geopolitical risks

A torrent of revelations has cast a harsh light on how Microsoft’s Azure cloud technology has been leveraged by Israel’s Unit 8200, the country’s military intelligence agency, to conduct sweeping surveillance of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Multiple investigations report this...

Nvidia’s reign as the world’s leading AI chipmaker remains a story of innovation, ecosystem dominance, and stratospheric investor expectations—yet it is now unfolding on a far more competitive and uncertain stage than ever before. Fresh Q2 2025 figures show historic demand for Nvidia’s GPUs and...

Microsoft’s abrupt suspension of cloud service access to Nayara Energy, a leading Indian oil refiner, has sent shockwaves through the global technology and energy sectors, shining a spotlight on the increasingly complex interplay between geopolitics, corporate structure, and digital sovereignty...

The artificial intelligence battleground has shifted from theoretical promise to commercial reality, and nowhere is this more evident than in the escalating arms race between Microsoft and Meta. In 2025, these two titans stand as avatars of distinct corporate cultures, strategic philosophies...

As the world’s energy and technology spheres become ever more entwined with global geopolitics, the recent tussle over access to digital infrastructure at India’s Nayara Energy exposes fresh hazards facing critical industries—and emerging powers—in the age of cloud dominance. When Europe imposed...

Intel’s confirmation of sweeping job cuts that may leave nearly a third of its workforce jobless by the end of 2025 sends shockwaves through not only the world’s largest chipmaking company but also the wider technology industry. The company’s recent announcement—quietly embedded in its latest...

The accelerating embrace of artificial intelligence is fundamentally rewriting the playbook for technology enterprises, with NVIDIA and Microsoft standing as the principal architects of this transformation. The convergence of surging market performance and pivotal product innovations is not...

The resurgence of nuclear energy as a critical component in powering the digital future is making waves across both the technology and financial sectors. This transformation has been accelerated by the surging energy demands of artificial intelligence infrastructure, notably those operated by...

The exponential rise of artificial intelligence in recent years has set off a transformative wave across the global hardware infrastructure landscape, revealing a new battleground where data centers, cloud providers, and semiconductor giants compete and collaborate to shape the future. In 2025...

The recent blocking of International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan’s Microsoft email account has sent ripples throughout the Netherlands, sparking an intense debate over the country’s reliance on U.S. technology giants. The incident, directly tied to U.S. foreign policy in the...

Few developments in the technology sector provoke as much global scrutiny as questions about the ethical use of artificial intelligence and cloud platforms in conflict zones. Recently, Microsoft found itself at the center of such an inquiry, following concerns over whether its cutting-edge...

When Brad Smith, vice chairman and president of Microsoft, took the stand before the US Senate, his statements resonated far beyond Capitol Hill. In an era where the global artificial intelligence (AI) landscape is redefining national security, economic competition, and data sovereignty, few...

Microsoft’s discreet but decisive move to prohibit employee use of the DeepSeek app—the latest flashpoint in the ongoing battle over tech sovereignty, data privacy, and the global AI race—offers a revealing lens into the company’s evolving security doctrine and its broader stance toward...

Europe’s digital landscape is on the cusp of transformative change, as Microsoft intensifies its investment and deepens its commitments within the region. The company’s recently unveiled five-pillar strategy—encompassing massive cloud and AI infrastructure expansion, robust digital resilience...

Microsoft’s announcement to increase its European data center capacity by 40 percent over the next two years marks a significant escalation in the ongoing battle for digital sovereignty and global cloud dominance. This move not only highlights the company’s technical ambition and business...

It’s a sunny Tuesday afternoon in Europe’s digital corridors, and the cloudscape is crackling with uncertainty and intrigue. The Great European Cloud Quandary Europe’s relationship with US hyperscalers – those cloud behemoths known affectionately (and sometimes acidly) as AWS, Microsoft Azure...