Maxime Marquette
MadMax is an independent bilingual news outlet based in Québec, publishing analysis on geopolitics, technology, democracy, and culture.
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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COLUMN: Alibaba Launches HappyHorse 1.1 — China Rushes Into the Void Left by the US
On June 13, 2026, the American government gave Anthropic 90 minutes to block access to its Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 models…
COMMENTARY: Media in crisis — when disinformation kills democracy more surely than bombs
In 2026, the Reuters Institute published a figure that should have triggered emergency sessions in every democratic parliament on the planet: global trust in…
FACT-CHECK: Did Trump really win peace with Iran? Five claims verified
On June 22, 2026, from the White House press briefing room, Donald Trump declared that he had "concluded the greatest nuclear disarmament deal in…
ANALYSIS: Inflation at 3.2% in the eurozone — the war in Iran showed up on your heating bill
On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel struck Iran. Four months later, the effect of that military decision has lodged itself in…
EDITORIAL: Striking Moscow is not escalation — it is coercion, and Ukraine is right to use it
On June 16 and 18, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck the Kapotnya refinery in Moscow — one of the largest refining facilities in Russia and…
DECODING: The IAEA demands access to Iran — what point 8 of the MOU actually means
In June 2026, the world learned that Iran and the United States had signed an agreement — the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding — that…
REPORT: NASA's Roman telescope arrives in Florida — dark energy's most powerful eye is ready for launch
On June 21, 2026, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shipment's official weight: 8,200 kilograms. The…
ANALYSIS: OpenAI delays its IPO to 2027 — the $852 billion company that cannot go public yet
OpenAI is currently valued at $852 billion. It is the fastest-growing software company in history, having reached $24 billion in annualized revenue in early…
OPINION: Nipah is back in Kerala — and this time, the world has no vaccine and no plan
In June 2026, health authorities in Kerala, southern India, confirmed the sixth outbreak of Nipah virus in the state since 2018. One confirmed case.…