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Future Editor for The National, covering all stories at the intersection of technology and societal trends. ccombs@thenationalnews.com
India joins Pax Silica as Trump insists 'nothing changes' in trade deal after Supreme Court defeat
🤝• Altman and Amodei: Bad blood or accidental snub?
🔌• Zombie nuclear reactors and new AI energy needs spur ample debate
👓• Bad optics: why Meta stumbled off the starting blocks in court
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Three Mile Island 'zombie reactor' reboot fuels nuclear safety fears
Three Mile Island 'zombie reactor' reboot fuels nuclear safety fears
Crescent Harvest: Experts warn of malware targeting Iran dissidents and protest sympathisers
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Crescent Harvest: Experts warn of malware targeting Iran dissidents and protest sympathisers
A judge is to decide whether the confession of Abu Agila Mohammad Masud, accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am flight 103 almost 40 years ago, can be used in his coming trial, amid claims it was made under duress
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Abu Agila Mohammad Masud says 'masked men' prompted his confession
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Tuka Alhanai, an assistant professor of computer engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi, is among 40 experts from around the world who have been appointed to serve on the UN's independent scientific AI panel
13.02.2026 15:35 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
🏴☠️ Are we all about to become cybersecurity privateers?
⚖️ Did Instagram’s Adam Mosseri sway opinions in court?
🇮🇷 Did the US really smuggle Starlink devices to Iran?
📝 We answer all those #tech questions and more in this edition of FUTURE BEAT
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Abu Dhabi's MGX participates in Anthropic's $30 billion Series G funding
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US tech company says investment will fuel frontier research and product development
13.02.2026 07:59 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
As Iran's rulers were trying to quell protests by blocking internet access, the US sneaked in thousands of Starlink internet consoles to keep demonstrators connected, it was reported on Thursday
12.02.2026 19:37 — 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
“I think it's important to differentiate between clinical addiction and problematic use,” Instagram boss Adam Mosseri said
Instagram boss Adam Mosseri told a California courtroom that he does not agree with the notion that the social media app or any of Meta's platforms are addictive.
Starlink is still the low-earth-orbit leader, but Amazon is quickly catching up... will be interesting to see how this unfolds
Dubai-based Elcome links up with Amazon Leo for satellite internet
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Company becomes authorised reseller for Amazon's low-earth-orbit internet devices
10.02.2026 08:31 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Campaigners in US turn to adverts seeking to regulate artificial intelligence
09.02.2026 12:01 — 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
“Protect what’s human”: An $8 million advertising blitz has been launched in the US as activist groups seek to curtail the growing power of tech companies and support regulations on AI
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Whitelisting and intermittent connectivity continue to limit Iranians' contact with the outside world, NetBlocks says
06.02.2026 17:02 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Hollywood star Joseph Gordon-Levitt on Wednesday pleaded with US politicians to hold social-media platforms accountable by repealing a 30-year old law
Tuka Alhanai, an assistant professor of computer engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi, is among 40 experts from around the world nominated to serve on the UN's independent scientific artificial intelligence panel
05.02.2026 12:30 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman said he sees a potential “mega supply chain disruption” as one of the biggest potential problems for the AI industry
03.02.2026 19:36 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Another day, another law enforcement investigation into Elon Musk’s X
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French police on Tuesday carried out a search of the Paris offices of Elon Musk's social media platform X
03.02.2026 16:14 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Should President Donald Trump be able to deputise private US companies to go after cyber criminals around the world?
