Politics

Washington is trying to use the Lobito Railway in Congo to break China’s hold on critical metals in Africa, writes Nicholas Niarchos in his new book, The Elements of Power.

The same choke points that made the Gulf the world’s energy crossroads now threaten its role as the nerve center of the AI age.

In his new book, “Computing in the Age of Decolonization: India’s Lost Technological Revolution,” researcher Dwaipayan Banerjee argues that a focus on technical solutions has made the country dependent on big tech firms and failed to solve fundamental social problems.

Politicians' spouses and children are buying and selling stocks in TSMC, Alibaba, and Tencent.

The regime is testing a two-tier internet where access becomes a vetted privilege. Its economic cost could be staggering.

Donald Trump’s capture of Nicolás Maduro has fueled speculation that the Latin American e-commerce company will gain from a political change in Venezuela.

The Bihar state election was awash with voice clones and synthetic videos that reached voters easily and spread misinformation.

In her new book, Every Screen on the Planet: The War Over TikTok, journalist Emily Baker-White charts the Chinese app’s rise to becoming a global juggernaut. Here is an excerpt on the company’s courtship of the Gulf nations ahead of a deal on its U.S. operations.

No U.S. agency has been assigned to review DJI’s security risks, which could trigger an automatic ban by year’s end.