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Briefing: Travelers are turning to AI to plan trips — but hallucinations and trust gaps remain

Strategic angle: More travelers are turning to AI to plan their trips, but concerns over accuracy and trust continue to shadow the technology’s rapid adoption.

editorial-staff Mar 11

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Briefing: Powering AI: Europe switches on its first microgrid-connected data center

Strategic angle: AVK and Pure Data Centers’ microgrid facility in Ireland could mark the region’s first step toward a privately powered ecosystem.

editorial-staff Mar 11

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Briefing: Middle East war costs regional tourism industry $600mn a day

Strategic angle: Thousands of travellers cancel trips after cities such as Dubai are targeted by Iranian strikes

editorial-staff Mar 11

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Briefing: Gulf disruption chokes sulphur flows supporting swaths of global industry

Strategic angle: Shortage spurs surge in prices and threatens sectors from fertiliser to microchips as impact of war in Iran widens.

editorial-staff Mar 11

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Briefing: The economic consequences of war with Iran

Strategic angle: There are lasting lessons about energy resilience to be learnt from this conflict

editorial-staff Mar 11

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Briefing: Iranians rethink the price of regime change

Strategic angle: Destructive US and Israeli war and Islamic republic’s resilience have alarmed even those who supported foreign intervention

editorial-staff Mar 11

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Briefing: Kremlin backs covert campaign to keep Orbán in power

Strategic angle: Vladimir Putin endorses plan drawn up by Russian consultancy that is under western sanctions

editorial-staff Mar 11

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Briefing: Lasers, radars and drones: Middle East war spurs hunt for cheaper air defence

Strategic angle: Complex systems built to counter enemy aircraft and large missiles are not cost effective for modern warfare.

editorial-staff Mar 11

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Briefing: Iran sends millions of oil barrels to China through Strait of Hormuz even as war chokes the waterway

Strategic angle: Iran has continued to ship crude oil via the Strait of Hormuz to China despite ongoing conflicts affecting energy supplies.

editorial-staff Mar 11

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Briefing: Beijing Can't Afford Another Crackdown on Its Tech Companies

Strategic angle: China's latest policy meetings underscore the importance of domestic tech innovation to national growth.

editorial-staff Mar 11

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Briefing: Iran war lifts K-defence company offering cheap Patriot rival

Strategic angle: LIG Nex1’s Cheongung-II success in real-war situation set to foster demand for Korean security tech

editorial-staff Mar 11

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Trump says India’s Reliance will back first new US oil refinery in 50 years

US president hails new project in Brownsville, Texas, as Iran war drives higher fuel prices

editorial-staff Mar 11

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Briefing: AI chipmaker Cerebras namedropped by Oracle, alongside Nvidia and AMD

Strategic angle: A Cerebras deal from one of the world's top cloud providers could be a big boon for a company that's trying to hit the public market.

editorial-staff Mar 11

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Briefing: Trump administration’s mixed messaging sparks wild swings in oil markets

Strategic angle: Confusion over US naval escorts in Strait of Hormuz exposes lack of clarity over war aims

editorial-staff Mar 11

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Briefing: Oil swings as traders parse mixed messages on Strait of Hormuz

Strategic angle: White House says US energy secretary’s claim that navy escorted tanker through key waterway was wrong

editorial-staff Mar 10

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Briefing: Oracle stock jumps 9% on earnings beat and increased guidance as cloud revenue climbs 44%

Strategic angle: Oracle boosted its revenue backlog total by $30 billion during the February quarter.

editorial-staff Mar 10

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Briefing: Oracle shares rally 10 per cent on strong revenue forecast from AI data centres

Strategic angle: Larry Ellison’s database group posted better than expected earnings from its cloud unit.

editorial-staff Mar 10

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Briefing: Ford launches new AI to grow multibillion-dollar Pro commercial business

Strategic angle: Ford CEO Jim Farley emphasizes the importance of diversifying Pro's revenue through software for future growth.

editorial-staff Mar 10

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Elon Musk's xAI wants to build a power plant in Mississippi. Regulators plan a key meeting on Election Day

The NAACP has accused Mississippi regulators of rushing a meeting to approve xAI plans for a massive, methane-burning power plant in Southaven.

editorial-staff Mar 10

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Briefing: Meta gets into social networks for AI agents with acquisition of viral Moltbook platform

Strategic angle: Moltbook was built for OpenClaw agents, and OpenClaw's founder, Peter Steinberger, was hired by OpenAI.

editorial-staff Mar 10