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Geriatric Gardener

“Iran Ditching GPS for China’s BeiDou—A Strategic Shift in Global Navigation Warfare?”

by New Rules on Telegram

“Iran is making a bold move to transition from U.S.-controlled GPS to China’s BeiDou system, signaling a broader geopolitical realignment amid rising tensions with the West”

t.me/newrulesgeo/691

TelegramNew Rules🚨🇮🇷🇨🇳Iran Ditching GPS for China’s BeiDou—A Strategic Shift in Global Navigation Warfare? Iran is making a bold move to transition from U.S.-controlled GPS to China’s BeiDou system, signaling a broader geopolitical realignment amid rising tensions with the West. 🔸Key Takeaways: 1️⃣ Why the Shift? Security Concerns: GPS disruptions during Iran-Israel conflicts exposed vulnerabilities. Digital Sovereignty: Iran seeks full control over critical infrastructure, free from U.S. influence. BeiDou’s Edge: Higher accuracy in Asia, China-controlled, and already integrated into many Chinese smartphones. 2️⃣ Broader Implications: Tech Cold War: Another front in the U.S.-China battle for digital dominance. Global Trend: Russia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and 30+ African nations already use BeiDou. Infiltration Fears: Iran suspects Western systems enable espionage & targeted assassinations. 3️⃣ Economic & Strategic Impact: BeiDou’s Expansion: Exported to 140+ countries, now a UN-recognized global system. China’s Play: Positioning BeiDou as a non-aligned alternative to GPS. 🔸Bottom Line: Iran’s pivot to BeiDou isn’t just about navigation—it’s a strategic decoupling from U.S. tech hegemony. As digital infrastructure becomes a battleground, expect more nations to follow suit. Subscribe to @NewRulesGeo or follow us on X
#Press#Iran#GPS
Lydia Pintscher

I had a great conversation with @harrisonstephen about how @wikidata is quietly powering much of the digital infrastructure that we use every day. And the coolest part: you don't need to be a programmer to contribute. Small contributions can spread further than you might imagine.
#OpenData #Wikidata #DigitalInfrastructure

stephenharrison.com/p/how-wiki

Stephen Harrison · How Wikidata is Coding for HumanityBy Stephen Harrison
Alo Japan

alojapan.com/1334220/flow-digi FLOW Digital Infrastructure Announces New Data Center in Central Tokyo #CentralTokyo #DataCenter #DigitalInfrastructure #GreaterTokyo #Japan #news #Tokyo #TokyoNews #東京 #東京都 TOKYO, July 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — FLOW Digital Infrastructure (“FLOW”), the digital infrastructure platform of PAG, a leading Asia Pacific-focused alternative investment firm, announced that construction is underway for its new data center campus in Central Tokyo. The n

Alo Japan

alojapan.com/1333316/flow-laun FLOW launches new 30MW data centre campus in Central Tokyo #ArtificialIntelligence(AI) #cloud #DataCenters(DC) #DigitalEconomy #DigitalInfrastructure #DigitalServices #DigitalTransformation #ITDepartment #Japan #news #StructureResearch #Tokyo #TokyoNews #東京 #東京都 FLOW Digital Infrastructure has started construction on a new two-building data centre campus in Central Tokyo, aiming to provide significant IT capacity to the region’s growing digit

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samvie

🇪🇺 Digital sovereignty can’t be bargained away

By @robin & Cori Crider

About the recent fail by @EUCommission on #EU tech infrastructure, the backbone of our economy and democracy 🔥

"Enforcing the EU’s laws, reclaiming a fair share of the value extracted by #monopolies, breaking them up to unfreeze markets and using the proceeds to invest in our #digitalinfrastructure could be exactly the kind of economic reset #Europe needs." ✊

👉 politico.eu/article/digital-so

#DMA
#savesocial
#FediForumEurope

POLITICO · Digital sovereignty can’t be bargained awayBy Robin Berjon
Miguel Afonso Caetano

"Companies spanning areas including cloud, telecoms, defence, along with several regional business and startup associations, have put their names to the letter — which was sent to the Commission on Sunday — urging the bloc to switch its tech strategy onto a quasi-war footing by committing to support “sovereign digital infrastructure.”

The plan pushes for reducing reliance on foreign-owned Big Tech by actively fostering development of a so-called “Euro stack.” The European digital infrastructure pitch is not coming out of thin air — a Euro Stack paper written by, among others, the competition economist Cristina Caffarra was published in January fleshing out the strategy in some detail.

There has also been, over the last half year or so, a smattering of conference chatter turning over the potential for enterprising Europeans to seize a geopolitically fraught moment to press the case for the EU to adopt a digital industrial strategy that’s squarely focused on favoring local innovation."

techcrunch.com/2025/03/16/euro

TechCrunch · European tech industry coalition calls for 'radical action' on digital sovereignty — starting with buying local | TechCrunchA broad coalition drawn from across the ranks of Europe's tech industry is calling for "radical action" from European Union lawmakers to shrink reliance
#EU#DigitalSovereignty#EuroStack
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Gondor

@benny @eunews
The problem IS civil obedience + playing by the rules.
In most democracies we nowaday see the same playbook followed.
As Nazis said: Use their tools against them.
And if we try to wait to be the "obvious majority" it'll be to late.
"They" already have all those tools to keep every future resistance under control. #digitalinfrastructure #media #socialplatforms #IoT ...
It's like with #climatecrisis which no gov seem to care.
The time to act is NOW.
#USA #Germany #EU
movie: #anon

Børge

Roads are not financed with ads or donations. Neither are water mains, waste treatment plants, power lines, train tracks, schools, and so much more.

The world is going to shit for many reasons, but one of them is that online tools must have ads to survive, and free software tools don't get nearly enough donations.

Maybe it's time to finance more of our digital infrastructure trough taxes?

#DigitalInfrastructure#ads#monetization
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Strypey

"Building a network infrastructure as neutral to purpose as water, electricity, roads and sewage treatment should be a top priority for the city. It can’t do that if it’s wearing blinders supplied by Verizon, Time Warner and AT&T.

Re-base the questions on the founding protocols of the Net itself, and its city-like possibilities. Not on what we think the carriers can do for us, or what we can do that’s carrier-like."

#DocSearl, 2013

nycwireless.net/2013/05/05/in-

NYCwireless · In preparation for April 23rd’s Start-up City Conference,In preparation for April 23rd’s Start-up City Conference, I asked some friends to suggest ways that fast, reliable internet service would help businesses. Doc Searls sent a reply that’s…
#DigitalInfrastructure
Ecologia Digital

"#AudreyTang has served as #Taiwan's 1st Digital Minister since 2016, known for revitalizing #Perl and #Haskell, and for building the online spreadsheet #EtherCalc along with Dan Bricklin.
In this episode:
Using technology including #AI to help surface our areas of agreement, &
Why maintaining credible neutrality from partisan politics and developing strong public and civic #digitalinfrastructure are key to advancing #democracy."

pca.st/episode/cd5353d1-1c27-4

Pocket CastsOpen Source Beats Authoritarianism - How to Fix the InternetThe internet is broken—but it doesn’t have to be. If you’re concerned about how surveillance, online advertising, and automated content moderation are hurting us online and offline, the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s How to Fix the Internet podcast offers a better way forward. EFF has been defending your rights online for over thirty years and is behind many of the biggest digital rights protections since the invention of the internet. Through curious conversations with some of the leading minds in law and technology, this podcast explores creative solutions to some of today’s biggest tech challenges. Hosted by EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn and EFF Associate Director of Digital Strategy Jason Kelley, How to Fix the Internet will help you become deeply informed on vital technology issues as we work to build a better technological future together.
Kathy Reid

Hi folx! It's been a minute since I did one of my #ConnectionList #Introduction #TwitterMigration posts, where I hand-pick accounts that you might like to follow, using my reach to more richly connect the #Fediverse :fediverse:

Dr @josephguillaume is a #researcher at the @ANUFennerSchool where he specialises in #model-based #science and #decision support. Joseph was a key contributor to the @AlgFuturesLab series of workshops 👋 🇦🇺

@ANUResearch is a new arrival to #Mastodon - great to see #ANU have an official presence here! This account posts about #research and #TechnologyTransfer and #ResearchTranslation 👋 🇦🇺

Dr @michealaxelsen is a Senior Lecturer in #InformationSystems at UQ #UniQueensland 👋 🇦🇺

Prof Janet Vertesi @cyberlyra is a #professor of #sociology at #Princeton @princeton specialising in #STS 👋 🇺🇸

@erici is a #soil #science student in #Naarm / #Melbourne, who is interested in #Microbiology and #BioInformatics 👋 🇦🇺

Professor Anne Pasek @Aepasek is a Professor at #TrentUniversity where she specialises in #ClimateChange, #DigitalInfrastructure and #EnergyPolitics 👋 🇨🇦

Dr @katrinagrant is an #ArtHistorian and #DigitalHumanities #researcher at #ANU, interested in #maps, #GLAM, #landscapes, #gardens and #museums 👋 🇦🇺

@datasociety is the non-profit #research institute that studies the social implications of #data-centric technologies and #automation #STS 👋

That's all for today!

Strypey

"... recent large investments in digital infrastructure, such as the NZ$1.3 billion single-ticketing system for public transport, suggest it is happy to look for overseas solutions.

The recent upheavals at Twitter are a reminder that New Zealand needs to shift its digital strategy. Not to do so risks putting the country’s businesses and citizens in a dangerously dependent position for decades to come."

theconversation.com/elon-musks

The ConversationElon Musk's Twitter takeover has disrupted the Christchurch Call – NZ needs to rethink its digital strategyRadical change at Twitter shows how quickly strategies and values can shift in Big Tech. New Zealand needs to be less reliant on overseas solutions for its own digital infrastructure plans.
#Aotearoa#NZ#TechPolicy
Kathy Reid

Excellent piece from @mikejones and @bestqualitycrab for @theconversationau covering the funding issue with #Trove at the National Library of Australia (who I don't think are on Mastodon).

Trove is an #API, which I've demo'd before at places like VALA, which makes the NLA's collections easily query-able.

Trove is #digitalinfrastructure for #digitalhumanities, #socialscience, #archives, #museums and other #GLAM activities.

And it's invisible. Which means it doesn't attract the funding or attention it deserves. Trove archives over 6 billion digital items. Items which speak to Australia's #CulturalHeritage.

If Trove were a supercomputer, it would be funded. If our digitalhumanities were as sexy as #STEM, Trove would be funded. But they're the same type of thing - digital #infrastructure that helps research. Trove is #ResearchInfrastructure. And we should fund it properly.

theconversation.com/troves-fun

The ConversationTrove's funding runs out in July 2023 – and the National Library is threatening to pull the plug. It's time for a radical overhaulSeven years after the #fundtrove campaign, the National Library’s Trove is once again under threat – and it’s part of a broader neglect of Australia’s cultural institutions.
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