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The return of petro-imperialism
As the US militarizes the Caribbean, Colin Bogle speaks to the people speaking out, despite the muted response from their governments.
'Pennsylvania is perfect'
Tech companies are building enormous data centres and reconfiguring energy infrastructure across the US, all to power the burgeoning AI industry.
The janitors of the internet
Adio-Adet Dinika explores the hidden stories of the workers who prop up artificial ‘intelligence’, and their efforts at organized resistance
The myth of inevitability
Is AI really an unstoppable force? Paula Lacey unpicks the complex web of companies, investments, and ideologies behind the ‘bubble’.
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AI: The People Behind the Machine
This Big Story explores the hidden realities behind the AI boom. We meet the workers in the Global South who keep AI running, travel across Pennsylvania to understand data center construction, find out about how autonomous weapons might change warfare, dig into the companies and motives behind the AI we’re being marketed, and ask what human creativity means amidst an onslaught of AI slop.
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The long read
Neocolonialism in Gaza
Palestinian futures are being decided for them yet again as they are dispossessed by the new Trump Plan, argues Yara Hawari. When will Palestinians be free of repackaged colonialism?
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Country Profile: Iran
Zoe Holman explores the often misunderstood Middle Eastern country, home to one of the world's oldest civilizations.
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