Former MI6 chief: Iran has the “upper hand” in the war

2026-02-25

Elon Musk thinks the future of AI might not be on Earth at all—but in orbit.

On the latest episode of Inside Tech, Tom Standage and Alex Hern explore how orbital data centres would work, whether the numbers add up, and why this once outlandish concept is suddenly being taken seriously.

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00:00 – Why put data centres in space?
03:05 The numbers behind orbital compute
06:10 The race for AI dominance

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2026-02-17

Alcohol has shaped human history, from our ancestors’ descent from the trees to the formation of civilisations. But today a new wariness of booze is spreading. Natasha Loder, The Economist’s health editor, explores whether we have reached peak alcohol.

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2026-02-13

Takaichi Sanae, Japan’s prime minister, bet big – and won bigger – when she called a snap election. But who is she? And how will she use her historic mandate? Our editors explain.

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2026-01-07

Following his dramatic intervention in Venezuela, President Trump has set his sights on another target: Greenland. He claims America needs the remote island in the Arctic for national security. Why? And how could he try to take the territory?

2025-12-26

Fighting a war in space is no longer science fiction. The Economist’s defence editor, Shashank Joshi, explains how military competition is intensifying far above the earth.