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Gemini Goes Global: How Google’s New AI Became Every Nation’s Favorite Scapegoat and Secret Weapon
ByDaveslocker 19 September 2025

Google just coughed up Gemini, the latest multi-modal oracle trained on more text than any human could skim in a lifetime, and the planet reacted with the usual cocktail of awe, terror, and LinkedIn hot takes. From Brussels boardrooms to Nairobi cyber-cafés, the consensus is that this chatbot-on-steroids is less a product launch and more…

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Nvidia: The Global Silicon Cartel Now Running Your Dictatorship, Democracy, and TikTok Filter
ByDaveslocker 15 September 2025

Nvidia: The Green Giant Making the World’s Dictators and Democracies Equally Dependent by Our Correspondent in a Café Where the Wi-Fi Is Faster Than the Justice System If Silicon Valley had a Godfather, it would wear a leather jacket, speak with a mild Taiwanese-American accent, and answer to “Jensen.” Nvidia, the company that started life…

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