The Shifting Calculus of Space Operations A routine reboost of NASA’s aging Swift astronomy satellite, performed last week by Katalyst Space Technologies, might seem like a mere footnote in the annals of space activity. Read More
The Homeowner’s Gambit: Autonomy Over Altruism The record surge in US home battery installations isn’t primarily a story about utilities finally achieving grid flexibility or a proactive response to the ravenous power demands Read More
The Untenable Math of ‘Carbon Neutral’ Growth Google’s electricity consumption surged by 37 percent in 2025, a historic annual jump that outstripped any previous growth in the company’s vast operational history. This isn’t just Read More
Beyond Nvidia: The Illusion of Decentralization The rush by Silicon Valley’s titans to engineer their own AI chips, epitomized by OpenAI’s new Jalapeño inference chip developed with Broadcom, is widely presented as Read More
The immediate problem for artificial intelligence isn’t a lack of exotic locations for its compute; it’s a rapidly escalating gold rush for processing power that has Silicon Valley’s most prominent figures scrambling Read More
The Echo of a Silence at LC-36A A launch pad sits silent in Florida, not in anticipation, but in stark testament to a spectacular failure. Nearly a month has passed since Blue Origin’s Read More
The New Front Line in AI’s Copyright War The quiet legal maneuver by The New York Times, seeking to amend its complaint against Microsoft, is not merely about copyright. It’s a strategic, surgical Read More
Europe’s Unseen Infrastructure Crisis As Europe simmers under its second record-breaking heatwave of the year, headlines predictably focus on human suffering: the tragic drownings of some 40 individuals, thousands grappling with power outages, and cities Read More
Broadcom’s Ascendant Role in AI’s Supply Chain The announcement of Jalapeño, a new Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) co-developed by OpenAI and Broadcom, purports to be a significant step toward OpenAI’s coveted Read More
AI’s Expanding Footprint in Software Supply Chain Security The digital bedrock of the internet, the sprawling world of open-source software, is undeniably vulnerable. Now, one of the most powerful and closed AI companies on Read More