How NASA is prepping for lunar traffic jams
NASA and researchers are developing a “lunar traffic control” system for the Gateway space station, creating rules, orbital coordination methods that will allow multiple spacecraft to safely travel, queue, dock, and operate around the Moon.
Editor's noteNASA writing traffic rules for the Moon led Technology because it is the unglamorous half of every platform story: queueing, docking and orbital coordination that have to exist before the exciting missions can. Designing the rules before the traffic exists is the rarest kind of foresight. Every platform that survives the move to many users wrote its rules first.
TECHNOLOGY
SpaceX to use NVIDIA GPUs for its Starmind project — Here's what they'll face in space
SpaceX plans to use NVIDIA’s Rubin GPUs and Vera CPUs in its proposed Starmind orbital AI data-center network, aiming to process AI workloads in space using solar-powered satellites connected through Starlink laser communications.
Startups Are Still Acquiring Startups, Led By Ultra-High-Valuation Unicorns
Startup-to-startup acquisitions remain a significant exit path in 2026, driven by well-funded unicorns. AI leaders such as OpenAI and Anthropic, alongside fintech firms like MoonPay, are acquiring startups to gain talent, technology, and speed.
MARKETING & DESIGN
The internet mourns Dolly Parton, country music’s brightest light
Following Dolly Parton’s death at age 80, social media users, entertainers, and public figures shared tributes celebrating her music, philanthropy, humor, and cultural influence.
Editor's noteCultural obituaries belong in this section when the figure shaped how an industry presents itself. What the tributes keep returning to is not only the music but the philanthropy and the humour, which together are why her influence reached well past country audiences.
ADVERTISING & PR
Programmatic Gets An Agentic Brain
Butler/Till and PubMatic ran a fully autonomous, Claude-driven CTV campaign that cut supply-chain costs 80% and lifted impressions 40%, as agentic AI begins replacing manual DSP workflows in programmatic buying.
Editor's noteAutonomous media buying has been promised for years and demonstrated rarely. This is a run with numbers attached: an eighty percent cut in supply-chain cost and forty percent more impressions, which makes it evidence rather than a vendor claim, whatever one thinks of the sample size.
VIOOH Expands Programmatic DOOH Access in the US with Screenverse Partnership
VIOOH has partnered with Screenverse to expand programmatic digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising in the U.S., giving media buyers access to more than 38,000 screens and 7.7 billion monthly impressions across major markets.
WPP files to seal Foster complaint, arguing allegations ‘immaterial’ to case
WPP asked a New York court to seal parts of Richard Foster's amended $100m whistleblower complaint, arguing details of a Sony rebate probe are confidential and immaterial, ahead of a planned motion to dismiss.
HUMAN RESOURCES
The media Industry needs to open doors, not just talk about inspiring talent
CEO Amrit Baidwan argues that improving diversity and talent pipelines in the media industry requires more than inspirational messaging. Companies must actively create access, mentorship, and career opportunities for people from underrepresented backgrounds.
Editor's noteAmrit Baidwan’s argument that “inspiring talent” is not a diversity strategy led Human Resources because it names the substitution the industry keeps making: messaging in place of entry routes, mentorship and real roles. The diversity problem was never a shortage of inspiration. The test for any talent initiative is whether it changes who gets hired or who gets a poster.
