The pictures in the story.

All photographs come from Wikimedia Commons under the licenses below. Some are cropped and colour-graded.

• Summit Supercomputer 2018OLCF at ORNLCC BY 2.0
• NY stock exchange traders floor LC-U9-10548-6Thomas J. O'HalloranPublic domain
• Cleveland FRB Vault Door - brightenedSpamguy at English WikipediaCC BY 2.5
• CERN Server 03Florian Hirzinger - www.fh-ap.comCC BY-SA 3.0
• Lower Manhattan night skyline from BrooklynLWYang from USACC BY 2.0
• The New York City skyline just before sunrise December 17, 2011Anthony QuintanoCC BY 2.0
• NYC Sunrise 1duzzani (Ken Okaya)CC BY 2.0