Trending Tech News preprint research papers on arXiv from 14 academic institutions in eight countries had hidden prompts telling AI tools to give positive reviews (Nikkei Asia) 5. July 2025
Trending Tech News only 32 countries, mostly in the Northern Hemisphere, host AI data centers, with the US, China, and the EU controlling 50%+ of the world’s top facilities (New York Times) 23. June 2025
Trending Tech News Sony unlocks regional restrictions for some PC games in more than 100 countries 16. June 2025
Trending Tech News Berlin-based Knowunity, an AI-powered learning platform with 20M+ users in 15 countries, raised a €27M Series B led by XAnge, bringing its total funding to €45M (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu) 16. June 2025
Trending Tech News Google expands Veo 3 availability to 71 additional countries, and Gemini Pro subscribers now get a trial pack of 10 Veo 3 generations on the Gemini web app (Matthias Bastian/The Decoder) 25. May 2025
Trending Tech News A look at the rise of “sovereign AI”, wherein countries invest directly in chip companies like Nvidia and AMD, making AI chips a highly politicized business (Dan Gallagher/Wall Street Journal) 24. May 2025
Tech for Life & Work The State Department reportedly pressured African countries to adopt Starlink 16. May 2025
Trending Tech News How President Trump is leveraging the US’ dominance in AI chips to secure strategic deals with Middle Eastern oil-rich countries like Saudi Arabia and the UAE (New York Times) 12. May 2025
Tech for Life & Work The US is reportedly encouraging countries to adopt Musk’s Starlink in tariff trade talks 8. May 2025
Tech for Life & Work Widespread power outage hits Spain and neighboring countries France and Portugal 28. April 2025
