The rise of mindful slop

Gensler has designed the Stratos Hyperscale Data Center in Utah, USA, developed by venture infrastructure firm O'Leary Digital.

The world’s richest man is accruing more power than ever before.

A technological disarmament pact between the US and China would make everyone feel more secure

Unlike 20th-century communism or fascism, contemporary Russian ideology does not have a clearly articulated manifesto or...

Peptide companies have been doing AI-engine optimization by spamming the biohackers subreddit to manipulate ChatGPT and Google.

“Blinding the public to climate change won’t make it go away. It will only accelerate its profound consequences.”

The first ever international conference focused on transitioning off of fossil fuels took place in Santa Marta, Colombia in April 2026. It was a historic step, but also revealed just how difficult it ...

As Shell announces bumper Q1 profits of $6.9 billion, new analysis from Global Witness reveals that six of Europe’s leading oil majors – bp, Shell, TotalEnergies, Eni, Equinor and Repsol – have record...

Extrastatecraft is the operating system of the modern world: the skyline of Dubai, the subterranean pipes and cables sustaining urban life, free-trade zones, the standardized dimensions of credit card...

Podcast Episode · Close Readings · 4 May · 1hr 18min

Announcement comes as 60 countries agree landmark move to phase out oil, gas and coal

Noise ordinances won’t necessarily stop a multi-resonant whine from permeating the area.

Government will look at structural reforms that could bring down prices, says Micheál Martin

Residents of the small enclave east of LA not only killed their city's proposed 250,000 square foot data center, they pushed city council to ban them altogether

BBC Verify analysis found more than 1,400 buildings had been destroyed since 2 March.

There is no such thing as ‘right-wing populism’: Reclaiming the emancipatory potential of populism in reactionary times

Former Viktor Orbán loyalist and his Tisza party have enjoyed meteoric rise as opposition movement grows

The compute explosion is the technological story of our time. And it is still only just beginning.

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Contexts is an open access journal in the broad field of systemic design and complex design. Published by the Systemic Design Association, a non-profit scholarly association leading the research and p...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) slammed President Trump’s threat that “a whole civilization will die tonight” if Tehran does not meet his administration’s demands by Tuesday at 8 p.m. EDT.  …

Relentless off-the-peg commercial rewiring has undermined British higher education