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Telcos Chase the Agent Economy With Token Metering and Noise-Free Calls

ZTE's AIR Core prototype shows how carriers plan to sell AI traffic as a service, moving beyond bandwidth into computing, identity, and real-time inference markets.

By Arjun S. Mehta·Jun 27, 2026·7 min read
Policy

One in Four Major Apps Still Block Users from Passkeys

A new public database exposes which platforms continue to rely on passwords despite industry consensus that passkeys offer superior phishing

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 7m
Startups

Geely's Zeekr Bets on Malaysia Manufacturing to Escape China's EV Slowdown

The premium electric brand will produce SUVs at Proton's facility by mid-2027, doubling overseas sales as domestic momentum falters and oil-

Wei Zhang ·   · 8m
AI

Enterprise Token Budgets Hit Reality as Firms Rein in Casual AI Use

Consulting giants and multinationals are quietly pulling back on unlimited inference access after discovering that low-value tasks can burn

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
AI

Why OpenAI Built Its Own Inference Chip in Nine Months

Jalapeño, co-designed with Broadcom, represents a strategic pivot toward vertical integration in AI infrastructure - and a quiet admission t

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Startups

Micron's Market Cap Climbs to $1.2 Trillion as Memory Shortage Deepens

The Idaho-based chipmaker posted a 28-fold profit surge while Apple warns customers to brace for higher device prices

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Policy

Alibaba Takes Pentagon to Court Over Military Contractor Label

The e-commerce and cloud giant argues its placement on the 1260H blacklist violates due process and free speech, blocking business ties and

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Policy

YouTube Settles Youth Harm Case as Thousands of Similar Claims Loom

A confidential agreement with a minor plaintiff points to the platform's mounting exposure across US jurisdictions, where more than 5,900 ca

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
AI

Meta Stands Alone Among Frontier Labs as Pre-Release Review Talks Stall

While OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI and Microsoft have begun submitting unreleased models to the Commerce Department's new review unit, the

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
Products

The Economics Behind Thunderbolt Cable Pricing

Active retimer chips, certification overhead, and a niche market combine to push premium cable costs far above commodity USB-C - but the per

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 7m
Products

Anthropic Rolls Out Persistent Channel Assistant to Challenge Slackbot

Claude Tag introduces shared-memory AI that learns team workflows, proactively surfaces updates, and operates across organizational boundari

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
AI

A Decades-Old Proxy Flaw and the AI Agent That Spotted It

Squidbleed, a 29-year-old memory leak in widely deployed caching software, went unnoticed through three decades of enterprise use - until a

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 8m
Startups

Seer Robotics Targets Hong Kong Listing After Fourteen-Month IPO Marathon

The Shanghai-based autonomous mobile robot maker is pricing shares at HKD 101.60, valuing the specialist technology firm at USD 1.4 billion

Wei Zhang ·   · 5m
AI

The American Datacenter Boom Keeps Hitting the Same Four Walls

Developers have announced 160 GW of new capacity by 2032, but half of what's due next year hasn't broken ground - and the math may not even

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 6m
Startups

Go's Post-IPO Playbook: Robotaxis and Consolidation as Japan's Driver Pool Shrinks

The ride-hailing operator just raised ¥88.6 billion in Tokyo's largest 2026 listing - and most of that capital is earmarked for an existenti

Kenji Watanabe ·   · 5m
Startups

Heavy Trucking May Finally Crack the EV Equation With Battery Swap Hubs

Octopus Energy and CATL are betting swap infrastructure can sidestep the weight penalty that has kept long-haul trucks tethered to diesel -

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 8m
AI

Agentic AI Meets Supercomputing: Nvidia Rolls Out New Stack for Science

Los Alamos labs will debut autonomous agent-driven clusters as GPU maker unveils Vera Rubin platform, three software tools, and a pitch to t

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 7m
Products

Prescription Smart Glasses Hit a $700 Reality Check

Meta's Optics line trades sunglasses convenience for all-day wearability, but custom lenses and premium fit push the bill past what most peo

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 6m
Policy

Satellite Operators Float Lunar Scrapyards as Cislunar Traffic Swells

With a Falcon 9 stage set to impact the Moon in August and decades of orbital debris experience in hand, industry leaders are sketching out

Marcus Halloran ·   · 8m
Policy

When Security Tools Become National Security Threats

A ninety-minute ultimatum to Anthropic exposes the tension between defensive cyber capabilities and export-control reflex in Washington - an

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
Policy

Prediction Markets and the Incentivized Influencer Economy

As Polymarket faces scrutiny over paid creator campaigns, regulators across the US and Europe are racing to define where betting ends and fi

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
AI

Baidu Edges Past Waymo in New Autonomous Vehicle Rankings

A generative AI benchmarking platform reveals China's lead across robotaxi, trucking, and delivery categories, challenging assumptions about

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 7m
Policy

Brazil Joins the Alternative App Store Era With a 5% Fee

Cupertino's compromise with CADE offers developers a gentler tax than the App Store - but Notarization and approval gates remain firmly in p

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
AI

Midjourney Pivots to Healthcare Hardware With 60-Second Full-Body Scanner

The text-to-image AI company is building ultrasonic scanning spas and targeting a 2031 global rollout - a hardware gambit that raises questi

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 8m
Policy

The Thousand-Clip Deception Behind Polymarket's Viral Bet Videos

An investigation has uncovered more than 1,100 staged social-media clips showing fake wagers and fabricated wins, raising questions about pl

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 7m