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The tokenization tax: Why AI costs non-English speakers up to 5x more per query, and how India is fighting back
When Vivek Raghavan saw ChatGPT for the first time, he faced a choice that defines the AI era for most of the world's population.
Iran declared AWS, Google, and Microsoft data centers military targets. The legal and strategic fallout is just beginning
In late March 2026, Iran’s military leadership formally declared that AWS, Google, and Microsoft data centers hosting U.S. defense workloads constitute legitimate military targets under international law, and the statement landed with a weight that most people in the cloud industry still haven’t fully absorbed.
Trump's spiritual advisers see Iran strikes as biblical prophecy — and they have institutional power
The Trump administration convened nearly two dozen evangelical leaders for private counsel in the wake of its strikes on Iran, according to an investigation by The Intercept.
This may not be 2022: Why the Iran oil shock hits a US economy with no SPR buffer and no Fed room
The US economy added jobs last year and inflation fell to 2.4% in January, its lowest figure in months, and the White House declared the inflation crisis over.
SpaceX, Amazon, and Google want orbital data centers — four engineering barriers reveal who really benefits
Three years ago, when I moved to Singapore for wealth accumulation and business scaling, I was struck by the sheer physical presence of the data infrastructure around me.
The Global South is building its own AI on $50 hardware — and it's working
Three years ago, when I moved to Singapore to focus on building a business, I assumed the most interesting AI story would keep unfolding in San Francisco and Shenzhen.
The $50 AI revolution: Why smaller models built for sovereignty may matter more than the trillion-dollar arms race
The cost of building a frontier AI model has crossed significant financial thresholds in training compute alone, and the countries that cannot pay that price are not waiting around for charity.
Live Nation-Ticketmaster goes to trial: the antitrust case that could force the biggest entertainment breakup in decades
The DOJ and 40 state attorneys general have opened a landmark antitrust trial against Live Nation-Ticketmaster, alleging the company's 86% market share in primary ticketing constitutes an illegal monopoly — while Live Nation argues its actual share is 40% and its business simply brings people joy.