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The Badiyaa Cover · Issue 01 · 12–25 October 2026

Badiyaa Cover, Issue 01: The Power Hungry Machine A glowing AI data centre on the horizon at sunset, with power pylons marching across autumn hills toward it and a painter’s easel in the foreground, overlaid with photos of five stories from this issue. ISSUE 01 THE AI ISSUE · 12–25 OCT 2026 BADIYAA ENTERTAINMENTAfrobeats takesthe NFL stageMYSTERYThe Bigfoot reelin a locked safeSPACENASA’s oven-sizedsatellite inspectorLIFESTYLEThe opossum whoonly turns leftIDEASDo the thing youthink you cannot Who pays to power AI? → The painter whosaid no to the grid → The PowerHungry Machine AI wants more electricity than the grid was built for. Somebody’s backyard pays. FREE · FORTNIGHTLY Cover illustration generated with AI, art-directed by Badiyaa

Inside this issue

  1. Cover story · PowerA Wisconsin painter kept a data-centre power line off his land. His neighbours are still in its path.
  2. EntertainmentAyra Starr’s NFL London halftime slot is a first for Afrobeats.
  3. MysteryA reel found in a locked safe may finally explain the famous 1967 Bigfoot film.
  4. SpaceAn oven-sized spacecraft is heading off to inspect dead satellites for NASA.
  5. LifestyleThe opossum who can only turn left has found her forever couch.
  6. Ideas“You must do the thing you think you cannot do”: the Eleanor Roosevelt line she really wrote.
  7. ChipsWhy memory chips are making iPhones more expensive, and what it means for buyers.

About the Cover. Every other Monday we pick the one big idea in technology that ties our stories together and put it on the front of an imaginary magazine. Issue 01 asks a simple question: AI runs on electricity, so who pays for the power lines? Tap any photo or line on the cover to read the story.

Cover illustration generated with AI, art-directed by Badiyaa. Montage photos via Wikimedia Commons: Ayra Starr: Ultima Studios Nigeria, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons · Bigfoot film location: Bob Doran from Arcata, USA, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons · Satellite in orbit: NASA, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons · Opossum: Lauren McLaurin, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons · Eleanor Roosevelt: FDR Presidential Library & Museum, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.