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How a handful of tech firms are reshaping the global economy

Updated Jul 6, 2026, 10:51am EDT
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Silicon Empires, Nick Srnicek.

Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI by Nick Srnicek.

The Canadian tech-focused academic delves into how a few companies are reshaping politics and economics across the world, tracing how a new class of Big Tech firms is moving to consolidate power and control along the supply chain, and how these mega corporations may wield their influence: Rest of World recommended it as part of its summer reading list. Buy it from your local bookshop.

— Tom Chivers
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