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Iranian drone strikes at Amazon sites raise alarms over protecting data centers

2026-03-05 02:17:19

The Iranian drone strikes that hit Amazon Web Services facilities in the Middle East have thrust a new question to the forefront of the tech industry: Should data centers be...

Big Tech’s Gulf megaprojects are trapped between two war choke points

2026-03-05 00:05:16

Billions of dollars in U.S. technology infrastructure, and trillions more in planned investment, now depend on fiber-optic cables running through war zones. Amazon, Microsoft, and Google spent years building data...

An AI avatar is running to represent Indigenous voters in Colombia

2026-03-04 21:00:00

Among the thousands of candidates seeking election in Colombia’s parliamentary polls this month is an artificial intelligence avatar. Its creator hopes it will change the way Indigenous people in the...

Open-source AI hardware could weaken Big Tech’s grip on AI

2026-03-04 19:00:00

On February 20, attendees at the India AI Impact Summit watched an unusual demonstration unfold. An artificial intelligence-powered device scanned a table and identified the candy bars laid out on...

India’s tech sovereignty is built on digital dependence

2026-03-03 19:00:00

India’s computing history is punctuated by moments of possibility, each representing a road not taken. What began as a genuine struggle for technological sovereignty has mutated into its inverse: a...

Iranian strikes test the Gulf’s trillion-dollar AI dream

2026-03-03 00:46:09

For years, Gulf leaders made a simple promise to Silicon Valley: Bring your data, your models, and your chips, and we will give you stability. On Sunday, that promise ended...