The US says Qatar and the UAE will join Pax Silica on January 12 and January 15, respectively, expanding the US-led program to secure AI and chip supply chains
Qatar and the United Arab Emirates will soon join a U.S.-led initiative to secure AI and semiconductor supply chains …
Microsoft plans to spend $7.9B+ on data centers, cloud, and employees in the UAE over the next four years, taking its UAE investment to $15.2B from 2023 to 2029
Microsoft Corp. said it will spend more than $7.9 billion on data centers, cloud-computing and employees in the United Arab Emirates …
Sources: TSMC's execs took to calling Sam Altman a “podcasting bro” after he said it would take $7T and many years to build 36 chip plants to fulfill his vision
Sam Altman, OpenAI's chief executive, is talking to the United Arab Emirates, Asian chipmakers and U.S. officials …
Sources: seeking an edge over China in AI deals, the Biden administration is brokering talks between US companies and the UAE, including Microsoft's G42 deal
Biden administration brokers talks between Microsoft, OpenAI Google and the UAE, as Washington seeks edge over China X: @shashj and @dkaushik96 LinkedIn: Alex Kipman and Nick Hatcher X: Shashank Joshi...
Researchers: NSO Group used location data from thousands of unsuspecting people while pitching its COVID-19 contact-tracing tech to governments and journalists
Researchers say NSO's use of real data “violated the privacy” of thousands of people. — Spyware maker NSO Group used real … Tweets: @evacide , @josephfcox , @marietjeschaake , @zackwhittaker , and @...
As China exports its surveillance tech to the world, a look at its use in Ecuador, where 4,300 cameras feed video to 16 monitoring stations employing ~3K people
In Ecuador, cameras across the country send footage to monitoring centers to be examined by police and domestic intelligence. Tweets: @melissakchan , @melissakchan , @melissakchan , @melissakchan , @m...
In lawsuits against Israeli hacking tools maker NSO Group, which claims to not spy with its tools, court docs allegedly show it snooping on calls to close sales
The rulers of the United Arab Emirates had been using Israeli spyware for more than a year, secretly turning the smartphones …
How the United Arab Emirates has used foreign-supplied hacking tools to crack down on human rights activists
SAN FRANCISCO — In the last five years, Ahmed Mansoor, a human rights activist in the United Arab Emirates, has been jailed and fired from his job, along with having his passport confiscated …