McKinsey’s 2025 Technology Trends Outlook, published Wednesday, says that the use of “sovereign AI” is a trend gaining significant global traction, including in Japan.
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Jul 23, 2025
Japan leans into homegrown AI amid rising competition
Japan is among the countries aiming to develop localized artificial intelligence models to target national priorities.
U.S. President Donald Trump makes an announcement regarding the Golden Dome missile defense shield in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 20.
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Jul 23, 2025
Trump's Golden Dome looks for alternatives to Musk's SpaceX
The shift comes amid a deteriorating relationship between the U.S. president and the billionaire entrepreneur.
An Amazon Web Services data center in Ashburn, Virginia
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Jul 23, 2025
AI should run on 100% renewable energy by 2030, U.N. chief says
A typical AI data center consumes as much power as 100,000 homes, according to the U.N., and the largest centers now being built will use 20 times that.
Elon Musk leaves the stage after addressing a campaign rally for Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 5, 2024.
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Jul 23, 2025
SpaceX warns investors Elon Musk could return to U.S. politics
Musk had said in May he would focus on his business empire and pull back his political spending, but after a spat with Trump, he vowed to form a new political party.
Microsoft accused Chinese state-sponsored hackers of using flaws in its SharePoint document management software in a hacking campaign that has targeted businesses and government agencies around the world.
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Jul 23, 2025
Chinese hackers exploit Microsoft flaws with U.S. nuclear agency hit
The number of companies and agencies subjected to breaches as a result of exploits in the document-sharing software is mounting.
The Microsoft logo is seen at the Hannover Messe, one of the world's largest industrial trade fairs in Hanover, Germany, on March 31.
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Jul 22, 2025
Microsoft rushes to stop hackers from wreaking global havoc
Unidentified hackers are exploiting a flaw in the SharePoint document management software to break into the systems of governments, businesses and other organizations.
Silver Dania, a Norwegian-owned ship suspected of cable sabotage in the Baltic Sea, whose crew are Russian citizens, in the port of Tromso, Norway, where it has been brought for investigation, on Jan. 31.
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Jul 22, 2025
Lawmakers want U.S. tech CEOs to address concerns about submarine cables
Washington has been sounding the alarm about the network of more than 400 subsea cables that handle 99% of international internet traffic and about threats from China and Russia.

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