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AI Model Misuse and National Security Risks

AI Model Misuse moved from policy concern to documented operational activity in Anthropic’s September 10, 2026 threat intelligence report. The company said it disrupted activity between December 2025 and August 2026 across seven harm areas: cyber operations, influence, surveillance, scams … Read more

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Data Center Energy and the Infrastructure Gap

Data center energy has moved from a facilities issue to a core infrastructure constraint for AI deployment. The change is not only about higher server counts. It is about how power, cooling, water, grid interconnection, maintenance, and security practices now … Read more

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U.S. critical technologies Shift For Data Centers

The critical technologies definition changed in mid-August 2026 in a way that matters for data center investors, but not because demand suddenly weakened. According to the research record, the White House update removed data centers, batteries, and augmented reality from … Read more

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Onsite Data Center Power Becomes AI Shortcut

Onsite data center power is becoming the AI industry’s shortcut around one of its most stubborn bottlenecks: waiting for the grid. As data centers chase faster energization, companies are increasingly treating private generation, microturbines, batteries, and behind-the-meter systems as part … Read more

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Electrotech Stack and U.S. Competitiveness

The Electrotech Stack is a useful shorthand for the linked systems that now shape U.S. competitiveness: generation capacity, storage, manufacturing, critical minerals, charging infrastructure, software control, and defensive security operations. The evidence from 2024 through mid-2026 does not support either … Read more

Is Stephen A. Smith the Democrats’ Joe DiMaggio?

By Ruben Salgado Published: February 18, 2026

If you’ve been wondering what the Democratic Party is “building” for 2028, allow me to translate the current strategy into plain English:

  1. Fly to Germany.
  2. Find a microphone.
  3. Try to win the
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