Tech03AEO and GEO sound like new disciplines. Google says the foundation is still SEO.AEO and GEO are useful labels for a changing search experience, but they are not a replacement for SEO.7 Oct 2026 · 7 min
Tech04Want to be cited by AI Search? Start by publishing something worth citing.AI-search visibility is not a markup trick. The strongest path is to become a useful source for a specific piece of information.7 Oct 2026 · 9 min
Tech05Google just signed for 3.6 gigawatts of power. AI is turning tech companies into energy companies.The next AI bottleneck is not only GPUs. It is reliable electricity at industrial scale.
Tech07Big Tech does not want to buy every AI chip from the same shelf.Custom AI chips are not necessarily an attempt to replace GPUs. They are an attempt to control cost, supply and performance for predictable workloads.
MoneyBond yields are high. Tech stocks are still breaking records. That is not as contradictory as it looks.7 Oct 2026 · 7 min
Explained10Trillions of particles pass through you. Almost none notice you are there.Neutrinos are everywhere, almost impossible to catch and useful because they can escape places ordinary light cannot.7 Oct 2026 · 8 min
People11A question about algae ended up giving scientists a light switch for the brain.The path to one of neuroscience's most powerful tools began with a simple biological question about how algae respond to light.7 Oct 2026 · 8 min
Explained12What is optogenetics? Think of it as a remote control for selected neurons.Optogenetics gives researchers a way to make chosen neurons respond to light, turning observation into a more direct test of cause and effect.
Culture14The Emmys are leaving broadcast TV. That says more about television than the awards themselves.An awards show built by broadcast television is moving to streaming because television itself no longer lives in one place.
CultureHollywood just put Batman, Harry Potter, Star Trek, HBO, CNN and CBS under one roof.7 Oct 2026 · 9 min
ExplainedCarbon dioxide gets the attention. Faster climate wins may come from the pollutants beside it.
Money17A few narrow stretches of water can still move the price of almost everything.The world's energy network is enormous, but a surprising amount of it still depends on a small number of geographic bottlenecks.7 Oct 2026 · 9 min
Curious18Mars has a blue sunrise and cliffs scientists have waited years to reach.Curiosity’s new Mars panorama is not just a postcard. It shows terrain scientists hope will explain a geological gap in Mount Sharp.7 Oct 2026 · 7 min
Money19Inflation can fall. The cost-of-living crisis can keep going.Lower inflation means prices are rising more slowly. It does not mean the old price level comes back.
Money21Why is cheap long-haul flying so hard to make profitable?A low ticket price can fill a plane. Filling a plane is not the same thing as making money on it.
Curious24Two molecules can look like mirror images and behave like different drugs.The 2026 chemistry Nobel is about molecular handedness, and why left and right can matter at the scale of a drug molecule.7 Oct 2026 · 8 min
Explained25What is chirality? Start with your hands, then shrink the idea to a molecule.Chirality is molecular handedness, and biology is surprisingly sensitive to which hand a molecule uses.7 Oct 2026 · 8 min
Money26Weight-loss drugs are becoming a snack-company problem.GLP-1 medicines are not only a healthcare story. They are starting to alter the assumptions behind the packaged-food business.
Culture28Fashion still says autumn. The weather increasingly does not.Climate change is turning a seasonal fashion problem into an inventory and margin problem.
Curious31Two thousand ordinary people are helping restore a 240-million-year-old predator.A museum restoration project is letting thousands of non-scientists touch prehistory one careful millimetre at a time.7 Oct 2026 · 8 min
Money32BRAZILWASHINGTONBEIJINGBrazil voted on Sunday. Markets voted on Monday.Brazil’s election result did not just change the political race. It changed what investors thought the next government might be able to do.6 Oct 2026 · 7 min
Tech33Google may have to put ChatGPT and Perplexity beside Search. The fight is really about the default.The next search war is not only about who gives the best answer. It is about who gets placed in front of the user before the question is asked.
Tech35Search used to send you somewhere. Now it wants to answer you first.Google Search was built around a simple bargain: ask a question, get a list of places that might contain the answer. AI is changing that bargain. Increasingly, the answer arrives before you visit anywhere.
MoneyA bond yield just hit a 24-year high. Why should anyone outside Wall Street care?4 Oct 2026 · 7 min
Explained38ASKDECIDECLICKSENDBUYAI used to answer. Now it can act. That changes the risk.The FTC has opened an investigation into OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI companies over possible consumer risks. The important shift is not simply that models are becoming smarter. It is that some systems can now take actions on a user’s behalf.4 Oct 2026 · 7 min
People39AI can make creators faster. It still cannot give them taste.A 2026 Adobe survey found creative AI has become part of everyday creator workflows. But the more production gets automated, the more valuable the human parts become: judgment, restraint, voice and knowing what is worth making.4 Oct 2026 · 6 min
Culture40Greta Garbo died in 1990. An AI version of her is now selling ball bearings.A new SKF advertisement recreates the famously private Hollywood star with generative AI. The technology is impressive. The stranger question is what happens to a person’s image when death is no longer the end of their commercial presence.
CREATORPOSTALGORITHMAI ADVICETech42Instagram wants to tell creators what to post. What happens when everyone takes the advice?Instagram’s Edits app can now analyze performance and suggest ideas, hooks, captions, audio and scripts. It sounds like creator support. It also gives the platform a new role: coach for the content that feeds its own algorithm.
