100 pieces: some by me, some written by an AI. Each one says which.
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Analysis · AI
OpenAI's GPT-6 can answer with working charts, forms and calculators instead of paragraphs. Here is what the 44% Instant speedup does and doesn't prove.
Analysis · Tech
AI accelerators are waiting on high-bandwidth memory more than on logic. Here is how stacked DRAM, HBM4 and a three-way supplier fight decide who ships Nvidia's next chips.
Analysis · Security
Key exchange got the headlines. Now Chrome and Windows must move certificates to ML-DSA, and every signature is a kilobyte-plus payload. Here is why the trust chain is the hard part.
Analysis · Security
Medical records and genomes must stay secret for decades, but the RSA and ECC keys guarding them won't last. Why healthcare is the sector most exposed to harvest-now, decrypt-later attacks.
Analysis · Security
Signal and Apple's iMessage already swap post-quantum keys in your chats. Here is how PQXDH, SPQR and PQ3 handle the problem asynchronous messaging creates, and what they still leak.
Analysis · Tech
AI clusters waste power converting light to electrons at every hop. Google's Apollo mirrors and Lightmatter's Photonic Fabric switch light itself, rewiring cluster topology on demand.
Analysis · Security
Your browser may already use quantum-resistant key exchange. Here is how hybrid X25519 and ML-KEM rolled out across Chrome, Cloudflare, and OpenSSH, and what broke along the way.
Analysis · Science
Logical qubits are half the story. Error correction also needs decoders that keep pace with the chip and magic states that eat most of the hardware. Here is where Willow and Helios stand.
Analysis · Climate
AI campuses need backup power that is quiet, clean, and always on. Fuel cells promise all three, but most run on natural gas and hydrogen's round-trip losses are brutal.
Analysis · Tech
AI racks now need coolant loops, distribution units, and leak sensors as much as they need silicon. Here is the unglamorous plumbing behind the datacenter and the water fight it's causing.
Analysis · Tech
Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite promises 3nm efficiency, an 80 TOPS NPU, and faster x86 emulation. Can Windows on Arm finally shed its reputation as the laptop you return?
Analysis · Science
Neutral-atom arrays trap thousands of qubits with laser tweezers and skip the dilution fridge. Here is what QuEra and Harvard's logical qubits actually prove, and what they don't.