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Why an up-and-coming indie developer is returning Microsoft’s money
ByKeza MacDonald March 18, 2026

In this week’s newsletter: the creators of All Will Rise on standing up to the tech giant – and joining the No Games for Genocide movement• Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereVideo games are in a funding crisis. Investor mon…

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These aren’t AI firms, they’re defense contractors. We can’t let them hide behind their models
ByAvner Gvaryahu March 15, 2026

From Gaza to Iran, the pattern is the same: precision weapons, chosen blindness, and dead children. The cost of failing to regulate AI warfare is already too highThere is an Israeli military strategy called the “fog procedure”. First used during the se…

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‘It means missile defence on data centres’: drone strikes raises doubts over Gulf as AI superpower
ByDaniel Boffey Chief reporter March 7, 2026

Iran’s targeting of commercial datacentres in the UAE and Bahrain signals a new frontier in asymmetric warfareIt is believed to be a first: the deliberate targeting of a commercial datacentre by the armed forces of a country at war.At 4.30am on Sunday …

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Trump is using AI to fight his wars – this is a dangerous turning point | Chris Stokel-Walker
ByChris Stokel-Walker March 3, 2026

The technology most people use only as a chatty tool for daily tasks is reportedly aiding US military aggression. And there is not much we can do about itThere are a lot of things that AI can do. It can sort out your shopping list, and it can keep your…

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Iran war heralds era of AI-powered bombing quicker than ‘speed of thought’
ByRobert Booth and Dan Milmo March 3, 2026

Speed and scale of US military’s AI war planning raises fears human decision-making may be sidelinedThe use of AI tools to enable attacks on Iran heralds a new era of bombing quicker than “the speed of thought”, experts have said, amid fears human dec…

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The best of the long read in 2025
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian December 23, 2025

Our 20 favourite pieces of in-depth reporting, essays and profiles from the yearVictor Pelevin made his name in 90s Russia with scathing satires of authoritarianism. But while his literary peers have faced censorship and fled the country, he still sell…

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