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Electric Car

Mazda’s First Electric Car Is Dead in Europe

Raise your hand if you saw this coming. After exiting the US a couple of years ago, the purely electric MX-30 is also dead in Europe (including the UK). We noticed the model’s absence from several configurators across the Old Continent, so we contacted Mazda to find out what’s happening.…

bubmagMay 27, 2025

UK Border

UK Border Boosts Automated Detection Systems | Mirage News

UK Gov Border Force wants to expand its use of artificial intelligence in the searching and screening of freight at UK seaports by automating anomaly detection. As cross-border traffic continues to grow, Border Force aims to expand its use of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance the searching and screening of…

bubmagMay 27, 2025

Moravec‘s Paradox

Safaricom to Invest $500 Million in AI Infrastructure Across East Africa

Safaricom is set to invest nearly $500 million in Artificial Intelligence infrastructure across East Africa, according to Cynthia Kropac, Chief Enterprise Business Officer, Safaricom. Kropac was speaking at the Connected Africa Summit 2025 in Diani, Kwale County, Kenya. According to Kropac, “Safaricom is investing nearly $500 million over the next…

bubmagMay 27, 2025

Alibaba

BEYOND Expo 2025: Alibaba Chairman Joe Tsai admits to Chinese tech giant’s “setbacks,” sees AI as key to global growth

“We have learned to be resilient and to always think about living another day,” Alibaba Chairman Joe Tsai told the audience assembled for the closing ceremony of this year’s BEYOND Expo in Macau. Tsai shared insights about overcoming adversity, ensuring strategic focus, and making the most of global opportunities amid…

bubmagMay 27, 2025

Vietnam

In Vietnam, an unlikely outpost for Chicano culture

HO CHI MINH CITY — When Nguyen Phuoc Loc first started dabbling in Chicano culture eight years ago, it was simply because he liked the way that the loose clothing offset his large head. Today, he considers himself Chicano through and through. The 30-year-old Vietnamese barber has never been to the United…

bubmagMay 27, 2025

Elon Musk

Discussion | New policy could open the door for Starlink

DStv Channel 403 Wednesday, 11 June 2025 Tuesday 27 May 2025 - 11:46am JOHANNESBURG - Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi appears in parliament later to explain his gazetted policy changes. WATCH | Discussion | Opposition parties slam exemption for Starlink Opponents of changes to the Electronic Communications Act…

bubmagMay 27, 2025

Impeachment

Trump’s 5-step push to keep GOP control of the House in ’26

President Trump's team has launched an early and aggressive behind-the-scenes effort to maintain the GOP's tenuous grip on the House in 2026 — and avoid his third impeachment.Why it matters: Trump allies believe — with good reason — that a Democrat-controlled House would launch investigations of the president and move…

bubmagMay 27, 2025

Palantir

Palantir’s Idea of Peace

Alex Karp uses his company and his platform to advocate for a world in which Big Tech is the defense industry’s most willing collaborator. Palantir cofounder and CEO Alex Karp speaks at the US Capitol Visitor Center Auditorium in Washington, DC, 2025. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP) Friedrich Nietzsche once philosophized…

bubmagMay 27, 2025

Moravec‘s Paradox

Robot industry split over that humanoid look

Advanced robots don't necessarily need to look like C3PO from Star Wars or George Jetson's maid Rosie, despite all the hype over humanoids from Wall Street and Big Tech.In fact, some of the biggest skeptics about human-shaped robots come from within the robotics industry itself.Why it matters: Robots are meant…

bubmagMay 27, 2025

Great Wall Motor’s CEO goes public criticizing BYD over unfair competition

BYD showcased a dozen of Chinese-branded EV models, including rival Li Auto’s L9 and GAC’s Hyper GT at its headquarters in Shenzhen on Wednesday, August 9, 2023. Credit: Supercharged/Chang Yan China’s authorities have established a joint investigative group and promised a fair judgement over an allegation by Great Wall Motor…

bubmagMay 27, 2025

Mazda’s First Electric Car Is Dead in Europe

UK Border Boosts Automated Detection Systems | Mirage News

Safaricom to Invest $500 Million in AI Infrastructure Across East Africa

BEYOND Expo 2025: Alibaba Chairman Joe Tsai admits to Chinese tech giant’s “setbacks,” sees AI as key to global growth

In Vietnam, an unlikely outpost for Chicano culture

Discussion | New policy could open the door for Starlink

Trump’s 5-step push to keep GOP control of the House in ’26

Palantir’s Idea of Peace

Robot industry split over that humanoid look

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