Weaponized Safety: How the FDA Is Killing mRNA
The FDA's refusal to review Moderna's flu vaccine isn't about safety. It is about a retroactive change in math that protects incumbents and drives innovation offshore.
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The Phantom CPI: Flying Blind on Fake Inflation Data
The January 2026 Consumer Price Index (CPI) reported inflation at 2.4%. But the number is a ghost. A 43-day government shutdown erased October data collection, forcing the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to use carry-forward estimates that create an artificial downward bias through April 2026. The Fed, bond markets, and mortgage rates are all calibrated to a broken gauge.
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Tech & Innovation
The RAMpocalypse: Why Your 2026 Laptop Costs More for Less
DRAM contract prices just surged 95% in Q1 2026. The cause isn't a supply chain glitch, it's a permanent physical reallocation of the world's silicon to AI.
The Strategic Betrayal: Why the Pentagon Needs Samsung
Despite Intel's resurgence, the US government is quietly fortifying a 'Backup Taiwan' in Texas with Samsung. We analyze the strategic logic behind the $4.75 billion hedge.
AI & Automation
The 80-to-1 Problem: Your AI Agents Are Insider Threats
Enterprises now run 12 AI agents on average, and half operate in total isolation. Machine identities outnumber humans up to 80-to-1, with 44% still authenticating via static API keys. Two landmark reports published on February 5, 2026 reveal an identity governance crisis that mirrors the SaaS sprawl disaster of the 2010s, but this time the ungoverned tools can act autonomously.
The Federalist Coup: Big Tech Erases 50 State Laws
Executive Order 14365 is attempting the largest federal preemption of state law in a generation. By March 11, the DOJ's AI Litigation Task Force will begin attacking California, Colorado, Texas, and Illinois laws designed to regulate algorithmic decision-making. The beneficiaries are not startups. They are the trillion-dollar incumbents.
The "Manager" Model: Why Opus 4.6 Ends the "Copilot" Era
Claude Opus 4.6 isn't a better chatbot - it's the first 'Manager' model. With defined orchestration for 'Agent Teams' and a $15/1M token price tag, Anthropic is explicitly targeting the automation of mid-level engineering management, not just code completion.
EVs & Mobility
The $80B Capitulation: How Detroit Handed China the Century
Stellantis just wrote off $26 billion, bringing Detroit's cumulative EV losses to over $80 billion. While American automakers retreat to trucks, China sold 13 million EVs in 2025. This is not a correction. It is a surrender that will define the next century of global manufacturing.
Tesla FSD Confiscation: Why Your Equity Dies March 31st
Tesla has officially killed the 'buy once' era. With the purchase button gone as of Feb 14 and the transfer window slamming shut on March 31, billions of dollars in 'owned' software is about to evaporate. We analyze the insurance gap, the resale crash, and why this is the end of car ownership as we know it.
Tesla's $20 Billion Pivot: Liquidating the Car Business
By cancelling the Model S and X and pledging $20 billion to AI infrastructure, Elon Musk isn't just pivoting - he is liquidating the legacy auto business to fund a high-stakes venture capital bet.
Energy & Policy
When a Superpower Declares Science Illegal
The EPA just erased the legal foundation for all federal climate regulation. This is not deregulation. It is the systematic subordination of empirical evidence to political ideology, and history shows exactly where it leads.
The Shadow Deregulation: Nuclear Safety Cut for AI
On January 28, 2026, reports surfaced that the Department of Energy has quietly rewritten critical nuclear safety guidelines. While sold as a modernization for the AI era, critics argue it removes the physical "last line of defense" for a new generation of unproven reactors.
The Midwest Nuclear Mirage: Legalizing Vaporware
Wisconsin and Indiana are rushing to deregulate nuclear power to feed hungry AI data centers. There's just one problem: the fuel doesn't exist, the reactors take ten years to build, and the supply chain is broken.
Markets & Money
The Phantom CPI: Flying Blind on Fake Inflation Data
The January 2026 Consumer Price Index (CPI) reported inflation at 2.4%. But the number is a ghost. A 43-day government shutdown erased October data collection, forcing the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to use carry-forward estimates that create an artificial downward bias through April 2026. The Fed, bond markets, and mortgage rates are all calibrated to a broken gauge.
The Day the "Trusted Advisor" Died
On February 10, 2026, wealth management stocks like Charles Schwab and LPL Financial dropped over 8% following the launch of Altruist's Hazel AI tax tool. This analysis argues that AI has commoditized the sophisticated tax planning that justified 1% AUM fees, bifurcating the industry into low-cost operators and high-touch financial therapists.
The New Studio System: Why Netflix Buying HBO Kills "TV"
The $82.7 billion Netflix-Warner Bros. merger isn't just consolidation. It's the resurrection of the 1948 Studio System, but this time, the "boss" is an algorithm that hates mid-budget movies.
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