#dwcurrentaffairs #techoligarchy #gilduran - 'The billionaires have enough money to buy both sides' — Interview with Gil Duran | DW News

21 October 2026

US Author Gil Durán warns that Silicon Valley “billionaires have enough money to buy both sides" in any US election. In his book „The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy,“

Durán pieces together public statements from powerful tech investors like Peter Thiel that amount to a chilling attack on democracy as we know it.

Durán criticizes both Republicans and Democrats for refusing to take on the big money in tech. #dwcurrentaffairs #techoligarchy #gilduran

Several Trump administration officials, advisers and close allies describe a toxic mix of jockeying for power and preemptive finger-pointing ahead of the midterms. "It's more brutal than any other situation in modern times in the White House," said one Trump ally. "You can't trust anybody here." https://t.co/3uIMfaeAnM

— CNN (@CNN) October 20, 2026

#dwdigital #DWSHIFT #technology - How to Deal with the Data Center Dilemma: DW Shift

28 September 2026

AI needs more and more computing power and that means more and more data centers. But where should they be built? And who pays the price in water, energy and resources? This video is available in English, Mandarin, Punjabi and Arabic. An AI-generated voice was used for the voiceover.

The video script was written and edited by our journalists and the voiceover was checked by an editor prior to publication. A complete overview of DW’s approach to AI in journalism can be found here:

https://corporate.dw.com/en/how-dw-us...

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#VodafoneMWC #MWC25 #Technology - Network Sensing with AI | Vodafone's Technology at Mobile World Congress 2025: Vodafone Group

5 March 2025

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? 🦅✈️

Meet ISAC (Integrated Sensing and Communication) – one of the new innovations we’re showcasing at Mobile World Congress. This new technology uses its mobile network to sense and identify objects like a drone or bird within 3km radius approximately. This tech could potentially be utilised around strategically important places, such as airports.

#VodafoneMWC #MWC25 #Technology

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#technology - "Surveilled": Ronan Farrow on the Spyware Technology the Trump Admin Could Use to Hack Your Phone: Democracy Now

5 December 2024

We discuss the new HBO Original film Surveilled and explore the film's investigation of high-tech spyware firms with journalist Ronan Farrow and director Matthew O'Neill.

We focus on the influence of the Israeli military in the development of some of the most widely used versions of these surveillance technologies, which in many cases are first tested on Palestinians and used to enforce Israel's occupation of Palestine, and on the potential expansion of domestic U.S. surveillance under a second Trump administration.

Ever-increasing surveillance is "dangerous for democracy," says Farrow. "We're making and selling a weapon that is largely unregulated." As O'Neill emphasizes, "We could all be caught up." Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Pegasus is a spyware developed by the Israeli cyber-arms company NSO Group that is designed to be covertly and remotely installed on mobile phones running iOS ...