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AI is minting new billionaires, and workers want their share

2026-05-22 22:48:57

Samsung Electronics narrowly averted a walkout by nearly 48,000 workers this week, after executives agreed to a tentative deal over bonus payments. But the labor union’s demand for a bigger...

What AI race? China and U.S. AI worlds are tightly connected

2026-05-22 21:00:00

The tech race between the U.S. and China seems to heat up daily. Headlines center on how America seeks to lead global AI with its capital and chips, while China...

Pushing back from Big Tech: Africa’s hard road to AI sovereignty

2026-05-21 18:00:00

Africa’s four biggest tech economies have each drafted artificial intelligence strategies admitting they depend too heavily on Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Meta for infrastructure and want more control over the...

The UAE’s OPEC exit frees up oil wealth as it bets big on AI

2026-05-20 18:00:00

The United Arab Emirates quit the world’s most powerful oil cartel on May 1, freeing billions in oil revenue while placing its biggest bet yet on artificial intelligence. The Organization...

Silicon Valley keeps misreading China’s role in tech

2026-05-19 18:00:00

When Donald Trump arrived in Beijing last week for his first state visit to China since 2017, he was joined by the CEOs of Tesla, Apple, Nvidia, Micron, Qualcomm, and...

The Filipino virtual assistants behind LinkedIn’s “thought leadership” content mill

2026-05-18 18:00:00

In the spring of 2025, the CEO of a European childcare startup posted a brief write-up about the qualities of a good leader on their LinkedIn page. Dozens of executives...