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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...

India’s VCs are beating American investors at home

2026-05-15 21:00:00

As a tech journalist in Bengaluru, I spent much of the early 2010s writing about Indian startups raising money from Silicon Valley investors. Every other month, I would find myself...

Can we really keep kids safe online?

2026-05-14 18:00:00

Governments around the world are rushing to regulate children’s access to social media. From Australia’s social media ban for minors to growing concerns around artificial intelligence, predators, privacy, and screen...