{"id":22109,"date":"2026-02-24T20:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/techs-politics-push-at-home-and-abroad\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:37:15","slug":"techs-politics-push-at-home-and-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/techs-politics-push-at-home-and-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech\u2019s politics push at home and abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"

We report from California\u2019s Silicon Valley, where billionaires pour money into midterms, and the AI Impact summit, where India pushes back on \u2018AI monopoly\u2019 held by US and China<\/p>\n

Hello, and welcome to TechScape. This week, we\u2019re examining the tech industry\u2019s push for influence in two places separated by a time difference of 13 hours and 30 minutes. The first is where tech sees its next big market, the second its home turf. My colleague Robert Booth reports from last week\u2019s India AI Impact summit<\/a>, where tech companies pledged to spend tens of billions in the coming year to build customer bases and datacenters in the subcontinent. Dara Kerr and Lauren Gambino reported from Silicon Valley, where billionaires are marshalling their wealth to influence California\u2019s politics at greater levels than they ever have before.<\/p>\n

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\nWe report from California\u2019s Silicon Valley, where billionaires pour money into midterms, and the AI Impact summit, where India pushes back on \u2018AI monopoly\u2019 held by US and China
\nHello, and welcome to TechScape. This week, we\u2019re examining the tech industry\u2019s push for influence in two places separated by a time difference of 13 hours and 30 minutes. The first is where tech sees its next big market, the second its home turf. My colleague Robert Booth reports from last week\u2019s India AI Impact summit, where tech companies pledged to spend tens of billions in the coming year to build customer bases and datacenters in the subcontinent. Dara Kerr and Lauren Gambino reported from Silicon Valley, where billionaires are marshalling their wealth to influence California\u2019s politics at greater levels than they ever have before.
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\nHow the anxiety over AI could fuel a new workers\u2019 movement
\nThe bogus four-day workweek that AI supposedly \u2018frees up\u2019 Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We report from California\u2019s Silicon Valley, where billionaires pour money into midterms, and the AI Impact summit, where India pushes back on \u2018AI monopoly\u2019 held by US and China Hello, and welcome to TechScape. This week, we\u2019re examining the tech industry\u2019s push for influence in two places separated by a time difference of 13 hours …<\/p>\n

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