Dutch state invokes emergency powers to seize Chinese-owned chip manufacturer, marking a bold escalation in the global semiconductor wars as nations battle for control of the critical infrastructure powering modern civilization.
CNBC • Oct 13
CORPORATE GEOPOLITICS TECH
AI giant OpenAI partners with semiconductor titan Broadcom in multibillion-dollar deal to develop custom chips, consolidating control over the computational infrastructure powering next-generation AI systems. Corporate alliances deepen as tech megacorps vertically integrate from silicon to software.
The Wall Street Journal • Oct 13
CORPORATE NEOCORP TECH
Municipal resistance meets corporate litigation as towns attempting to ban AI infrastructure face legal retaliation. Local communities caught between environmental concerns and the unstoppable expansion of the machine empire.
The Washington Post • Oct 12
CORPORATE REGULATION AI
Cisco consolidates corporate control over next-generation infrastructure with quantum-networking software, extending classical computing's reach into quantum realm while accelerating privacy obsolescence
IEEE Spectrum • Oct 9
NEOCORP TECH INFRASTRUCTURE
Intensifying storm systems threaten Southwest US infrastructure as climate instability accelerates beyond adaptation capacity
Axios • Oct 9
INFRASTRUCTURE CLIMATE-TECH ENVIRONMENT
China imposes new export controls on rare earth minerals critical for technology manufacturing, weaponizing resource monopoly in escalating technological cold war
Wall Street Journal • Oct 9
CORPORATE GEOPOLITICS TECH
Reassignment of CISA cybersecurity personnel to immigration enforcement deliberately weakens national digital infrastructure defenses, leaving critical systems vulnerable to unseen threats amid shifting political priorities
CSO Online • Oct 9
REGULATION CYBERWAR INFRASTRUCTURE
Media giants leverage Indian courts for coordinated cross-border crackdown on pirate streaming domains, tightening corporate control over digital content distribution
TorrentFreak • Oct 8
PRIVACY REGULATION INFRASTRUCTURE
Diamond-based semiconductors emerge as next-generation chip technology for AI systems, pushing computational boundaries while corporate tech giants exploit exotic materials for infrastructure dominance
The New York Times • Oct 8
NEOCORP TECH AI
Cisco's P200 chip enables massive AI data centers to connect across vast distances as single computational entity, consolidating corporate control over global infrastructure dictated by AI processing demands
Reuters • Oct 8
CORPORATE NEOCORP AI
Corporate space infrastructure reveals fragility as commercial satellite constellation experiences constant orbital decay and replacement
EarthSky • Oct 8
CORPORATE INFRASTRUCTURE SPACE
U.S. economic growth reveals near-total dependency on corporate data center infrastructure investment, with economy teetering on stagnation without tech giant capital controlling critical digital infrastructure
Fortune • Oct 7
CORPORATE NEOCORP TECH
Internet Archive reaches historic milestone of 1 trillion archived web pages, preserving digital history against corporate platform obsolescence
Internet Archive Blogs • Oct 7
SOCIAL TECH INFRASTRUCTURE
Critical infrastructure vulnerability exposed as automotive manufacturer struggles to recover from supply chain cyber attack
Sky News • Oct 7
CORPORATE CYBERCRIME INFRASTRUCTURE
Critical government data lost as fire destroys South Korean National Information Resource Service infrastructure with no disaster recovery backups
Korea JoongAng Daily • Oct 1
REGULATION TECH INFRASTRUCTURE
CT scans expose manufacturing defects in 8% of counterfeit lithium batteries, revealing infrastructure vulnerabilities from cost-cutting and quality degradation
The Verge • Sep 24
TECH INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY
Pakistan conducts extensive surveillance on millions of citizens through phone-tapping and a Chinese-built internet firewall, creating one of the most comprehensive state surveillance networks outside China.
Reuters • Sep 9
GEOPOLITICS SURVEILLANCE PRIVACY
Finnish startup ReOrbit secures €45 million Series A funding to develop 'sovereign' satellites, offering European nations full ownership and control over their satellite communications.
TechCrunch • Sep 9
CORPORATE GEOPOLITICS INFRASTRUCTURE
Microsoft Azure services experiencing disruptions due to damaged underwater internet cables in the Red Sea region.
Bloomberg • Sep 6
NEOCORP GEOPOLITICS INFRASTRUCTURE
San Mateo County's $12 million investment in C3 AI's Project Sherlock has stalled, with police departments reporting usability issues and lack of investigational benefits.
Forbes • Sep 4
CORPORATE SURVEILLANCE AI
Amazon builds multi-gigawatt datacenters for Anthropic's AI training, leveraging Trainium chips to compete with Nvidia in the AI infrastructure race.
SemiAnalysis • Sep 3
NEOCORP TECH AI