The Wire
Clean and Renewable Energy
Week ending January 16, 2026 The Big Picture Cities are no longer upgrading projects. They’re upgrading operating systems. This week made one thing clear: Smarter […]
The Wire
The Wire
Circularity in Materials/Resources
Week ending Week ending Jan. 9, 2026 Packaging supply chains pivot to circular materials DHL forecasts a major reduction in traditional plastics across logistics packaging […]
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Food Production and Distribution
Week ending January 16, 2026 Cellular Agriculture Momentum & Strategic Resource Sharing Open-Access Cell Banks Accelerate Cultivated Meat R&D A major systems-level upgrade this week […]
The Wire
Transportation and Mobility
Week ending January 16, 2026 Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) Market Expansion Outlook What’s new: A major market report released Jan 16 projects the global Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) market […]
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InfoComm
Week ending January 16, 2026 Regulatory Expectations for ICT Risk Management in Finance (EU) What happened: Supervisors under Germany’s BaFin issued updated guidance on ICT […]
The Wire
Personal and Digital Democracy
Week ending January 16, 2026 Internet Shutdowns & Digital Repression in Iran What happened In mid-January 2026, Iranian authorities shut down internet access nationwide amid […]
Design for Life
Design for Life
A War-Ending Idea Hiding in Plain Sight
A War-Ending Idea Hiding in Plain Sight How changing how we produce and manage food, energy, information and movement could eliminate the root causes of […]
Design for Life
Why Solutions Don’t Scale — and How Networks Can
Good ideas fail not because they’re bad — but because they’re isolated. Around the world, thousands of promising solutions exist for food, energy, health, climate, […]
Design for Life
The Rise of the Global Commons
Ownership models are changing — quietly. Around the world, people are rethinking who should own the resources that sustain life. Not everything fits neatly into […]
