The FCC just added foreign-produced consumer routers to its Covered List — meaning new models can no longer be marketed or sold in the United States without a national security exemption. The official language is measured. The implications are not. FCC Chair Brendan Carr cited a supply chain vulnerability that could "disrupt the U.S. economy, critical infrastructure, and national defense" and a "severe cybersecurity risk" that could be immediately weaponized against American

Let me tell you something that’s easy to miss but impossible to ignore once you see it: The borders that matter now aren’t on land—they’re in compute. And they’re shifting. Fast. Not in theory. Not in the metaverse. In steel, in silicon, in megawatts. The world is being redrawn in real time, and the lines are being etched by the placement of data centers. This isn’t speculation. This isn’t metaphor. This is a real-world transformation happening at a scale that’s hard to wrap

I’ll be honest—I’m not a hardcore TikTok user. Over the past five years, I’ve uploaded maybe five videos. But even as a casual observer,...