For twenty-four years in foreign capitals, I watched governments chase capabilities they could neither field nor sustain, confusing hardware on a parade deck with actual sovereign weight.
By Tom Beckwith ·
They want us to believe that a computer is just a tool, a sterile box of silicon and glass meant to sit quietly on a desk while we grind through the workday. But we know better.
By Alma Cordero ·
The moment you think a clean, frictionless AI future belongs to Silicon Valley—to the algorithms that run off some Californian data center—you are wrong.
By Imani Sutton ·
The sheer volume of noise coming out of Silicon Valley these days makes it difficult to distinguish genuine progress from expensive vaporware.
By Grant Colby ·
It is always a pleasure, though sometimes an exhausting one, to observe how rapidly technical capability sheds its aura of bespoke luxury and becomes mere commodity.
By Adele Rutherford ·
The current discourse surrounding college laptops for 2026 is a masterclass in manufactured urgency, a predictable spectacle of marketing hype masquerading as expert advice.
By Tom Beckwith ·