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Weekly Review · Featured essay

Did AI Actually Cause Inflation?

Goldman says AI barely moved prices — 45 basis points. But it inflated the entire digital economy instead.

Read the review ↗OCT 17, 2026

Svalbard: Polar Outpost

Games · Featured

Svalbard: Polar Outpost

Build a mining outpost on Svalbard. Gather resources and prepare for the polar night.

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Bulletin · The daily desk

Today’s
Bulletin

A compact view of technology, markets, and industry.

UPDATED DAILY

OpenAI reportedly seeks a $1.2T valuation before its IPO.

TECHNOLOGY · Financial Times

Bessent: AI labs should get no liability exemptions.

POLICY · FedScoop

Huang: AI needs no new laws — the market will handle safety.

INDUSTRY · Bloomberg

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Polar stories and standalone experiments. Play directly in your browser.

Radio / Survival

Last Signal

Send a signal into the polar night. Someone may be listening.

Rhythm / Forest

Fusion Disco

A disco in the forest. Find the beat under the trees.

Arctic / Survival

Outpost 78°N

Hold the outpost through the polar night. Keep it alive.

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Review archive ↗

OCT 03, 2026 / WEEKLY REVIEW

AI Is Building Its Own Sun ↗

A nuclear reactor just powered an Nvidia chip in a Utah coal town.

SEP 19, 2026 / WEEKLY REVIEW

The Longest Duration ↗

A rate hike and a $1.2 trillion AI valuation in the same week.

SEP 12, 2026 / WEEKLY REVIEW

Fear Moves Faster Than Data ↗

What happens when the market is afraid of the wrong thing?

AUG 31, 2026 / AI SPECIAL FEATURE

Computation Hates Heat. ↗

What happens when the industry runs out of cold places?

AUG 17, 2026 / AI SPECIAL FEATURE

The Quiet Land That Powers AI ↗

Where does the computing actually get made?