Europe Just Fined Google $1 Billion Under the DMA — and the Trump Fight Has Only Begun On Thursday, the European Commission lowered the boom on Google: €890 million ($1 billion) in fines under the Digital Markets Act, making it the third Big Tech company slapped since the law started biting. This wasn't a theoretical warning. It was the Commission drawing a line in the sand with a very...

The First Domino On July 14, 2026, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order that makes the state the first in the nation to enact a statewide moratorium on large-scale data centers. The order pauses permitting for facilities drawing 50 megawatts or more for up to one year while the state examines environmental impacts, grid capacity, and consumer cost implications. "These...

New York Just Dropped a Bombshell: Smart Glasses Banned in Every Courtroom, AI Data Centers Put on IceFolks, grab a seat. Because what just happened in New York isn't just a headline —” it's a warning shot across the bow of Big Tech.On July 14, Governor Kathy Hochul did something no other state has dared to do. She signed a first-in-the-nation Executive Order slamming the brakes on AI data...

The Politics of Power On paper, Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introducing a bill to pause new AI data center construction sounds like standard progressive posturing. A messaging bill. Something to rally the base and generate press releases, not to actually pass. But here's the thing about this particular bill: it's riding a wave that's already happening on...

The Fable 5 Is Free — Here's What Anthropic's Big Monday Actually Means Folks, grab your coffee. I'm fired up today. On Monday, June 30th, the US Commerce Department did something that didn't get nearly enough attention outside the nerd circles: they lifted export controls on Anthropic's Claude Fable 5. That's right — the most advanced AI model most of us will ever touch just got its global...

Folks, we have to talk about what happened today. President Trump took his maiden voyage on the new Air Force One — a luxury Boeing 747 gifted by the Qatari royal family worth a cool 00 million. And let me tell you, the optics are something else. Trump himself said the U.S. “couldn’t build a plane like this” and that the Qataris “spent top dollar.” He flew from...