The Owner — Tuesday, 24 March 2026

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Articles #

Tech Firms Bypass Public Grid with Massive Private Power Plants #

The American public electrical grid has ceased to function as a reliable vehicle for industrial growth. Faced with multi-year interconnection delays and the sclerosis of state utility commissions, private capital is executing a massive structural bypass. The Department of Energy’s approval of a 10-gigawatt, natural gas-powered data centre campus in Piketon, Ohio, marks the dawn of corporate energy sovereignty. Backed by Japan’s SoftBank Group and AEP Ohio, the $4.2 billion project effectively privatises baseload generation for artificial intelligence operations. When…

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Pentagon Rejects AI Safety Limits in Boon for Defense Contractors #

The multi-trillion-dollar military procurement pipeline has finally been cleared of ideological friction. The Department of Defense has formally designated the artificial intelligence firm Anthropic as an unacceptable risk to national security, blacklisting the company for insisting on safety guardrails limiting domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons applications. This is the ultimate…

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Capital Flees Human Labor as Amazon Acquires Autonomous Delivery Firm #

Human capital has become an indefensible operational liability. As historic labor strikes paralyse core supply chains across the United States, corporate boards are aggressively rotating capital expenditure into automated physical systems. In Colorado, 3,800 meatpackers have walked out of a JBS processing plant, threatening national beef supplies. In Michigan, 10,000…

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Washington Waives Iranian Oil Sanctions to Stabilize Global Energy Markets #

Geopolitical posturing always capitulates to macroeconomic reality. The United States Treasury has issued a 30-day sanctions waiver on the purchase of Iranian oil at sea, unleashing 140 million barrels onto…

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In Brief #

Senate Advances Mass Deportation Architect to Lead Homeland Security

Senator Markwayne Mullin is poised to take control of the Department of Homeland Security following a favourable committee vote. The appointment signals a ruthless implementation of the administration's mass deportation operations, serving as a highly efficient market-clearing mechanism that will systematically filter low-yield human capital from the domestic labor pool.

Apple Restricts Autonomous Coding Agents from Mobile Software Ecosystem

Apple has begun blocking updates for mobile applications featuring AI vibe coding capabilities, citing violations of app store rules against self-modifying code. The restriction protects Apple's highly lucrative software distribution monopoly from decentralized AI agents, forcing developers to remain dependent on legacy tech infrastructure rather than migrating to autonomous programming platforms.