GPT-5 and Beyond: What We Know About OpenAI’s Next Model
The State of Frontier AI in 2025 The AI industry moves fast enough that writing about it risks immediate obsolescence, but here’s where things stand. OpenAI released GPT-4 in March…
The Semiconductor Supply Chain: Lessons from the 2021-2024 Crisis
The Crisis Nobody Saw Coming (Except Everyone Who Did) The global semiconductor shortage of 2021-2023 exposed just how fragile the world’s most advanced supply chain really is. At its peak,…
5G and Beyond: What 6G Research Tells Us About 2030 Connectivity
5G’s Report Card Let’s start with where we actually are. 5G deployment has been massive and, depending on your expectations, either impressive or disappointing. According to the GSMA’s Mobile Economy…
Quantum Computing in 2025: Where Are We Actually?
Separating Hype from Reality Quantum computing occupies a strange place in the technology landscape. Depending on who you listen to, it’s either going to break all encryption and revolutionize drug…
Open Source vs Proprietary Software: The 2025 State of the Debate
The Debate That Never Ends The open source versus proprietary software debate has been running for four decades, and in 2025, it’s more nuanced — and more commercially important —…
The Rise of Edge Computing: Why Data Processing Is Moving Closer to Home
What Edge Computing Actually Means Edge computing is one of those terms that’s been hyped to the point of meaninglessness, so let’s be precise: it means processing data near where…
How Cloud Computing Is Reshaping Enterprise IT in 2025
The Numbers Behind the Cloud Shift Global enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services hit $79 billion in Q2 2025, according to Synergy Research Group. That’s up 22% year-over-year. AWS still…
Central Bank Digital Currencies: Progress Report on 130+ Countries Exploring CBDCs
Four years ago, the Bahamas became the first country to launch a central bank digital currency — the Sand Dollar. Nigeria followed with the eNaira in 2021. China’s digital yuan…
The State of DeFi in 2025: Total Value Locked, Real Protocols and Persistent Risks
Decentralised finance — DeFi — has survived its first real crisis. The collapse of FTX, the Terra/Luna implosion, dozens of bridge hacks and a brutal bear market that slashed total…
Ethereum After the Merge: Proof-of-Stake One Year In — Data and Verdict
Ethereum’s transition from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake — “the Merge” — on 15 September 2022 was the most significant technical upgrade in blockchain history. More than two years later, the data…