by Isaac Cubillos | Jun 3, 2026 | Journal
I’ve been watching the circus surrounding Scott Pelley and CBS News this week, and it reminded me of something I learned a long time ago. Sometimes the smartest thing a new editor can do is absolutely nothing. Not forever. Just long enough to understand what...
by Isaac Cubillos | May 30, 2026 | AI
Every war produces rumors. The digital war over data centers is no different. Lately, I’ve been seeing social media posts claiming the National Defense Authorization Act—the NDAA—is some kind of silver bullet that can stop data centers because they supposedly...
by Isaac Cubillos | May 30, 2026 | AI
Back in 2024, some very smart people at Epoch AI sat down and tried to figure out what would stop artificial intelligence from growing. They looked at power generation. They looked at semiconductor factories. They looked at the number of advanced computer chips the...
by Isaac Cubillos | May 29, 2026 | AI
These days, everybody has an opinion about data centers. They’re too big. They’re too loud. They use too much water. They use too much electricity. They’re changing neighborhoods, farmland and communities that never expected to become part of the...
by Isaac Cubillos | May 28, 2026 | Journal
Hollywood loves neat starting points. September 1, 1939. German troops rolling into Poland. Tanks. Stukas. Black-and-white footage. Cue the solemn music and the voiceover telling America that the world was suddenly at war. Clean. Simple. Easy to package for streaming....
