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BUSINESS
The UAE Deploys an AI Spokesman for the State
The UAE's new AI spokesman is not a communications novelty: it is a sign of how the state wants authority to sound in the age of artificial intelligence.
BUSINESS
SoftBank Trillion-Dollar AI Bet Against the Energy Crisis
SoftBank wagers €75bn on French nuclear electricity for Europe's largest AI campus, as conflict-driven energy prices threaten the global compute race.
BUSINESS
Sovereign AI Fund Picks Blair’s Daughter-in-Law to Lead It
Britain's £500 million Sovereign AI fund has chosen Tony Blair's daughter-in-law to lead it, and the appointment says as much about how power circulates in British tech as it does about the fund's ambitions.
LIFESTYLE
Europe Drops the Passport Stamp for Good
Schengen passport stamps end next month, replaced by fingerprints and facial scans for more than 60 nationalities including the UK, US, and Australia.
LIFESTYLE
Britain’s Creative Industries Beat the AI Scraping Machine
Britain dropped its AI copyright opt-out plan this week after Elton John, Thom Yorke and 88 per cent of respondents all said the same thing: no.
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Armenia’s EU Turn is Russia’s Own Making
Armenia's parliament has embraced a European future which Russia's own inertia made almost inevitable.
Ukraine Postpones Elections as Brussels Holds the Line
Zelenskyy brands snap wartime elections a tsunami that would split Ukraine apart, leaving Brussels holding the sharpest check left on Kyiv's power.
Macron Deepens France’s Strategic Partnership with Saudi Arabia
France's embrace of Saudi Arabia argues that strategic and economic interests now outweigh the human-rights concerns that once made the relationship toxic.
Como Bans Bicycles After Mayor Hit
A mayor's collision with an electric bicycle produced a citywide ban. Can personal misfortune justify policy for everyone else?
EU Cybersecurity Rules Create a New Kind of Cyber Slop
EU cybersecurity rules are expanding just as artificial intelligence multiplies digital threats, leaving companies with more alerts and obligations to process.
