A Taliban security personnel stands guard at an entrance gate of Kandahar University in Kandahar on August 12, 2026. Forced to leave their smartphones off campus, Afghan university students are divided over whether the new anti-tech rule has disrupted their studies or done wonders for their concentration. (Photo by Sanaullah SEIAM / AFP via Getty Images)

In this photo taken on July 29, 2026, signs advertising fortune telling services are seen on the door of a closed practice in the "Mia-ri fortune-telling village" in Seoul. Clients have drifted away from Song Oh-soon's fortune-telling village on the edge of Seoul, preferring online AI-powered divination to the centuries-old prophesying tradition still practised there. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'SKOREA-LIFESTYLE-CULTURE-TECHNOLOGY-DISABILITY,FOCUS' by Jihye SHIN

In this photo taken on July 29, 2026, a woman stands below signs advertising fortune telling services in the "Mia-ri fortune-telling village" in Seoul. Clients have drifted away from Song Oh-soon's fortune-telling village on the edge of Seoul, preferring online AI-powered divination to the centuries-old prophesying tradition still practised there. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'SKOREA-LIFESTYLE-CULTURE-TECHNOLOGY-DISABILITY,FOCUS' by Jihye SHIN

In this photo taken on July 29, 2026, signs advertising fortune telling services are seen on the door of a closed practice in the "Mia-ri fortune-telling village" in Seoul. Clients have drifted away from Song Oh-soon's fortune-telling village on the edge of Seoul, preferring online AI-powered divination to the centuries-old prophesying tradition still practised there. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'SKOREA-LIFESTYLE-CULTURE-TECHNOLOGY-DISABILITY,FOCUS' by Jihye SHIN

In this photo taken on July 29, 2026, blind fortune-teller Song Oh-soon speaks at her small practice in the "Mia-ri fortune-telling village" in Seoul. Clients have drifted away from Song Oh-soon's fortune-telling village on the edge of Seoul, preferring online AI-powered divination to the centuries-old prophesying tradition still practised there. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'SKOREA-LIFESTYLE-CULTURE-TECHNOLOGY-DISABILITY,FOCUS' by Jihye SHIN

South African comedian and writer Trevor Noah speaks while hosting the "Made by Google" product launch event in New York City on August 12, 2026. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP via Getty Images)

High-voltage bushings are shown as construction workers build a new data center in Stone Ridge, Virginia on August 12, 2026c. Hastily built to meet skyrocketing demand for computing power required by the global artificial intelligence race, data centers are facing opposition across the United States. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images)

Construction workers build a new data center in Stone Ridge, Virginia on August 12, 2026. Hastily built to meet skyrocketing demand for computing power required by the global artificial intelligence race, data centers are facing opposition across the United States. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images)