--- title: "The Cushion — Narrative Frame — Stuff That Spins" description: "23 stories using “The Cushion” (The Cushion) — browse recent AI and tech coverage with this narrative frame." canonical: "https://stuffthatspins.com/narratives/the-cushion" html: "https://stuffthatspins.com/narratives/the-cushion" json: "https://stuffthatspins.com/narratives/the-cushion.json" markdown: "https://stuffthatspins.com/narratives/the-cushion.md" keywords: ["The Cushion", "The Cushion", "narrative frame", "spin tactic", "framing analysis"] json_ld: | {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CollectionPage","name":"The Cushion","description":"23 stories using “The Cushion” (The Cushion) — browse recent AI and tech coverage with this narrative frame."} --- # The Cushion **Spin category:** The Cushion **Stories:** 23 ## Recent Stories - [Infosec professionals sour on automated pentesting tools - The Register](https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/infosec-professionals-sour-on-automated-pentesting-tools-the-register) — July 2, 2026 - [Ars Live recap: When are the big rockets NASA desperately needs going to be ready?](https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/ars-live-recap-when-are-the-big-rockets-nasa-desperately-needs-going-to-be-ready) — July 2, 2026 - [The fall of the theorem economy](https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/the-fall-of-the-theorem-economy) — July 2, 2026 - [Identifying and Resolving Pitfalls of Knowledge-Based VQA Benchmarks: Auditing, Repairing, and Augmenting](https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/identifying-and-resolving-pitfalls-of-knowledge-based-vqa-benchmarks-auditing-repairing-and-augmenting) — July 2, 2026 - [Sam Altman, OpenAI Movie Filmed in San Francisco Finds a New Home After Amazon Drop - KQED](https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/sam-altman-openai-movie-filmed-in-san-francisco-finds-a-new-home-after-amazon-drop-kqed) — July 1, 2026 - [The Cost Of AI Productivity Is Less Creativity - Forrester](https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/the-cost-of-ai-productivity-is-less-creativity-forrester) — June 24, 2026 - [Gartner Survey Finds 64% of Customers Would Prefer That Companies Didn’t Use AI For Customer Service - Gartner](https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/gartner-survey-finds-64-of-customers-would-prefer-that-companies-didnt-use-ai-for-customer-service-gartner) — July 9, 2024 - [Cloud Exchange 2026: NASA’s Ashok Prajapati on collaborative software approach behind Artemis II](https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/cloud-exchange-2026-nasas-ashok-prajapati-on-collaborative-software-approach-behind-artemis-ii) — June 19, 2026 - [VA’s top health official pushes IT overhaul to cut bureaucracy, boost veteran care](https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/va8217s-top-health-official-pushes-it-overhaul-to-cut-bureaucracy-boost-veteran-care) — June 23, 2026 - [NASA’s fuel for acquisition innovation? Adversity and opportunity](https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/nasa8217s-fuel-for-acquisition-innovation-adversity-and-opportunity) — June 30, 2026 - [NIST Updates NVD Operations to Address Record CVE Growth](https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/nist-updates-nvd-operations-to-address-record-cve-growth) — April 15, 2026 - [NCCoE Two-Pager Now Available: Effective OT Backup Management](https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/nccoe-two-pager-now-available-effective-ot-backup-management) — June 17, 2026 - [Agriculture is ready for AI, but its data isn’t - MIT Technology Review](https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/agriculture-is-ready-for-ai-but-its-data-isnt-mit-technology-review) — June 30, 2026 - [An Explosion Knocked Out Anduril’s Rocket Motor Test Site in Mississippi](https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/an-explosion-knocked-out-andurils-rocket-motor-test-site-in-mississippi) — July 1, 2026 - [Chip Makers Are Profiting Off AI at the Expense of Just About Everyone Else - WSJ](https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/chip-makers-are-profiting-off-ai-at-the-expense-of-just-about-everyone-else-wsj) — June 28, 2026 - [Is AI Good at Stock-Market Timing? A New Study Casts Doubt - WSJ](https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/is-ai-good-at-stock-market-timing-a-new-study-casts-doubt-wsj) — June 25, 2026 - [Businesses face up to budget-busting AI bills - Financial Times](https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/businesses-face-up-to-budget-busting-ai-bills-financial-times) — June 30, 2026 - [NASA chief praises progress Blue Origin is making after launch failure](https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/nasa-chief-praises-progress-blue-origin-is-making-after-launch-failure) — July 1, 2026 - [Digital resilience compounds when AI and human expertise scale together](https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/digital-resilience-compounds-when-ai-and-human-expertise-scale-together) — July 1, 2026 - [WhatsApp usernames are already raising impersonation red flags](https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/whatsapp-usernames-are-already-raising-impersonation-red-flags) — July 1, 2026 - [XAI Madison Equity Premium Income Fund Declares its Monthly Distribution of $0.060 per Share](https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/xai-madison-equity-premium-income-fund-declares-its-monthly-distribution-of-0060-per-share) — July 1, 2026 - [Kish Bancorp, Inc. Increases Quarterly Cash Dividend by 10% to $0.44 Per Share](https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/kish-bancorp-inc-increases-quarterly-cash-dividend-by-10-to-044-per-share) — July 2, 2026 - [Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman LLC Urges Futu Holdings Limited Investors to Act: Class Action Filed Alleging Investor Harm](https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/bronstein-gewirtz-amp-grossman-llc-urges-futu-holdings-limited-investors-to-act-class-action-filed-alleging-investor-har) — July 2, 2026 --- *HTML version: https://stuffthatspins.com/narratives/the-cushion*