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- 1Al-Qaeda 25 Years After 9/11: A Changed Network, New Threats●Al-Qaeda Twenty-Five Years After 9/11: A Changing Network, a Changing Security Challenge
Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, security analysts are reassessing al-Qaeda. The network that orchestrated 9/11 has since dispersed, lost leaders including Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, and evolved into affiliates and allied franchises across Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. Analysts argue this decentralised structure presents a different but still serious counterterrorism challenge for Western and regional security services.
- 2Meta partners with Australia's Firmus for Southeast Asia AI capacity●Meta taps Australia's Firmus for AI computing capacity in Southeast Asia
Meta has signed a deal with Australian firm Firmus to secure AI computing capacity serving Southeast Asia, Reuters reports. The partnership gives the social media company additional data centre infrastructure in the region as demand for artificial intelligence compute surges. Firmus specialises in building high-density, AI-ready data centre capacity, making it a useful partner for Meta's expansion beyond its existing facilities.