E Q M F
Mapping Facts
Oct 15,2026
Canada just told Elon Musk: we're moving on. Prime Minister Mark Carney said it straight: "Starlink, we will diversify away from, no question." And he's backing it with real money. Canada is building its own satellite network, Telesat Lightspeed. That means 225 satellites built in Montreal and a C$2.3 billion military contract to keep its Arctic communications in Canadian hands. Service starts in 2028. Why? Because a nation's lifeline should never run through one billionaire's mood swings”
Artificial Intelligence
AI Godfather, computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton on whether AI could wipe out humanity – and how our biggest challenge will be accepting we’re not the only intelligent beings - Read article here
Some facts @ Death threats over data centers are tearing American towns apart Thousands of new data centers have been built to fuel the booming intelligence industry, escalating public resentment against both the energy-sucking infrastructure and AI itself is roiling small towns and suburban...The paper argues that while private capital can generate significant benefits by financing innovation and closing infrastructure funding gaps, the concentration of ownership over strategic infrastructure creates substantial economic, social, and environmental risks. These risks become...October 9, 2026Nvidia’s founder, Jensen Huang, has lost billions of dollars on paper. It is that financial markets are becoming increasingly sensitive to any evidence that the enormous investments in artificial intelligence may not generate revenues quickly enough to justify the valuations placed on AI...The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) is driving unprecedented investment in physical infrastructure, including data centers, semiconductor fabrication facilities, cloud computing networks, advanced storage systems, and robotics platforms. A recent example is Andreessen Horowitz's ...The single biggest company on the exchange today is therefore four to six times larger, relative to the size of the national economy, than the biggest company was at the height of the 1929 bubble. 1. The Historical Baseline: How Concentrated Was the Market in 1929? At the peak of the...
To justify a $2 trillion valuation, Anthropic would need to make around $1.2 trillion a year in revenue within 10 years.
The problem is that the entire market for AI replacing human labour might only be worth $2.1 trillion a year today.Starlink terminals reached Ukraine two days into Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, whereas the EU’s sovereign alternative, IRIS², was only conceived in response to the invasion and is now scheduled for first launches in 2029. The gap is best explained by differences in decision-making structure and capital formation rather than by political alignment. Starlink operates inside SpaceX, a vertically integrated company that owns its launch capability. This avoids the $80-120 million per launch that competitors relying on third-party rockets pay. It is also a profitable segment, with $4.4 billion of operating income in 2025 at a 39% margin, so growth is largely self-financed and decided within a single firm. IRIS² instead depends on a public-private concession, funded by EU budget resources for 2028-2034 plus additional investments from member states and other countries, so each expansion of scope needs agreement across multiple institutions and governments
The first electric Ferrari will become a true collectible if the same transformation eventually takes plac
Artificial intelligence (AI) harms the environment primarily through massive energy consumption, intensive water usage, critical mineral mining, and the generation of toxic electronic waste
A R T
October 12, 2026“Roy Lichtenstein: Like New” has been organized by an unexpected pair: Meg Onli, a curator best known for her work with contemporary art, and Alex Da Corte, a midcareer artist whose videos and performances approach American mass culture with manic sorrow. Two centuries ago, at the Louvre or the...What makes this exhibition especially noteworthy is that it is not simply a show of works by two famous American artists. It is the first exhibition devoted specifically to the friendship and artistic relationship between Alexander Calder and Georgia O'Keeffe, two of the most influential figures...September 28, 20262 October 2026 - 31 January 2027 Main Galleries | Burlington House The story of how the Côte d'Azur dazzled modern art's great innovators. To Monet, it was like "swimming in blue air." To Braque, a "joyful revelation." Derain compared its cerulean hues to "sticks of dynamite….primed to...
Medical
The idea that these medications may extend lifespan isn’t exactly far-fetched; it’s more of an extension of what they’ve already been shown to do. Studies have found that along with helping people shed fat and control blood sugar, GLP-1 drugs improve the health of many different parts of the body...October 1, 2026As research into longevity advances, scientists are finding new ways to test a once-speculative idea: that aging itself could become a target of medicine. Researchers are investigating whether, instead of doctors waiting for age-related diseases to appear, it could be possible to measure and...DESIGN
October 13, 2026Redefining the contemporary armchair, this exceptional design combines the softness of sculptural forms with the understated elegance of modern luxury. Its voluptuous, enveloping curves flow seamlessly into one another, creating a distinctive silhouette that is as captivating as it is inviting. ...September 28, 2026Patricia Urquiola est née à Oviedo, en Espagne, en 1961, mais elle exerce depuis de nombreuses années à Milan. Elle a étudié l’architecture et le design à Madrid puis au Politecnico di Milano, où elle a notamment travaillé sous la direction du célèbre architecte et designer italien Achille...
Europe's economic weakness
PHOTOGRAPHY
September 28, 2026Alex Chatelain appartient à une génération de photographes qui a connu une période particulièrement libre et créative de la photographie de mode. Formé à New York auprès de Richard Avedon et Hiro, et proche d’un milieu artistique où évoluaient notamment Diane Arbus et Andy Warhol, il apprend très...House
October 13, 2026There is a certain hour of the day when a garden seems to forget the world. Here, beneath the ancient, silver-green canopy of the olive trees, the sunlight falls in fragments, as though sifted through the fingers of time. The branches stretch overhead, their narrow leaves trembling in the...BOOKS
October 16, 2026Unreliable Boyfriend is a book that only Chrystia Freeland could write--about a globe-trotting journalist who covered oligarchs and then became a political leader; what she learned about power, international relations, and global trade from her years in government; and how the United States can...
©2026 - A private and independent initiative of Jacques Putzeys&Friends
All reporting is based on information from publicly available sources, and are for private use of its members and volunteering contributors.
We welcome new members and volunteers who would like to support our mission and play an active role in our work.