AI’s scale dominated the feed, with a Fortune piece noting OpenAI’s planned data centers could need up to 17 GW, raising grid, water, and cost concerns, while Nvidia’s market cap now tops big pharma’s combined. Screen habits shifted as GWI data showed social media time peaking in 2022 then falling, led by Gen Z. Platform notes included X’s new likes sorting and Apple’s iOS 26.1 keeping full-screen album art on unlock.
Connectivity and hardware moved fast. SpaceX advanced Direct to Cell using 2 GHz spectrum for texting, voice, and data on unmodified phones. xAI touted Grok Code Fast wins as open source closes the gap. Linus Torvalds’ long streak inspired, Europe’s absence from the top 25 by market cap sparked policy talk, and a new deep tech fund backed hardware bets.
AI media stirred debate. A Sora watermark remover surfaced days after launch, and style-mimicking clips revived copyright worries, even as the Sora app hit the top of the App Store and users marveled at how far text to video came since 2022. DIY tech surfaced too, with Open Source Ecology’s 50 machine blueprints archived for AI assisted fabrication.
Also featured, Signal’s privacy-first notifications, Stremio’s legal gray areas, Coinbase’s Samsung tie-up, a Chicago transit funding pause, a wry British weather post, design nostalgia from Munich’s U-Bahn to 2000s websites, the “chat” naming spat, another Starlink launch, and arguments over iPhone finishes and game trailers.
