India’s AI deal with the UAE challenges U.S. cloud dominance
…Amazon operates a full cloud region in the UAE, and Microsoft has committed $15.2 billion to UAE data center expansion through 2029, working through G42’s subsidiary Khazna. The deal may…
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China builds a rival satellite constellation as SpaceX goes public
…After merging with Musk’s company xAI in February, SpaceX now operates data centers in Memphis, Tennessee. In its regulatory filing , the company has disclosed a deal under which Google will pay…
A Mexican surveillance giant you’ve never heard of is now watching the U.S. border
Adriana Zehbrauskas for Rest of World By José Olivares 8 April 2026 • Ciudad Juárez, Mexico This article was produced in partnership with Type Investigations . I nside a law enforcement command center in…
U.S. companies have an AI problem. Indian IT wants to be the solution
…Even as 90% of executives experiment with AI, 60% say the data and technologies at their companies are not ready, according to a 2026 Bain survey . “The IT industry’s real value…
Humanitarian aid turns to AI as crises outpace capacity
…It has become a teachable foundation for how we apply AI for humanitarian good, combining trusted data, user-centered design, and deep domain expertise to reach people with the right information, in…
India is testing an alternative to Silicon Valley’s AI playbook
…countries account for more than 80% of notable AI models, AI startups, venture funding, and data center capacity despite representing just 17% of the global population. As a result, many AI systems…
The global tech boom is over. American AI companies won
…big, powerful data centers stacked with expensive and hard-to-source chips. These data centers also require massive amounts of water and electricity to run, and many billions of dollars to build…
The Chinese EV standard winning globally is banned in the U.S.
…The gap in self-driving technology is growing also because these systems improve by collecting real-world driving data, and scale determines who learns fastest. China has roughly 2,300 self-driving…
Gig workers in Africa have been helping the US military. They had no idea
…It was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network. Six weeks before the US launched its brazen mission to capture Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, a spy plane was…
Ideas | How Ukraine is beating Russia’s disinformation campaigns
…Warfare Analytical Group at the Ukraine Crisis Media Center investigates and publicizes Moscow’s disinformation tactics, and Texty.org.ua has advanced data-driven journalistic coverage of Kremlin disinformation in Ukraine. My…