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AI's Electricity Problem: How Data Centers Are Rewriting the Rules of Energy Markets
Technology

AI's Electricity Problem: How Data Centers Are Rewriting the Rules of Energy Markets

The AI boom has created an unprecedented demand for electricity that is straining power grids, reviving nuclear plants, and reshaping energy markets in ways that will outlast any individual AI model. The numbers are extraordinary — and the industry's responses reveal deep tensions between speed and sustainability.

data-centerspower-grid
WebAssembly Escaped the Browser. In 2026, It's Quietly Becoming the Runtime for Everything
Software & Apps

WebAssembly Escaped the Browser. In 2026, It's Quietly Becoming the Runtime for Everything

WebAssembly launched as a way to run near-native code in browsers. In 2026, it's running at the edge, inside databases, as a plugin system in dozens of applications, and as the foundation for portable CLIs that run identically on any operating system. The story of how a browser technology became a universal compute substrate is worth understanding.

developer toolsedge-computing
Wi-Fi 7 in the Real World: What 46 Gbps Actually Means for Your Home Network
Internet & Network

Wi-Fi 7 in the Real World: What 46 Gbps Actually Means for Your Home Network

Wi-Fi 7 routers have been on sale since early 2024, but the standard only became widespread in 2025. Two years of real-world deployments tell a clearer story than any spec sheet: what actually changes, what stays the same, and whether it's worth upgrading from Wi-Fi 6E.

networking802-11be
Smart Glasses Found Their Market in 2025. In 2026, Everyone Wants In — Including Google
Gadgets

Smart Glasses Found Their Market in 2025. In 2026, Everyone Wants In — Including Google

Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses sold more than 4 million units in 2024 and proved that people will wear AI on their faces if the hardware is lightweight and the glasses look normal. Now Google has shipped Android XR glasses, Samsung is in the race, and the category is suddenly competitive in a way it hasn't been since Glass Enterprise Edition.

wearablesprivacy
Ethereum's Pectra Upgrade Rewrote How Wallets Work. Here's What EIP-7702 Changes in Practice
Cryptocurrency

Ethereum's Pectra Upgrade Rewrote How Wallets Work. Here's What EIP-7702 Changes in Practice

Pectra went live on Ethereum mainnet in May 2025 and immediately became the most consequential upgrade since The Merge. EIP-7702 — account abstraction for ordinary wallets — is the headline feature. What it enables in practice: transaction batching, gas sponsorship, and recovery options that could make self-custody genuinely accessible to non-technical users.

ethereumaccount-abstraction
Le marché des VE d'occasion a mûri. Voici à quoi ressemble réellement la dégradation de la batterie
Electric Vehicles

Le marché des VE d'occasion a mûri. Voici à quoi ressemble réellement la dégradation de la batterie

Il y a désormais plus de cinq millions de véhicules électriques d'occasion sur le marché rien qu'aux États-Unis. La santé de la batterie est la préoccupation centrale des acheteurs, mais les données sur la dégradation réelle montrent que l'anxiété est souvent pire que la réalité. Voici à quoi ressemblent réellement les chiffres et comment évaluer correctement un VE d'occasion.