Technology
China is Not Backing Down in the Space Race
Let’s get one thing straight right out of the gate: the space race everyone’s been talking about, the one where America plants a flag, China
OpenAI Adds Apple to Its List of Adversaries
Most companies pick a lane. OpenAI seems determined to pick a fight with every lane at once. On one front it is fending off Elon
Microsoft’s “Great AI Acqui-Hire” Includes $100mill Contracts
In March 2024, Microsoft didn’t acquire a company. It acquired 70 people — and paid $650 million for the privilege. Run that math. That’s roughly
The Biggest Financial Winners of the SpaceX IPO
$1.75 trillion. That is the market capitalization assigned to SpaceX, ticker SPCX on its first day as a publicly traded company. It is a number
SpaceX, Anthropic, and the $330 Billion Exit Liquidity Trap
Google is selling $80 billion in stock while sitting on $126 billion in cash. SpaceX wants $75 billion at a valuation twice what Morningstar says
The AI Replacement Optimization Point
All of these companies want to fire their workforce and replace it with AI. The math says most of them shouldn’t. The pitch is seductive.
Missing Scientists & Time Travel: Nobody Knows What Is Going On
2023-12-22. That’s the date. The post contained just two words, typed from a ghost account on X (formerly Twitter) with a Pepe the Frog avatar:
Anthropic’s Project Glasswing Shows How Powerful They Are
Anthropic just got Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and NVIDIA to sit at the same table. Not for a product launch. Not for a standards meeting.
People Are Watching Dead Actors and Talking to AI Athletes
Val Kilmer died of pneumonia in April 2025. He’s starring in a new movie in 2026. Not archive footage. Not a cameo stitched together from
The 2026 Midterms: The Deepfake Election
The 2026 midterm elections are shaping up to be the most technologically fraught in American history. Not because of voting machines or ballot security—those battles