In The New Geography of Innovation, writer Mehran Gul examines the increasing competition for talent in Singapore, where big tech firms are luring people away from once-prized government jobs.

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Google vs. Perplexity fight plays out in India as AI battle intensifies

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Google vs. Perplexity fight plays out in India as AI battle intensifies

Google and Perplexity are offering free access to their AI-powered search in India, a key testing ground and source of training data for AI models.

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China’s AI drug discovery companies land huge deals with Big Pharma

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China’s AI drug discovery companies land huge deals with Big Pharma

Multibillion-dollar partnerships show China’s rising influence in AI-driven pharmaceuticals.

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U.S. targets Brazil’s payments platform Pix in trade spat

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U.S. targets Brazil’s payments platform Pix in trade spat

Big Tech has struggled to compete against Brazil’s beloved digital payments system, with the U.S. government now investigating the country’s “unfair trade practices.”

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Why Big Tech is threatened by a global push for data sovereignty

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Why Big Tech is threatened by a global push for data sovereignty

Countries are forcing tech giants to store citizen data locally, challenging the standard business model of harvesting data abroad while keeping profits at home.

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In a world first, Brazilians will soon be able to sell their digital data

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In a world first, Brazilians will soon be able to sell their digital data

Brazil is piloting dWallet, a project that lets citizens earn money from their data. It is ahead of similar U.S.-based initiatives.

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How Trump’s Gulf trip turned oil kingdoms into tech superpowers

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How Trump’s Gulf trip turned oil kingdoms into tech superpowers

Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE have pledged trillions of dollars in return for access to cutting-edge chips for AI development.

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The Indian company forcing Uber to change its business model

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The Indian company forcing Uber to change its business model

Namma Yatri, launched by a SoftBank-backed fintech firm, pioneered the zero-commission model. Now other ride-hailing apps are rethinking their strategy.

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