Rest of World - Collection https://restofworld.org Fri, 01 May 2026 10:01:16 +0000 Copyright 2026 Rest of World daily 2 Big Tech is moving data out of the Gulf through Iraqi oil pipelines https://restofworld.org/2026/iraq-big-tech-gulf-war-data/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Fri, 01 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Indranil Ghosh https://restofworld.org/2026/iraq-big-tech-gulf-war-data/ Mohammed Al Ali/Shutterstock War in the Gulf could tilt the cloud race toward China https://restofworld.org/2026/huawei-china-cloud-gulf-resilience-aws-strikes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Kinling Lo https://restofworld.org/2026/huawei-china-cloud-gulf-resilience-aws-strikes/ AFP/Getty Images “Data embassies” and safeguarding digital assets during wartime https://restofworld.org/2026/gulf-war-data-center-risks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Rina Chandran https://restofworld.org/2026/gulf-war-data-center-risks/ Giuseppe CACACE / AFP via Getty Images Guests look at a model of the largest data center in the UAE under construction in Abu Dhabi as the Stargate initiative, a joint venture between G42, Microsoft, and OpenAI. EVs were meant to bypass oil. Now they’re stuck at the Strait of Hormuz https://restofworld.org/2026/gulf-ev-aluminum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Indranil Ghosh https://restofworld.org/2026/gulf-ev-aluminum/ Rest of World/iStock Missiles slow Dubai’s tech scene — but don’t shake it https://restofworld.org/2026/dubai-uae-gulf-war-tech-expats/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Itika Sharma Punit and Ananya Bhattacharya https://restofworld.org/2026/dubai-uae-gulf-war-tech-expats/ Walaa Alshaer/Bloomberg/Getty Images Workers in the financial district of Dubai on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. The Gulf was Silicon Valley’s bet on the future. Trump has put it in the crosshairs https://restofworld.org/2026/gulf-war-aws-data-center-attack-ai-investment-risk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Bobby Ghosh https://restofworld.org/2026/gulf-war-aws-data-center-attack-ai-investment-risk/ Rest of World/iStock The stark divide in the UAE and India war info systems https://restofworld.org/2026/the-stark-divide-in-the-uae-and-india-war-info-systems/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:52:55 +0000 Indranil Ghosh https://restofworld.org/2026/the-stark-divide-in-the-uae-and-india-war-info-systems/ Getty Images The Gulf war is reshaping how Asia works https://restofworld.org/2026/asia-remote-work-gulf-war-energy-crisis-lpg/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Thu, 12 Mar 2026 06:52:34 +0000 Ananya Bhattacharya https://restofworld.org/2026/asia-remote-work-gulf-war-energy-crisis-lpg/ Jam Sta Rosa/AFP/Getty Images Signs reading 'out of stock' at a gas station amid rising petrol prices in Manila, Philippines on March 9, 2026. The Gulf built oil pipelines to avoid Hormuz. It’s now doing the same for data https://restofworld.org/2026/gulf-overland-data-cables-europe-war/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Indranil Ghosh https://restofworld.org/2026/gulf-overland-data-cables-europe-war/ Rest of World/iStock Waiting for the check marks: The reality of connecting with family in Iran https://restofworld.org/2026/iran-internet-shutdown-diaspora-family/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Bahareh Sahebi https://restofworld.org/2026/iran-internet-shutdown-diaspora-family/ iStock/Rest of World Black-box AI and cheap drones are outpacing global rules of war https://restofworld.org/2026/anthropic-ai-and-iran-drone-warfare/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:27:15 +0000 Rina Chandran https://restofworld.org/2026/anthropic-ai-and-iran-drone-warfare/ Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images A boy walks past an unexploded Iranian missile that landed in an open field in eastern Syria, on March 5, 2026. Iranian drone strikes at Amazon sites raise alarms over protecting data centers https://restofworld.org/2026/iran-amazon-data-center-strikes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Wed, 04 Mar 2026 18:17:19 +0000 Viola Zhou https://restofworld.org/2026/iran-amazon-data-center-strikes/ iStock/Rest of World