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Iran starts restoring web access after monthslong blackout

Tehran cut its public off from the web shortly after the US and Iran struck the country in late February.
An Iranian woman uses the computerMajid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters

China’s AI talent war heats up

China and its tech giants are racing to protect their top AI talent, as competition intensifies at home and with the US.
Founder, CEO and CTO of Unitree Wang Xingxing, founder and CEO of BrainCo Han Bicheng, co-founder of Manycore Tech Huang Xiaohuang, founder and CEO of DEEP Robotics Zhu Qiuguo, founder and CEO of Game Science Feng Ji, Deepseek Senior Researcher Victor Chen and founder of Alibaba Cloud Wang Jian attend the Six Little Dragons Wuzhen Dialogue, at the World Internet Conference, in Wuzhen town of Tongxiang city, Zhejiang province, China Tingshu Wang/Reuters

Iran is using Chinese censorship tech

Beijing appears to be exporting the technology that powers its cutting-edge firewall.
Iranian internet user at homeMajid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek slashes price of flagship model

DeepSeek made a 75% discount on its flagship model permanent, intensifying an AI price war.
Deepseek illustrationDado Ruvic/Reuters

Google’s Nick Fox on remaking its search engine

“It’s been clear that people don’t want incorrect information — and so that bedrock of trust and accuracy has served us well.”
Nick FoxScreenshot/YouTube/Semafor and Think with Google

Waymo suspends services in six US cities after flooding

Waymo suspended service in six US cities after its driverless cars drove on flooded roads during storms last week.
Two Waymo driverless taxis in the early morning on the streets of Santa Monica.Mike Blake/Reuters

Pope calls for ‘disarming’ of AI in first encyclical

Pope Leo XIV warned humanity against creating “new digital slaveries” in a 42,300-word encyclical about AI, the first major teaching document of his papacy.

Why SpaceX defies valuations

With a 93x sales multiple, SpaceX won’t really be a stock when it goes public, it will be a wager on the future.

Some job seekers have worse odds than Harvard applicants

Deel received 1.3 million job applications last year.

Big names missing from Trump’s quantum investment

Google, Microsoft, and IonQ were left out of the latest government funding round in quantum firms.

China bans import of some Nvidia chips

The decision dealt a blow to the American tech firm, which had long lobbied the White House to ease export restrictions on China-bound chips.

Musk, Zuckerberg derail Trump AI order

The executive order would have created some oversight for powerful new AI models.

Trump postpones signing AI and cybersecurity order

Trump suggested he had concerns it could shrink the country’s AI lead over China.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX eyes record $80B IPO

SpaceX reported rapidly increasing revenue — $18.67 billion in 2025 — most of it generated by its satellite broadband arm Starlink.

DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis on what Google AI products say about ‘singularity’

In an interview with Semafor, Hassabis opines on the steady march of AI capability.

Meta begins layoffs amid rising AI angst

Meta began laying off thousands of workers, with plans to axe 10% of its staff to offset AI costs.

Nvidia beats on earnings, but faces headwinds

Nvidia’s revenue topped estimates for the latest quarter, the chip giant reported Wednesday, but it faces challenges.

OpenAI, SpaceX IPOs on deck

The listings would make 2026 the largest year ever for IPOs.