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restofworld.org › 2026

AI is minting new billionaires, and workers want their share

… The labor union had demanded the company allocate 15% of operating profit to bonuses for all workers, not just those at the memory chip division that supplies Tesla, Nvidia, and other big tech companies. “As the AI industry drives record operating profits, union members are in a structure where the… …

May 22, 2026 · Rina Chandran

restofworld.org › 2026

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

… Owning the infrastructure is only the start. “We have seen in some other countries in North Africa, where they build data centers, put their data in, but then they outsource the management of the data center to a third-party provider, who can just lock up the thing and throw away the keys,” Tay Pei… …

May 21, 2026 · Ananya Bhattacharya