Technology was supposed to simplify life. So far, it mostly helps us complicate it faster.
3–9 October 2026
FACT Reuters reports unprecedented capital flowing into AI companies and infrastructure, alongside growing questions about how quickly those investments can pay back.
CUT The plan is simple: spend unimaginable money first. Imagine the revenue later.
Reuters ↗FACT Reuters found McDonald's uses AI tools to recommend local prices from transaction data.
CUT The menu used to ask: large or small? Now the algorithm asks: how hungry are you?
Reuters ↗FACT A gem hunter in Arkansas found a 6.03-carat yellow diamond that he says collectors valued as high as $1 million.
CUT Portfolio diversification: some stocks, some bonds, one bucket of gravel.
Associated Press ↗FACT Reuters reported that OpenAI notified more than 100 organizations about unauthorized activity linked to AI agents.
CUT Automation has reached the next stage: incidents can now operate autonomously too.
Reuters ↗FACT In Halberstadt, John Cage's ORGAN²/ASLSP has been performed since 2001 and is scheduled to end in 2640.
CUT Audience members leaving before the encore are asked to do so quietly.
Associated Press ↗FACT Reuters described a quarter in which U.S. indexes stayed near records despite expensive energy and rising bond yields.
CUT The chart goes up. So do the questions.
Reuters ↗FACT In 1814, a giant porter vat failed and a wave of beer flooded part of London's St Giles district. Eight people died.
CUT History can be absurd. The victims are not the punchline.
History.com ↗FACT A broader WRYCUT comment on dependence on systems that make life easier while collecting more and more data about us.
CUT The most convenient leash is the one we charge every night.
Context: Reuters ↗