Who Controls the Future of Technology? The Hidden Power War Over AI, Chips, and Global Standards

🔐AI, Ransomware, and the Collapse of Digital Trust

Cyber threats in 2025 have escalated fast.  AI is now industrializing cybercrime.Deep-fake fraud, targeted phishing, and automated ransomware have driven a 50% surge in attacks. The consequences are no longer digital. Hospitals have shut down. Factories have stopped.Critical infrastructure is being quietly pre-positioned for future disruption.This episode explains why cyber risk is now a safety and leadership issue — not just an IT problem.

♻️ E-Waste & Critical MaterialsThe $91 Billion Urban Mine Hiding in Plain Sight

The world needs materials for EVs, clean energy, and AI. But they’re already in our homes. Old phones and laptops contain $91 billion in critical raw materials every year.Nearly half of it is never recycled.Instead, e-waste flows into informal, toxic systems that damage health and fuel illegal trade. We follow that global pipeline.We explore the fight to formalize recycling, the legal battle in India, and why e-waste has become a strategic resource.

This programme was created by Google Notebook LM but overseen by a human.

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🔒Who Controls the Future of Technology? 

The Hidden Power War Over AI, Chips, and Global StandardsThe world’s most important power struggle isn’t happening on battlefields - it’s happening inside chip factories, standards committees, and AI supply chains. As the U.S., China, and the EU abandon free-market tech and move toward state control, a new global order is quietly taking shape. This episode reveals how export controls, semiconductor choke points, and technical standards are being weaponized - and why the era of “neutral technology” is over. Understanding this shift is essential to understanding who will shape the next century.

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