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Nvidia continues to rewrite the record books. The chipmaker posted another blowout quarter, guiding to one hundred and eight billion dollars in revenue for the period ahead. That number reflects just how deeply AI infrastructure spending has become the defining capital commitment of this era in tech.
Meanwhile, a company called Flock Safety is learning that surveillance infrastructure can become a lightning rod fast. Citizens across the United States have been protesting, and in some cases vandalizing, the company's network of automated license plate readers and cameras. A recent stunt involving someone in a Darth Vader costume endorsing the company at a city council meeting went viral for all the wrong reasons, and some local governments are now reconsidering their contracts.
And if you've been in a meeting lately where someone said they were "context-switching" or asked you to "double-click on that," you're living the story. The Atlantic is reporting on how AI jargon has migrated from the lab into everyday Silicon Valley speech — and beyond. It's a small cultural signal about how deeply this technology has embedded itself in how people think, not just what they build.
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