Century Report
Token Cost Crosses Labor Cost - TCR 05/30/26
Fortune 500 AI budgets exhaust in two months as per-token cost crosses human labor, Texas registry shows Waymo at 577 versus Tesla's 42 unsupervised robotaxis.
Century Report
DeepMind Workers Vote 98% to Unionize - TCR 05/05/26
The 20-Second Scan * Google DeepMind employees voted 98% in favor of unionizing over AI military contracts, with at least 1,000 staff seeking joint representation by the Communication Workers Union and Unite the Union. * The White House is considering a federal review process for new AI models before public release,
Century Report
The Computer That Eats - TCR 04/29/26
The 20-Second Scan * The Federal Communications Commission ordered Disney to file ABC broadcast license renewals years ahead of schedule, citing concerns about the company's diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. * EnerVenue, the NASA-derived nickel-hydrogen battery startup, scrapped its planned $264 million Kentucky factory and raised $300 million to build
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CRISPR Reads the Tumor - TCR 04/20/26
The 20-Second Scan * The IEA's 2026 Global Energy Review confirmed that solar was the single largest contributor to global energy supply growth in 2025, accounting for more than 25% of the increase. * A study published in Nature identified a CRISPR variant called ThermoCas9 that distinguishes tumor DNA from