In his new book “Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires,” writer Paris Marx examines how local communities are resisting the growing demand for water to cool data centers.

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Innovation

The billion-dollar ideas built outside the West amid political instability, economic uncertainty, and inconsistent systems — and what success and failure costs…

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Will developing nations be able to handle millions of AI agents?

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Will developing nations be able to handle millions of AI agents?

It may be some time before AI agents can fully navigate the complexities and cultural nuances of developing nations.

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Global

It may be some time before AI agents can fully navigate the complexities and cultural nuances of developing nations.

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Western open-weight models still can’t beat China

World News

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Western open-weight models still can’t beat China

Chinese open-weight AI models offer high capability at significantly lower costs than U.S. frontier systems, but face monetization and compute challenges, experts said at a Rest of World event in San Francisco.

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What the West can learn from AI optimists in the rest of the world

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What the West can learn from AI optimists in the rest of the world

The developing world’s enthusiastic adoption of AI and necessity-driven innovations offer lessons for an anxiety-ridden West.

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Ideas

Our home for arguments, opinions, and essays. We prioritize local voices — entrepreneurs, workers, activists, politicians, regulators, end users — to highlight local ideas with global implications.

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BYD expands EV shipping fleet as wars upend freight costs and key trade routes

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BYD expands EV shipping fleet as wars upend freight costs and key trade routes

China’s EV giant says a shortage of ships is holding back its exports.

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EV Revolution

The economic and environmental impact of the mainstream adoption of electric vehicles, as Western giants scramble to compete with their global rivals…

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The UAE embraces AI for kindergartners

The country’s approach offers a glimpse of what education could look like if AI literacy becomes as fundamental as reading and writing.

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