Political Retrofitting Stalls Grid Evolution A recent federal pledge of $46 million to extend the lifespan of the Cumberland Fossil Plant, a coal-fired facility notorious for pollution and operational issues, represents more than just an environmental Read More
The Known Flaws of ‘Objective’ AI The United Kingdom is about to make a perilous wager on imperfect technology, and the stakes are human lives. Starting next year, the British government plans to deploy facial Read More
The Unraveling of Universal Service Obligations The immediate accusation from California’s regulators – that AT&T fabricated claims to the Federal Communications Commission – is a headline grabber, but it obscures the far more significant Read More
When Regulatory Independence Falters The quiet hum of the antitrust machine, a mechanism built to safeguard competition and foster innovation, just produced a grating discord. The US Department of Justice’s recent approval of Paramount Read More
The Price of Unchecked AI Ambition Fifty-seven unpermitted gas turbines hum, day and night, in Southaven, Mississippi, powering xAI’s Colossus 2 data center and, by extension, the Grok chatbot. This is not merely a local Read More
A staggering $130 billion in data center projects simply evaporated in the first quarter of 2026. This wasn’t a market correction or a supply chain snarl; it was a deliberate, community-driven shutdown. New research from Data Read More
The Illusion of Legislative Control The ticking clock on Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) reaching its supposed midnight expiration is less a deadline for surveillance and more a stage cue for Read More
The ‘Refurbished’ Ruse and Remote Control When Verizon mistakenly shipped Tom Collery a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 containing an active Mobile Device Management (MDM) profile, then remotely wiped his data, it was more than just Read More
The Peril of Perfect Legal Purity The bipartisan JAWBONE Act, introduced by Senators Ted Cruz and Ron Wyden, presents itself as a bulwark against federal overreach in content moderation. Yet, beneath its well-intentioned ambition to Read More
Platform Liability Shifts: Google Held Accountable for AI Overviews A German court has delivered a preliminary ruling that rips a significant hole in the legal firewall protecting generative AI platforms. Google, a titan in the Read More