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Big Tech's AI data center plans, which are set to need an estimated 44GW of additional capacity by 2028, face a power crunch that could deflate the AI “bubble” (ig.ft.com)
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Users of ByteDance's agentic AI phone Nubia M153 report that its Doubao assistant is blocked or limited by Tencent's WeChat, Alibaba's Taobao, and other apps (asia.nikkei.com)
2 days ago Alibaba AI WeChat Tencent

African state accuses rebels of cross-border bombing (www.rt.com)
2 days ago Africa

Singapore-based banking and payments startup Airwallex raised $330M at an $8B valuation, after raising $300M at a $6.2B valuation in May, and plans a US HQ (www.ft.com)
2 days ago Startup Singapore

Kiev should drag out peace negotiations – senior Ukrainian MP (www.rt.com)
2 days ago Ukraine

Loyal soldiers foiled Benin coup attempt – president (www.rt.com)
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Binance receives three licenses from Abu Dhabi's financial regulator, allowing comprehensive operations across its exchange, clearing, and brokerage arms (www.bloomberg.com)
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Police in Edmonton, Canada partner with Axon to test body cameras with AI facial recognition, and say the results will be verified by human officers (apnews.com)
2 days ago AI Canada Facial Recognition

Google says Gemini 3 Pro sets new vision AI benchmark records, including in complex visual reasoning, beating Claude Opus 4.5 and GPT-5.1 in some categories (blog.google)
2 days ago Google AI

An interview with 10 Kenyan AI annotators shows Chinese companies hire data labelers via opaque middleman networks and WhatsApp groups to avoid accountability (restofworld.org)
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Inside the creation of AI actress Tilly Norwood, which included 2,000 iterations; Particle6, its creator, says it has ~60 NDAs for projects involving Tilly (www.wsj.com)
2 days ago AI

Coinbase reopens app registration in India after an over-two-year pause, letting users make crypto-to-crypto trades, and plans to open up crypto buying in 2026 (techcrunch.com)
2 days ago India Coinbase

India issues warning to largest airline after travel chaos (www.rt.com)
2 days ago India

A Path Away from Fossil Fuels already Exists, COP30 or No (www.juancole.com)
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Labeling dissent as Terrorism: Trump's NSPM-7 raises Constitutional Alarms (www.juancole.com)
2 days ago Trump Terrorism

Several Countries to Boycott Eurovision Singing Contest over Israeli Participation (www.juancole.com)
2 days ago Israel

Was the Airbus A320 Recall Caused By Cosmic Rays? (tech.slashdot.org)
2 days ago Airbus

How Pathway, a startup developing an alternative to the transformer, aims to use its Dragon Hatchling architecture to create a new class of adaptive AI systems (www.wsj.com)
2 days ago Startup AI

Netanyahu asks for pardon: Desperation or political calculation? (www.rt.com)
2 days ago Netanyahu

Andrew Shearer on Australia's geopolitical challenges (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2 days ago Australia

We have not lost the geopolitical struggle, but we must work harder and together (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
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How “cash to crypto” swaps allow users everywhere to convert national currencies to stablecoins and then debit cards, avoiding financial oversight and sanctions (www.nytimes.com)
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All of Russia's Porsches Were Bricked By a Mysterious Satellite Outage (tech.slashdot.org)
2 days ago Russia

The Marshall Islands' experiment with a universal basic income (www.lowyinstitute.org)
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Sumatra floods: Indonesia stuck in a cycle of crisis management (www.lowyinstitute.org)
2 days ago Indonesia

Cyclones to coups: Crises drive violence against women (www.lowyinstitute.org)
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Sources: IBM is in advanced talks to buy data streaming software maker Confluent for ~$11B, above its market value of ~$8B as of December 5 close (www.wsj.com)
2 days ago IBM

A look at an “etiquette camp” for young founders in San Francisco, which teaches them how to dress, act, and talk, amid shifting expectations for tech founders (www.washingtonpost.com)
2 days ago San Francisco

Can This Simple Invention Convert Waste Heat Into Electricity? (hardware.slashdot.org)
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What Trump's National Security Strategy means for Australia (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2 days ago Trump Australia

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