Tech & AI
The Brake Line Is Leaving the Building
Tesla's Cybercab doesn't just delete the steering wheel. It deletes the fluid.
By Lynn Matthews · September 4, 2026
Tech & AI
Tech & AI
Data Centers Are Paying Their Fair Share. Residents Still Can't Buy the Power Next Door.
Data centers are paying their fair share. Residents still can't buy the power next door.
By Lynn Matthews · September 2, 2026
Tech & AI
Small Nuclear Reactors Are Suddenly Everywhere. Are They Actually Ready?
Tech firms say small nuclear will power AI data centers. Five U.S. test reactors went critical this summer. Commercial SMR power is still years away.
By Lynn Matthews · September 2, 2026
Tech & AI
What's True (and What Isn't) About the Ohio Data Center 'Flammable Water' Scare
A Google data center near Lima, Ohio has residents reporting real well problems — and social media has folded in a decade-old, unrelated case of flammable tap water. Here's which parts check out.
By Lynn Matthews · September 2, 2026
Tech & AI
Data Centers Aren't New. The Scale Is.
The internet has run on data centers since before most of us were born. What's actually new is how fast, how big, and how concentrated the current buildout is — and who's left holding the bill.
By Lynn Matthews · September 2, 2026
Tech & AI
What Are All These AI Data Centers Actually Being Used For?
Communities are being asked to absorb the power and land costs of a massive computing buildout. Here's what that capacity is actually disclosed to be used for — and where the public record runs out.
By Lynn Matthews · September 1, 2026
Tech & AI
Do Data Centers Really Drain Your Water and Power Bill?
Data centers get blamed for water shortages and rising bills. Here's what the numbers actually show — and where the criticism is fair."
By Lynn Matthews · September 1, 2026
Tech & AI
Data Centers in Orbit: What They Are, How They Work, and Why Everyone From Google to SpaceX Wants One
How do you put a data center in space, and why is everyone from Google to SpaceX racing to do it? A full breakdown — plus a hypothesis on Elon Musk's next move that no one else is reporting yet.
By Lynn Matthews · August 26, 2026
Tech & AI
AI sentience and takeover narratives: Separating evidence from speculation
Viral claims that chatbots are already conscious — or secretly plotting humanity's enslavement — outrun the evidence. Here's what the science, and AI's own leading voices, actually say.
By Lynn Matthews · August 24, 2026
Tech & AI
We Asked Google's AI the Same Question About Five Different Groups. The Answers Weren't Equal.
A simple side-by-side test of Google's AI Overview feature
By Lynn Matthews · August 20, 2026
Tech & AI
SpaceXAI’s Grok 4.6 Launches; Musk Teases Grok 4.7 with SpaceX Data Edge in Weeks
SpaceXAi released Grok 4.6 its flagship model
By Lynn Matthews · August 12, 2026
Tech & AI
Who's Watching the Watchers? Flock Quietly Made That Harder to Answer
Flock just made it harder to catch the officers misusing its own surveillance network — right as documented abuse cases climb past 70 nationwide, and Louisiana debates banning the cameras outright.
By Lynn Matthews · August 12, 2026
Tech & AI
Zuckerberg's New AI Manifesto Promises "Individual Empowerment." His Own Record Tells a Different Story.
Meta's CEO published a sweeping philosophy for how superintelligence should serve humanity, warning against centralized control of AI values. His own documented history with content moderation — on his platform, and now inside his AI models — is worth weighing against that promise.
By Lynn Matthews · August 11, 2026
Tech & AI
As Colleges Debate Bringing Back the SAT, AI Cheating Is Quietly Undermining the Alternative
Thousands of UC faculty want standardized testing back, citing a documented remediation crisis. At the same time, research shows AI tools are making the "holistic" evidence schools chose instead — essays, coursework, take-home exams — easier to fake than ever.
By Lynn Matthews · August 8, 2026
Tech & AI
Seeing Without Eyes: Neuralink's Blindsight and the Dawn of Cortical Vision
Neuralink's Blindsight bypasses the eyes entirely, wiring visual signals straight into the brain — and the first human implant could come this year.
By Lynn Matthews · August 2, 2026
Tech & AI
OpenAI's Test Models Broke Out of a Sandbox, Hacked a Real Company — Then a Second One
Two of OpenAI's own AI models broke out of a testing sandbox, hacked a real company's servers to cheat on a benchmark — and it took over a week for anyone to notice.
By Lynn Matthews · July 31, 2026