Week 49: Micron Abandons Gamers, Satellites Blind Telescopes, Microsoft's AI Hype Collapses
THE TRIAGE
The tech industry revealed its priorities this week — and you’re not on the list. From hardware makers choosing data centers over consumers to satellite operators choosing connectivity over astronomy, we’re watching a series of cold calculations about who matters and who doesn’t. These aren’t market forces or inevitable progress. They’re decisions, made by people, about who gets served and who gets abandoned.
CHOOSING SIDES
Micron Abandons PC Builders as the company kills its consumer-focused Crucial brand to redirect RAM and SSDs to power-hungry AI data centers. AI Strains the Power Grid with its immense energy demands forcing hard choices about energy infrastructure, siting, and pricing. Satellites Eclipse Science after a new study reveals that light pollution from megaconstellations is increasingly photobombing Hubble images, threatening scientific observation.
THE RECKONING ARRIVES
Microsoft Slashes AI Quotas after its sales team broadly failed to meet ambitious targets, revealing e…
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