A look at DeepSeek's rise in Africa, as China's lightweight, low-cost AI models make inroads into the continent via tech infrastructure built by Huawei and ZTE
Bloomberg : X: @saritharai , @kyleichan , and @davidsacks . Bluesky: @wavesblog . Forums: r/technology X: Saritha Rai / @saritharai : A deep dive into DeepSeek's surge in Africa & Chinese AI's inroad...
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
Hard Power Soft Power and the Future of the West by Alex Karp and Nicholas Zamiska, the founders of Palantir. They make the case for big tech working with government on big tech problems including de...
Chinese state media has embraced the success of Black Myth: Wukong, a Chinese AAA game that has sold 20M+ copies globally, hailing it as a soft power export
Lizzi C. Lee / Rest of World : X: @sluongng , @restofworld , @restofworld , @wstv_lizzi , @danielolimac , @restofworld , @wstv_lizzi , and @wstv_lizzi X: Son Luong / @sluongng : It would be nice if m...
Chinese state media has embraced the success of Black Myth: Wukong, a Chinese AAA game that has sold 20M+ copies globally, hailing it as a soft power export
China is changing its long-critical stance thanks to the smash hit, according to Chinese game developers and industry analysts. X: @sluongng , @wstv_lizzi , @wstv_lizzi , @restofworld , @restofworld ,...
At trial, the US DOJ asserted Googlers are trained to have sensitive conversations over chat with history off and avoid phrases like “market share” and “bundle”
The search giant's historic antitrust trial began this week. Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica : Google hid evidence by training workers to avoid words monopolists use, DOJ says Justin Diaz / Android Hea...
Saudi Arabia's Savvy Games Group has spent ~$8B of its $38B war chest acquiring and building stakes in gaming companies globally in the past 18 months
Savvy shells out $8bn on deals in 18 months in rapid push to diversify revenues and acquire soft power
An investigation based on nearly 160K Roskomnadzor documents details Russia's expansive surveillance and censorship apparatus, which helps Putin maintain power
Four days into the war in Ukraine, Russia's expansive surveillance and censorship apparatus was already hard at work. Tweets: @paulmozur , @bbhorne , @bbhorne , @fcdservicea_llc , @fcdservicea_llc , @...
A look at YouTube's strategy, started in 2019, of signing Twitch streamers with a network of creators that can simulate community and build its own game culture
At a Crucial Time for Esports Tweets: @imaginemod : Here's the thing, good for YouTube for stealing big streamers and paying them, but for the average streamer the platform is still atrocious for disc...
As it pursues TikTok, a look at how Microsoft laid roots in China in the 1990s and nurtured China's future tech leaders, including ByteDance's Zhang Yiming
Welcome to the weekend. You all already know that I'm obsessive … Zane Schwartz Last / The Logic : The U.S. did not inform Canada about its new initiative to ban Chinese technology like TikTok and We...
How China is using social media and films to stir patriotism and get communist party propaganda enthusiastically embraced by young people
Leveraging celebrities, the know-how of tech companies and images built for social media, the Communist Party can effectively stir patriotism among the youth. Tweets: @jianglilily , @iandenisjohnson ,...