BURNING CHROME | Multimedia: Evolution and transformation
NOTE: This article orginally came out in 2006 for RealtimeArts, a national arts magazine based in Australia. In a square...
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SPECIAL FEATURE | AI data center boom: Jobs machine or energy sinkhole—and should Asia follow?
The United States is building AI data centers at a scale that now resembles heavy industry rather than digital infrastructure....
BURNING CHROME | Progressives, conservatives, and the politics of violence
The eternal battle lines between left and right are not written in the stars but in the bloodied streets of...
SPECIAL FEATURE | Global supply chain cyber risk grows despite higher spending, maturing defenses
A vast majority of large organizations worldwide continue to suffer supply chain cyber incidents despite rising budgets and more mature...
BURNING CHROME | As it was, when it was: The new album on Pinoy underground ’80s and the great rock ’n’ roll swindle
NOTE: THIS ARTICLE ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN MY NOVEMBER 2006 BLOGSPOT POST. ’80s pop culture was an enigma. Thick shoulder pads...
BURNING CHROME | 2026: The year tech promises grow teeth
The hype merchants always want you to believe that the future is already here. But the truth is, the future...
BURNING CHROME | Christmas at the edge of 2026: A year-end reflection
As Christmas settles in, 2025 feels less like a year ending and more like a system pausing between processes. The...
SPECIAL FEATURE | Liberals, conservatives, and the long arc of humanity’s future
Political debates today reduce liberalism and conservatism to tribal identities. Online, they function less as governing philosophies and more as...
BURNING CHROME | December: The holiday tech spending trap
Every Christmas season, something shifts. City lights go up, malls roar to life, screens fill with ads peddling newly-released mobile...
SPECIAL FEATURE | The new calculator at work: What AI means for jobs, for people
Artificial intelligence has moved from the margins of tech labs to the center of workplaces everywhere. For some businesses, it...