The Beiruter
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Geopolitics - Digital infrastructure - internet infrastructure - internet resilience - submarine cablesThe internet’s most important infrastructure is underwater
More than 99% of international data traffic travels through submarine cables, but their concentration along narrow maritime routes, dependence on a small repair fleet and growing control by technology giants are turning the infrastructure beneath the internet into an issue of economic security and geopolitical power.By The Beiruter -
Big Tech - Data centers - Artificial intelligence - Self-medication in Lebanon - capital expenditures - free cash flowsAI is breaking Big Tech’s cash machine
AI is transforming the economics of the world's most profitable technology companies as the enormous cost of computing requires levels of physical investment once unusual for the technology industry.By The Beiruter -
Digital economy - IPv4 - IPv6 - IP addresses - internet infrastructureThe strange market keeping the old internet alive
The internet exhausted its supply of new IPv4 addresses 15 years ago, but a global market for existing addresses shows how scarcity, compatibility and sunk investments can keep an aging technology valuable long after its successor arrives.By The Beiruter -
WhatsApp hacking - Cybercrime - Cybersecurity - Online scams - OTP scamsThe complete journey of hackers into your accounts
A simple message, a stolen code, and suddenly your trusted contacts become targets; inside Lebanon’s growing WhatsApp hacking networks and the tricks criminals use to steal accounts, money and personal data.By Fatat Ayad -
AI safety - Sam Altman - Artificial intelligence - technological singularity - recursive self-improvementThe question of "singularity" in AI
Sam Altman says humanity has entered the technological singularity, but evidence that AI is beginning to accelerate its own development raises a harder question about what would prove that threshold has actually been crossed and whether AI could ever realistically be switched off.
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Biosecurity - AI biology - Biological research - Infectious diseases - Artificial intelligenceAI-designed viruses and the future of medicine
Researchers have created viable viruses from AI-generated genetic blueprints, demonstrating a technology that could help combat antibiotic resistance while challenging existing biosecurity safeguards.By The Beiruter -
Digital assets - Bitcoin - Cryptocurrency - Crypto Crime Report - hardware walletsCrypto security at risk: $110 million Bitcoin theft
A $110 million Bitcoin theft exposed a flaw in one of cryptocurrency's most trusted hardware wallets, raising new questions about the security of digital assets as they become more integrated into the global financial system.By The Beiruter -
AI music - Music evolution - Artificial intelligenceMore than notes: The human side of music in the AI era
As artificial intelligence reshapes the music industry, can it truly replace human creativity? Maestro Harout Fazlian shares his perspective on emotion, originality and the future of composers in the age of AI.By Yara Saliba -
AI training data - Artificial intelligence - Large Language Models - Generative AI - AI Copyright - Copyright InfringementWhen books became AI's most valuable resource
Court documents made public during the Anthropic copyright lawsuit revealed how the AI company purchased and digitized millions of books, exposing a wider industry shift as developers turn to high-quality human writing to train the next generation of language models.By The Beiruter
