Artificial intelligence competition is no longer confined to model performance or capital scale. It is now being filtered through federal procurement authority. On Friday, President Trump directed federal agencies to stop using technology from Anthropic, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated the company a “supply chain risk,” effectively cutting it
The European Union is moving to consolidate its ocean monitoring systems and formalize international cooperation around marine data, signaling that observation capacity is being treated less as scientific support and more as core infrastructure. On Tuesday, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen introduced OceanEye, an initiative designed to align Europe’s
Artificial intelligence is no longer a software story. It is an infrastructure story. OpenAI said it is raising $110 billion in new capital, valuing the company at $840 billion and positioning it ahead of an anticipated mega-IPO later this year. The round includes $30 billion from SoftBank, $30 billion from
A wager on infrastructure, not just software New Delhi — India is placing a long wager on the infrastructure that will determine who leads the next technological era. This week, Adani Group said it plans to invest $100 billion over the next decade to build a nationwide network of AI-ready
In Bangkok’s financial district, the screens show familiar contracts: equities, currencies, index futures. What is changing is not visible in the tickers, but in the legal architecture beneath them. Thailand has approved amendments to its Derivatives Act that will allow cryptocurrencies and carbon credits to serve as underlying assets in
The sharp fall in Bitcoin’s price this winter has triggered familiar market turmoil. But for the first time, the consequences are extending well beyond traders and crypto-native firms. Governments now sit on different sides of the same collapse, revealing a critical distinction in how Bitcoin has entered public balance sheets
Wellington moves to turn deep science into economic muscle WELLINGTON — In a modest line item with outsized ambition, the New Zealand government has committed NZ $1.35 million to chart a national pathway into quantum and photonic technologies. The goal is not abstract discovery alone, but something more pragmatic and
For decades, quantum technology lived largely in theory, confined to academic papers, government labs, and long-range forecasts. Today, it is stepping into a different role. Governments are formalizing strategies. Companies are delivering products. Investors are committing serious capital. What is taking shape is not a distant technological promise but the
In Manila, a quiet but consequential shift is underway inside the House of Representatives of the Philippines. By 2026, the chamber plans to eliminate paper from its daily operations and anchor its records in blockchain technology, a move that places the Philippines within a widening global experiment to modernize how
THIMPHU, Bhutan — In a move that is quietly reshaping how nations think about climate aligned finance, the Kingdom of Bhutan has allocated up to 10,000 Bitcoin, valued at close to one billion dollars, to support long term national development. The allocation will help fund Gelephu Mindfulness City, Bhutan’s flagship
