Can AI Companies Pay for the Jobs They Disrupt?
OpenAI’s $250 million job fund is less a charity gesture than a signal that the company now recognizes an uncomfortable truth: if AI is going to reshape work, it has to help
Today: May 29, 2026
Can Brussels Build Trust? A Bigger Role for INTCEN
The European Union’s low‑profile Intelligence and Situation Centre (INTCEN) is suddenly at the heart of a high‑stakes argument about how Europe should organise power, secrecy and sovereignty in a much harsher security
Big Tech Makes its Case to the Pope
Silicon Valley has always known where power resides, even when it is cloaked in ritual rather than code. Its latest pilgrimage—to the Vatican—is less surprising than it might appear. As Pope Leo
Win the AI Race or Lose America
President Trump’s new executive order on artificial intelligence reflects a deeply rooted American instinct: don’t choke the next great technology before it has a chance to grow. It is an instinct forged
$70 Billion Tech Tsunami: Why US Giants Are All-In on India
Amazon’s fresh pledge to invest $35 billion in India over five years, coming days after Microsoft’s $17.5 billion commitment to cloud and AI infrastructure, signals that India has become the primary global
Europe vs. Silicon Valley: The Digital Sovereignty Showdown
The clash over the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) enforcement—embodied in the recent €120 million penalty against X—marks far more than a regulatory spat. It is a geopolitical confrontation over who controls
Welcome to the Enshittoscene: Why Our Digital Lives Fell Apart – and How Do We Get Them Back
There was a time—not so long ago—when logging onto Twitter felt like slipping into a crowded bar where everyone was witty, well-read, and improbably on the pulse of whatever mattered. Yes, it
Italy’s Google Deal Shows National Regulators Still Shape Europe’s Tech Crackdown
By reaching a settlement with Google over how the company seeks consent to use customer data, Italy’s competition watchdog has underscored an important reality of Europe’s digital rulebook: even in an era
The Privatization of Planetary Cooling
Silicon Valley likes to move fast and break things. But what happens when the things at stake are not social networks or taxi markets, but the global climate system itself? That question
The AI Revolution: Unlocking Jobs and Inclusive Growth for 1.4 Billion Indians
India stands at a historic inflection point. A nation of nearly 1.4 billion people is poised to harness the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI) not as a job destroyer but as
How a Rift Over US Tech Could Shape the EU’s Digital Destiny
The European Union’s pledge to pursue a “sovereign digital transition” masks a fundamental tension within its two most influential members — France and Germany — over what sovereignty in the digital age
How an Indian Port City is Set to Become the World’s Next AI Gateway
When Google announced a $15 billion bet on an AI and data hub in Visakhapatnam, India this week, it quietly redrew the map of global technology. For anyone watching the geopolitics of
The EU’s Encryption Stalemate: When Fighting Child Abuse Collides with Digital Freedom
The European Union’s long-gestating plan to combat online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) has hit another wall — and the reasons why reveal something profound about Europe’s digital politics. What began as
