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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🧠 Are AI-generated summaries manipulating our brains? 🇦🇪 Is UAE pulling ahead in the race to 6G? 🛰️ Why does Google want data centers in space? 📰 All these questions and more are addressed in this edition of Future Beat Check it out ➡️ www.thenationalnews.com/newsletters/... #Tech #AI #Science

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Trump's Strait of Hormuz and Lake Ontario name ideas 'annoy' USGS workers

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

🖥️ Commodore is back, and it's definitely reading the room 🥊 Why the feud between Anthropic and Trump shows no sign of simmering 🇮🇷 How Iran activists use #tech to circumvent #WorldCup rules ⬇️All that and more in this edition of FUTURE BEAT⬇️ www.thenationalnews.com/newsletters/...

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

🖥️ Commodore is back, and it's definitely reading the room 🥊 Why the feud between Anthropic and Trump shows no sign of simmering 🇮🇷 How Iran activists are using technology to circumvent World Cup rules ⬇️All that and more in this edition of FUTURE BEAT⬇️ www.thenationalnews.com/newsletters/...

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Two kilometres north of the White House, a stepped fountain is cascading again after years of repairs and crowds have returned to what is often referred to as Malcolm X Park Learn more: www.thenationalnews.com/news/us/2026...

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

• How Tim Cook’s calm departure fulfills a wish from Steve Jobs • Why AI sovereignty is getting a more critical look • What Anthropic’s London expansion really means • Whoop takes a victory lap All this & more in the latest Future Beat ➡️ www.thenationalnews.com/newsletters/...

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Trump’s senior AI adviser blocked me on X shortly after my response to his post, which I feel was completely constructive

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

What is GPS jamming and spoofing and why is it on the increase in the Middle East? www.thenationalnews.com/future/techn... #Technology

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Trump text message, essentially raising money for his PAC based on the Iran strikes

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

🤝• Altman and Amodei: Bad blood or accidental snub? 🔌• Zombie nuclear reactors and new AI energy needs spur ample debate 👓• Bad optics: why Meta stumbled off the starting blocks in court 🔥HOT OFF THE #TECH PRESS: our latest edition of Future Beat thenationalnews.com/newsletters/...

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

🏴‍☠️ Are we all about to become cybersecurity privateers? ⚖️ Did Instagram’s Adam Mosseri sway opinions in court? 🇮🇷 Did the US really smuggle Starlink devices to Iran? 📝 We answer all those #tech questions and more in this edition of FUTURE BEAT ➡️ thenationalnews.com/newsl…

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

After Trump’s World Economic Forum speech in Davos, Salesforce chief Marc Benioff didn’t care to share his thoughts on it

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Tremendous power: A rare look inside the data centre boom fuelled by AI FULL STORY: www.thenationalnews.com/future/techn... #AI #Tech

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Dubai's Department of Finance has reminded government agencies in the emirate to make use of new AI seals that seek to ensure quality and reliability #tech #ai

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

The developer of ICEBlock, the app that Apple recently removed from its App Store, pointed out to me that Apple's own Maps app allows for people to report law enforcement activity such as speed checks ... He said this undermines Apple's justification for removing ICEBlock #Tech #Politics

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

China has quite a different interpretation of the conversation with Trump about a “TikTok deal”

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

So I guess we won’t be seeing @iamwandasykes.bsky.social or Jay Shetty tonight? #Kimmel

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

In the early 1980s, 17-year-old Neal Patrick gained worldwide fame – or infamy – for bringing cyber crime and computer hackers into the public consciousness. Shortly after, he dropped out of the spotlight Full story www.thenationalnews.com/future/techn... #Tech #History

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Singapore took the top spot, according to Counterpoint Research, which sought to examine the affinity and readiness for AI among 100 of the world's largest metropolitan areas

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Watching Enron’s first earnings call in 25 years (It’s a joke folks)

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic socialist is one step closer to becoming City of New York’s first Muslim mayor. He has some ambitious plans to bring change to the most populous city in the US, but he’ll have to work within a complicated political apparatus www.thenationalnews.com/news/us/2025...

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Could Zohran Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social become New York City's first Muslim mayor? Full story: www.thenationalnews.com/news/us/2025...

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

💡📰 • What Alexandr Wang says the US should do to catch up with China in the AI data race • Why GPUs & semiconductors are still dominating headlines • How technology is making Hajj safer Check it all out in this edition of Future Beat ⬇️ www.thenationalnews.com/newsletters/...

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Palestine protesters interrupt panel discussion with Google’s former CEO Eric Schmidt during high-profile AI conference in Washington Full story: www.thenationalnews.com/future/techn...

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Pope update under way on Wikipedia! #Tech

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

• What you need to know about a fast-approaching AI chip export deadline • Facial-recognition tech prevalence grows in the UAE • Snapchat quietly achieves a milestone Future Beat: all the recent #tech stories that will impact our lives in the months ahead ⬇️ www.thenationalnews.com/newsletters/...

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Technology executives from Meta, Google and TikTok were in Washington District Court on Wednesday to appear in high-level cases that could dramatically change the US tech business landscape #Tech #News www.thenationalnews.com/future/techn...

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I would like to point out that Judge Boasberg is also presiding over the Meta / FTC antitrust case while all this is going on … your tax dollars at work! www.thenationalnews.com/future/techn...

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

No cameras allowed in the courtroom for the Meta antitrust case, but here’s a look at Mark Zuckerberg on the witness stand, according to one artist www.thenationalnews.com/future/techn...

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Made sure to include the whole statement in the article

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Here's the full response from Yale Law School

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

We made sure to place Yale's entire statement within the article

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

There's also this, posted to UAE's TDRA site

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

When will Starlink be available in 🇦🇪 & 🇸🇦 According to Starlink's service map, availability in Saudi Arabia and the UAE is "pending regulatory approval"

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

• Why Microsoft is doubling down on its partnership with the UAE • What really happened during the meeting between Jensen Huang and Donald Trump • Is it time to revive the woolly mammoth? 📰 Future Beat: stories shaping tomorrow’s world ⬇️ www.thenationalnews.com/newsletters/...

Emirati man sitting and using a Microsoft tablet computer

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

📰 Future Beat: a look at all the recent stories that will be impacting our lives in the months and years ahead • Is this TikTok's last stand? • Why opting out of AI features is easier said than done • Global internet user growth outstrips population increase More threaded below ...

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

🚨BREAKING: TikTok gets a small win as the Supreme Court agrees to hear the embattled social media platform’s challenge to a law that could see it banned in the U.S. #Technology #Law

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

So it has come down to this, the legal equivalent to a high-noon showdown for TikTok at the Supreme Court. That is, of course, unless Donald Trump will convince congress to repeal the bipartisan divestment legislation that it passed several months ago. What do you think?

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

“The message this summit sends is that AI in general is something for everyone, for humanity. It shouldn’t be controlled by a handful of people,” said Hakim Hacid, chief researcher of Abu Dhabi's Technology Innovation Institute's AI centre Full story www.thenationalnews.com/future/techn...

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Cody Sigel Combs @codycombs.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Former Obama energy secretary Steven Chu, who focused on efficiency and renewables during his tenure, shared his thoughts about Trump’s energy secretary nominee Chris Wright after a keynote on #AI and energy #Climate www.thenationalnews.com/future/techn...

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