David Mitlyng

The Oxford University Press word of the year for 2025 was "rage bait," explained as "online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative, or offensive, typically posted in order to increase traffic to or engagement with a particular web page or social media content.”To get in on this action, we will make our bold predictions for 2026 - with our own more measured take.

Happy New Year! 2025 was a dynamic year for the high-tech sector, including AI, space, quantum, and PNT, the areas where Xairos play. Here's our perspective:

Every Halloween we present a familiar horror story: You wake up. Emergency and rescue radios are down. Your location app is offline and planes are grounded worldwide. You attempt to go shopping, but the credit card isn't working. The ATM is down, too. As the day progresses both cell and internet service are lost, stores and restaurants are closed, and you can't even get gas. By the next morning the power is out.