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Data workers are being forced to work on-site during earthquakes and typhoons

2026-01-21 19:00:00

Kyle Enero, a call-center employee, was at work one night on the 11th floor of an office tower in the Philippine city of Cebu, when the building began to shake...

Big Tech is racing to own Africa’s internet

2026-01-21 18:07:04

American big tech companies want to become Africa’s next internet providers. Earlier this month, Amazon acquired an operating license to roll out its low-Earth orbit satellite broadband service, Amazon Leo...

China steers the Gulf’s driverless future as U.S. rivals stay home

2026-01-20 19:00:00

China is beating the United States in the race to control the Gulf’s driverless car market. The latest win came in October 2025 when Chinese company WeRide secured an exclusive...

Grok’s biggest danger isn’t what it says — it’s where it lives

2026-01-16 22:00:00

I was genuinely impressed the first time Grok replied to me. Elon Musk’s AI tool didn’t sound like a generic chatbot trying to be funny. It sounded like someone I...

Is a billion dollars still cool?

2026-01-15 22:20:00

In the 2010 film “The Social Network,” early Facebook employees discuss the money-making potential of their new site. “A million dollars isn’t cool,” someone says to Mark Zuckerberg (played by...

Why the EU is ready to drop high tariffs on China-made EVs

2026-01-15 17:46:18

The European Union has found a way to keep electric-vehicle makers happy without flooding the market with cheap Chinese cars.  The European Commission, on January 12, issued a guidance document...