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Naver, South Korea’s largest buyer of Nvidia chips, pitches its AI cloud services as an alternative to countries reluctant to use U.S. or Chinese services (Song Jung-a/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 12, 2026

Song Jung-a / Financial Times: Naver, South Korea’s largest buyer of Nvidia chips, is pitching its AI cloud services as…

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A look at global AI adoption in 2025; consumption in the countries of the North has increased almost twice as fast as in the South; UAE leads with 64% of working age adults using AI (Microsoft Corporate Responsibility)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 11, 2026

Featured Podcasts Access: The race for AI glasses is heating up. A show about the inside conversations of the tech…

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Starlink says it has reached 9M "active customers" in 155 countries, territories and other markets, up from 8 million on November 5 (Polly Thompson/Business Insider)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 24, 2025

Polly Thompson / Business Insider: Starlink claims to have reached 9 million “active customers” in 155 countries, territories and other…

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Surveillance tools exported by China, based on American technology and obtained by Chinese companies, to countries like Nepal, are being used to stifle Tibetan refugees (Associated Press)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 21, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI’s potential, Google’s fast model and co-pilot encounter turbulence The Big Technology Podcast takes you…

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Letterboxd plans to launch its Video Store movie rental platform on December 10, offering select independent titles in 23 countries, including the US, UK and France (Todd Spangler/Variety)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 8, 2025

Todd Spangler / Variety: Letterboxd plans to launch its Video Store movie rental platform on December 10, offering select independent…

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Copenhagen-based Formalize, whose compliance software serves organizations in more than 80 countries, has raised a €30 million Series B round co-led by Acton Capital and Blackfin Tech (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 2, 2025

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Sixty-five countries sign UN cybercrime treaty to share data and extradite suspects, despite privacy and security concerns from tech companies and activists (Lien Hoang/Nikkei Asia)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 27, 2025

Featured Podcasts Acquired: Trader Joe’s Discover the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies and how you can apply them…

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Tinder plans to expand its facial verification feature to all new US users in the coming months, after rolling out to seven countries and California (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 22, 2025

Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: Tinder plans to expand its facial verification feature to all new US users in the coming…

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Docs disclosed: Geedge Networks of the Supervisor for the surveillance of Chinese networks has sold major fire-style censorship systems to at least four countries, including Pakistan (Zeyi Yang / Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 10, 2025

Zeyi Yang / Cable:: Docs disclosed: Geedge Networks of the Supervisor for the Surveillance of Chinese networks has sold major…

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Sources: The United States informs European countries that it is retreating from joint efforts to combat the disinformation of Russia, China, Iran and other countries (Amy Mackinnon / Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 9, 2025

Amy Mackinnon / Financial time:: Sources: The United States informs European countries that it is retreating from joint efforts to…

China’s maritime outposts could distract Taiwan’s allies in the event of an invasion from Beijing – Radio Free Asia

The Dalai Lama undergoes left knee surgery in New Delhi – Radio Free Asia

Satellite photos reveal Vietnamese construction boom in controversial Spratly channel – Radio Free Asia

Can ASEAN’s green goals survive the data center boom? – The diplomat

Hong Kong’s Victoria Park remains silent on anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown – Radio Free Asia

Rivian is betting that R2 EV can make it a household name like Tesla

The bank will deploy more powerful agents this year

Airlines discover the grass isn’t always greener with new engines

Texas Butcherworm Cases Don’t Endanger Food Supply, Brooke Rollins Says

Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly launch obesity pills, prepare for Medicare coverage

Top House Democrat demands answers about Trump’s health after he falls asleep during NBA Finals

BBC Scares Trump of His Own Defamation Lawsuit

Mike Johnson ceded his power as Speaker of the House to Trump

Hakeem Jeffries goes on Fox News and calls them out for ignoring GOP bigots

Trump Melts Down and Leaves to Meet the Press When Asked for Evidence of Election Rigging

SF voters reject the Overpaid CEO Act, a union-backed ballot measure aimed at raising taxes on any large company where the CEO earns 100 times more than the median employee (Bloomberg)

Vinyl Equity, an SEC-registered transfer agent that launched a payments platform earlier this year, raised a $20 million Series A round led by Jump Capital (Ryan Lawler/Axios)

In an interview, Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity, said the company plans its IPO for 2028, regardless of the success of Anthropic and OpenAI’s IPOs (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)

US FCC waives deadline for Amazon to deploy half of its Leo satellites by July; Amazon is still scheduled to launch all 3,232 satellites by July 30, 2029 (Michael Kan/PCMag)

Microsoft has disabled more than 70 of its repositories on GitHub, including Azure-related tools like azure-functions-host, after hackers added credential-stealing malware to them (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

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Naver, South Korea’s largest buyer of Nvidia chips, pitches its AI cloud services as an alternative to countries reluctant to use U.S. or Chinese services (Song Jung-a/Financial Times)

A look at global AI adoption in 2025; consumption in the countries of the North has increased almost twice as fast as in the South; UAE leads with 64% of working age adults using AI (Microsoft Corporate Responsibility)

Starlink says it has reached 9M "active customers" in 155 countries, territories and other markets, up from 8 million on November 5 (Polly Thompson/Business Insider)

Surveillance tools exported by China, based on American technology and obtained by Chinese companies, to countries like Nepal, are being used to stifle Tibetan refugees (Associated Press)

Letterboxd plans to launch its Video Store movie rental platform on December 10, offering select independent titles in 23 countries, including the US, UK and France (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Copenhagen-based Formalize, whose compliance software serves organizations in more than 80 countries, has raised a €30 million Series B round co-led by Acton Capital and Blackfin Tech (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)

Sixty-five countries sign UN cybercrime treaty to share data and extradite suspects, despite privacy and security concerns from tech companies and activists (Lien Hoang/Nikkei Asia)

Tinder plans to expand its facial verification feature to all new US users in the coming months, after rolling out to seven countries and California (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)

Docs disclosed: Geedge Networks of the Supervisor for the surveillance of Chinese networks has sold major fire-style censorship systems to at least four countries, including Pakistan (Zeyi Yang / Wired)

Sources: The United States informs European countries that it is retreating from joint efforts to combat the disinformation of Russia, China, Iran and other countries (Amy Mackinnon / Financial Times)