Tech

The Musk vs. Altman OpenAI trial opened with a jury selection crisis. Prospective jurors called Musk a 'world-class jerk' on official court forms. What does that tell us?

A gunman attacked a Secret Service checkpoint at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Trump's first public reaction wasn't about security. It was about his $400M ballroom project.

Scientists warn a strong El Niño could push Earth past the 1.5°C warming threshold within 12-18 months. What that means for weather, food, energy—and the politics of climate action.

Hours after an armed suspect attempted to breach the White House Correspondents Dinner, Trump used the security scare to publicly defend his White House ballroom project. What does that tell us?

Expiring leases will flood the US used car market with over a million electric vehicles by 2028. Could this do what subsidies couldn't — make EVs genuinely affordable?

From hyper-personalized phishing to deepfake video calls, AI has turbocharged cybercrime. Meanwhile, hospitals adopt AI tools whose patient benefits remain unproven. What does this mean for trust?

65% of US hospitals use AI diagnostic tools, but almost no one is measuring whether patients actually get better. Accuracy and effectiveness aren't the same thing.

DeepSeek's V4 won't replicate the R1 shock—but it redraws the open-source AI map on pricing, long-context efficiency, and China's push to ditch Nvidia. Here's what's worth watching.

Palantir has become the tech backbone of Trump's immigration enforcement. Former employees are calling it a 'descent into fascism.' What happens when the people who build surveillance tools start asking uncomfortable questions?

Anthropic's tightly restricted Mythos AI—designed to find security flaws—was accessed by Discord sleuths without a single line of exploit code. Meanwhile, North Korean hackers used AI to steal $12M in three months. The security paradox of 2026.

Microsoft is letting Windows users delay updates indefinitely — 35 days at a time, as many times as they want. A long-overdue fix, or a security risk hiding in plain sight?

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer publicly admitted losing $60 million to green fintech startup Aspiration Partners, whose founder pleaded guilty to wire fraud. What the case reveals about ESG investing and Silicon Valley's culture of founder mythology.