The global cybersecurity gap deepens as AI-powered attacks surge - Restricted access to powerful defensive AI tools like Anthropic’s Mythos leaves some companies, central banks, and nations more vulnerable than others.
📸 Motorola’s India lawsuit could make platforms police speech faster - The American phonemaker's Indian arm has named X, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Google, and Meta in a lawsuit asking to take down existing and future “defamatory” content.
🇨🇳 Some Taiwanese drone math ahead of the Xi-Trump visit - Recalling my visit to Thunder Tiger, a Taiwanese company building “non-China” drones for the U.S. military.
🇨🇳 The global cybersecurity gap deepens as AI-powered attacks surge - Restricted access to powerful defensive AI tools like Anthropic’s Mythos leaves some companies, central banks, and nations more vulnerable than others.
📸 Motorola’s India lawsuit could make platforms police speech faster - The American phonemaker's Indian arm has named X, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Google, and Meta in a lawsuit asking to take down existing and future “defamatory” content.
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🇨🇳 What's at stake for tech at the Trump-Xi meeting - U.S.-China summit to likely cover AI rivalry, chip exports, supply chain security, and the EV trade as leaders navigate intensifying geopolitical tensions.
🍎 Taiwan’s chips power the global economy. China holds the leverage - Big Tech’s reliance on TSMC makes the China-Taiwan dispute the world’s most dangerous geopolitical flashpoint, says writer Eyck Freymann ahead of this week’s Xi-Trump meeting in Beijing.
🇨🇳 The Chinese whiz kids of Silicon Valley - Chinese-born tech workers have fueled Silicon Valley for decades. In the AI era, they're superstars.
🇨🇳 What's at stake for tech at the Trump-Xi meeting - U.S.-China summit to likely cover AI rivalry, chip exports, supply chain security, and the EV trade as leaders navigate intensifying geopolitical tensions.
🍎 Taiwan’s chips power the global economy. China holds the leverage - Big Tech’s reliance on TSMC makes the China-Taiwan dispute the world’s most dangerous geopolitical flashpoint, says writer Eyck Freymann ahead of this week’s Xi-Trump meeting in Beijing.
🇨🇳 The Chinese whiz kids of Silicon Valley - Chinese-born tech workers have fueled Silicon Valley for decades. In the AI era, they're superstars.
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➡ Can we really keep kids safe online? - Future of Privacy Forum CEO Jules Polonetsky says protecting minors online requires more than just restrictions and parental controls.
🇦🇺 Five times AI hallucinations embarrassed governments - From the Trump administration’s “formatting errors” to South Africa’s historic policy withdrawal, AI confabulation is infiltrating official documents.
🇺🇸 The Chinese EV standard winning globally is banned in the U.S. - By banning Chinese software, the U.S. risks isolating its automakers from the integrated systems, standards, and partnerships shaping the global electric vehicle market.
➡ Can we really keep kids safe online? - Future of Privacy Forum CEO Jules Polonetsky says protecting minors online requires more than just restrictions and parental controls.
🇦🇺 Five times AI hallucinations embarrassed governments - From the Trump administration’s “formatting errors” to South Africa’s historic policy withdrawal, AI confabulation is infiltrating official documents.
🇺🇸 The Chinese EV standard winning globally is banned in the U.S. - By banning Chinese software, the U.S. risks isolating its automakers from the integrated systems, standards, and partnerships shaping the global electric vehicle market.
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🇮🇳 India’s VCs are beating Silicon Valley at home - A decade after U.S. venture capital firms fueled India’s startup boom, local investors are now dominating deals.
🇨🇳 What's at stake for tech at the Trump-Xi meeting - U.S.-China summit to likely cover AI rivalry, chip exports, supply chain security, and the EV trade as leaders navigate intensifying geopolitical tensions.
🍎 Taiwan’s chips power the global economy. China holds the leverage - Big Tech’s reliance on TSMC makes the China-Taiwan dispute the world’s most dangerous geopolitical flashpoint, says writer Eyck Freymann ahead of this week’s Xi-Trump meeting in Beijing.
🇮🇳 India’s VCs are beating Silicon Valley at home - A decade after U.S. venture capital firms fueled India’s startup boom, local investors are now dominating deals.
🇨🇳 What's at stake for tech at the Trump-Xi meeting - U.S.-China summit to likely cover AI rivalry, chip exports, supply chain security, and the EV trade as leaders navigate intensifying geopolitical tensions.
🍎 Taiwan’s chips power the global economy. China holds the leverage - Big Tech’s reliance on TSMC makes the China-Taiwan dispute the world’s most dangerous geopolitical flashpoint, says writer Eyck Freymann ahead of this week’s Xi-Trump meeting in Beijing.