tech geopolitics

  1. Microsoft £22B UK AI Cloud Drive with 23,000-GPU Supercomputer (2025–28)

    Microsoft has pledged a record-breaking £22 billion to the United Kingdom over the next four years in a sweeping commitment to build cloud and AI infrastructure, expand operations, and anchor advanced AI compute inside the country — a package the company says will “power the AI future” in...
  2. Microsoft's Admission Sparks Global Debate on Data Sovereignty and Cloud Control

    The stark admission by a Microsoft executive before the French Senate—that the company “cannot guarantee” European cloud data is immune from U.S. government access, regardless of where it’s stored—has thrust the simmering debate over data sovereignty and the global dominance of hyperscale cloud...
  3. Microsoft Ends China-Based Support for U.S. Military Clouds Amid Rising Geopolitical Tensions

    In the world of global technology, nothing happens in isolation, and few decisions ripple as widely as those affecting the intersection of national security and enterprise cloud computing. This reality was underscored recently when Microsoft—one of the world’s foremost tech giants—announced that...
  4. The 2025 Tech Circus: AI Innovations, Legal Battles, and Industry Reforms

    The tech world has always been a spectacle, but rarely has the center ring sparkled quite so brightly with innovation, corporate showmanship, and legal intrigue as it does today. In this ever-evolving circus, every headline feels like the opening act of a much grander performance, where...
  5. The TikTok Ban Saga: Navigating U.S. National Security, Politics, and Digital Culture

    President Trump’s fluctuating approach to banning TikTok in the United States has demonstrated the complexities of technology policy, geopolitics, and the challenge of safeguarding national security without undermining popular culture or digital commerce. The proposed ban—targeted at ByteDance...