War in the Gulf could tilt the cloud race toward China
… Google signed partnership deals with Qatar in 2020 and started building data centers there in 2023. …
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The Gulf was Silicon Valley’s bet on the future. Trump has put it in the crosshairs
… Iran’s drones didn’t just strike a set of server farms, they struck an assumption — the foundational premise on which the U.S. and Silicon Valley had constructed one of the most ambitious technology partnerships in history. …
The UAE’s OPEC exit frees up oil wealth as it bets big on AI
… G42 is also investing in OpenAI data centers in the U.S. through a partnership with Microsoft. …
U.S. companies back Sam Altman’s World ID even as much of the world pushes back
… April 2026: Worldcoin announces partnerships with Tinder, Zoom, and Docusign.
Humanitarian aid turns to AI as crises outpace capacity
… Through websites, Facebook, WhatsApp, and other widely used platforms, it answers questions about aid access, health services, legal rights, and documentation, and connects users to human caseworkers when needed. As demand for services grew, so did the volume of questions. …
South Korean probe tests U.S. willingness to protect its tech giants abroad
… Behind the trade dispute is another U.S. fear — that every move against Coupang is a win for China. “If your government’s current efforts to push American companies from the country’s online retail market succeeds, then the vacuum would quickly be filled by Chinese platforms like Temu, Alibaba, and…
India’s AI deal with the UAE challenges U.S. cloud dominance
… A G42 unit will handle their installation, operations, and maintenance, with Cerebras providing technical support, G42 said in response to questions from Rest of World . …
Pushing back from Big Tech: Africa’s hard road to AI sovereignty
… The depth of Western involvement raises questions about whose priorities shape Africa’s AI future, Cambridge University researcher Kofi Yeoh found . Anthropic’s AI partnership with Rwanda shows the tension. …
The Chinese EV standard winning globally is banned in the U.S.
… It becomes organizational and strategic.” U.S. automakers are shut out of these partnerships because the same rules that keep Chinese cars off U.S. roads also block the technology collaborations that could help them keep pace. …
China leads the humanoid robot race — but the U.S. still has a shot
… Ideally, we also want to see strong partnership on the commercial side of things. …