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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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Internet blackout is tool of desperate regime to isolate Iranians, say experts
ByAisha Down March 2, 2026

Digital censorship analysts argue current outage is mostly about survival and control for the country’s rulersRoughly four hours after the first strikes hit Iran, the country was again plunged into a full internet blackout – severely curtailing both th…

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Trump’s family is embroiled in a $500m UAE scandal. We’ve hardly noticed | Mohamad Bazzi
ByMohamad Bazzi February 6, 2026

A crypto startup founded by Trump’s family signed a huge deal with the UAE president’s brother. Where’s the political fallout?Days before Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025, an investment firm controlled by a senior member of the United Ar…

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Mandelson’s links with US tech firm Palantir must be fully exposed, campaigners warn
ByRobert Booth and Dan Sabbagh February 4, 2026

Government faces call for transparency on former peer’s involvement amid fears he may have leaked more sensitive informationPeter Mandelson’s involvement with the US tech company Palantir must be exposed to full public transparency, campaigners have sa…

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Saudi Arabia ordered to pay £3m to London dissident over Pegasus spying
ByHaroon Siddique and Stephanie Kirchgaessner January 26, 2026

High court finds kingdom responsible for hacking phones of Ghanem al-Masarir and for physical attack on himA judge has ordered Saudi Arabia to pay more than £3m in damages to a London-based dissident whose phones were targeted with Pegasus spyware.In a…

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Iran president’s son urges authorities to restore internet after protests blackout
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor January 25, 2026January 25, 2026

Yousef Pezeshkian says nothing will be solved by trying to postpone moment images of violent crackdown circulateThe son of Iran’s president has called for the internet restrictions in the country to be lifted, saying nothing will be solved by trying to…

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Jordan used Israeli phone-cracking tool to surveil pro-Gaza activists, report finds
ByStephanie Kirchgaessner January 22, 2026

Researchers find with high confidence that security officials used Cellebrite to extract data from activists’ phonesAuthorities in Jordan appear to be using an Israeli digital tool to extract information from the mobile phones of activists and proteste…

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Iran’s central bank using vast quantities of cryptocurrency championed by Farage, says report
ByTom Burgis and Michael Goodier January 21, 2026

Regime appears to have turned to digital currency issued by Tether in the face of sanctionsIran’s central bank appears to have been using vast quantities of a cryptocurrency championed by Nigel Farage, according to a new report.Elliptic, a crypto analy…

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Iran plans permanent break from global internet, say activists
ByAisha Down January 17, 2026

Report claims unrestricted online access will be a ‘government privilege’, limited to individuals vetted by regimeIran is planning to permanently break from the global internet, only allowing individuals vetted by the regime to connect online, accordin…

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An ecosystem of smuggled tech holds Iran’s last link to the outside world
ByAisha Down January 13, 2026

Despite internet blackout, a small number of Iranians are risking their lives to share messages as protests continueFor most of Iran, the internet was shut off on Thursday afternoon – the most severe blackout the country has seen in years of internet s…

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