📮 WEEKLY EDITORIAL

THE DEFAULT STATE

An editorial on the steady state of modern systems and tools.

ARTICLES

The $700 XPS 13 Is the New Baseline for a Serious Laptop

Dell’s June 2026 XPS 13 starts at $699 with a 2.5K 120 Hz display and 512GB SSD. Here is why it now defines the baseline for a serious laptop.

MacBook Neo rival

China’s $15 Billion Bet on AI Video

Kuaishou, Alibaba and Tencent just backed Kling at a $15 billion valuation. They are not funding a lab toy. They are betting on synthetic video as a mainstream format.

China tech

Siri in iOS 27: Helpful Upgrade or Overreach?

Siri in iOS 27 gains deep device access, a new UI and chatbot features. Here’s what that means for real users and their privacy.

Apple

Investors Are Done Buying AI as a Slogan

AI spending is still huge. The difference now is that investors want receipts.

Big Tech

AI Spending's Earnings Test

Big Tech has spent over $700 billion on AI this year. Now investors want proof it was worth it.

Tech Stocks

The AI Model the U.S. Government Temporarily Switched Off

The U.S. government blocked Anthropic's Mythos 5 over national security concerns, then partially restored it. Here's what this precedent means for the tech industry.

Frontier AI

Apple's Best New Feature Won't Work in Two of Its Biggest Markets

Apple's new Siri AI is blocked in Europe and China at launch. Here's what that tells us about geopolitics and the future of AI rollouts.

WWDC 2026

GPT‐5.6 Is Ready. Politics Said Pause.

OpenAI delayed GPT‐5.6 at the U.S. government's request. Here is what that reveals about how frontier models and state power now interact.

OpenAI