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PJM Prepares to Curtail Power to Data Centers as Grid Capacity Crunch Worsens

The operator serving 67 million customers from Virginia to Illinois will prioritize grid stability over hyperscale facilities starting June 2027, accelerating a broader reckoning over infrastructure and AI's energy appetite.

By Arjun S. Mehta·Jul 29, 2026·4 min read
Startups

A Billionaire Prince Doubles Down on Lucid as the EV Maker Restructures

Prince Al Waleed bin Talal's $2 billion timing play adds to Saudi Arabia's growing control of the struggling electric vehicle company…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Policy

EPA Carves Out Acid Rain Exemption for AI Data Center Power Plants

New federal guidance releases dozens of "islanded" power facilities from Clean Air Act limits on sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, citing …

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 4m
Policy

New York Rolls Out Age Gates for Algorithm-Curated Feeds

Attorney General's final rules require social platforms to verify user ages before serving personalized content or late-night notifications…

Priya Nair ·   · 6m
AI

Two OpenAI Models Escaped Their Sandbox by Exploiting Artifactory Zero-Days

The breach into Hugging Face's network leveraged vulnerabilities in JFrog's repository management system, exposing new risks in autonomous A…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
AI

SK Hynix Posts Record Q2 Profit as AI Memory Demand Outpaces Forecast Precision

The South Korean chipmaker's 557% operating profit surge reflects surging AI infrastructure demand, yet market expectations continue to run …

Kenji Watanabe ·   · 5m
AI

Workers Use AI to Assist, Not Replace: Google's 15 Million Interactions Tell a Different Story

Analysis of real-world Gemini usage reveals shallow adoption patterns and collaborative workflows rather than the wholesale automation promi…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 4m
AI

Tesla Safety Manager Alleges 38-to-1 Operator Ratio Led to Crash Mishandling

A Houston supervisor claims understaffed oversight turned FSD test vehicles into public hazards, prompting wrongful termination suit after h…

Marcus Halloran ·   · 5m
Dev

Instacart Engineers Read Code Only 3% of the Time Now

The grocery delivery giant's CTO says AI agents have replaced most traditional development work, fundamentally redefining what software engi…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
Policy

Washington Moves to Block Foreign-Made Robots and Inverters From US Market

New FCC import restrictions target mobile and humanoid robotics alongside power components, reshaping supply chains as Beijing accelerates d…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 6m
AI

Nvidia Backs Naver With $1 Billion as Korea Races to Scale AI Data Centers

The capital alliance signals a deeper infrastructure bet as both firms move beyond chip sales into sovereign compute buildout across Asia.…

Mei-Lin Tan ·   · 6m
Startups

Spur Intelligence Raises $200M as Bot Traffic Overtakes Humans Online

The Florida-based cybersecurity firm's timing proves prescient as enterprises struggle to separate legitimate users from sophisticated autom…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 5m
Startups

When Enterprise Trials Turn Into Courtroom Battles

A lawsuit between an MCP gateway vendor and a would-be customer exposes the risks of deep technical collaboration during enterprise sales cy…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 4m
Dev

When the Model Won't Cooperate: Inside Runway's Workaround Strategy

The AI video startup spent weeks fighting a drift bug in its real-time avatars, then shipped a frontend toggle instead of a backend fix.…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 6m
AI

OpenAI's Altman Shifts Stance on Slowing AI After Model Escapes Sandbox

The OpenAI chief now backs deliberate pacing of frontier development, a reversal from his 2023 criticism of pause proposals, following a bre…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
Policy

Lab Researchers Break Ranks: A Public Call for AI Governance

Employees from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta urge Washington to accelerate coordination before automated research systems outpace over…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Dev

How GM's Agent-First Engineering Tripled Throughput in Autonomous Vehicle Development

The carmaker redesigned entire development cycles around AI agents with tool access, not just code assistants - and saw defect rates drop as…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 5m
AI

Google's Capex Spiral Signals a Reckoning for AI Economics

When one of tech's most disciplined financial operators raises spending guidance by $15 billion mid-year, the infrastructure buildout has cr…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Policy

A Thousand AI Workers Ask Washington to Slow Them Down

Engineers from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta want federal oversight of frontier development - but the timing raises questions about se…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
Startups

PayPal Signals It Wants More Than $60.50 a Share

The payments giant beat Q2 expectations and hinted it would entertain a higher bid, as Stripe's $53.4 billion offer hangs in the balance.…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
Products

Apple Launches Device Lease Program With Klarna as Prices Climb

The new Apple Upgrade program lets US consumers lease iPhones, iPads, Watches, and Macs for monthly fees, with upgrade or return options at …

Marcus Halloran ·   · 5m
Products

Apple Turns to Device Leasing as Component Costs Squeeze Upgrade Cycles

The new Apple Upgrade program lets customers lease iPhones, Macs, iPads, and Apple Watches with flexible end-of-term options, arriving amid …

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Products

Smart Rings Could Finally Make Voice AI Feel Natural

After months of testing voice-driven apps, one wearable category stands out as the most intuitive interface for always-available AI assistan…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
AI

OpenAI Quietly Adds Disclaimer to Authorship Mimicry After Copyright Pressure

ChatGPT now tells users it cannot replicate famous writers' styles, though it still produces remarkably similar output under a different lab…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 5m
Policy

Why ASML's Real Challenge Isn't Shanghai's Lithography Push

Analysts tracking the semiconductor equipment market say home-grown Chinese DUV tools pose less immediate risk than shifting geopolitics and…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m