Let’s start with a number that doesn’t get nearly enough attention: 8,090. That was the total number of publicly traded companies listed on U.S. exchanges at the market’s peak in 1996. Today, that number has been cut nearly in half — sitting just under 4,000. Meanwhile, the firms responsible for connecting investors to those companies — broker-dealers — have followed...
March 7, 2026
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When AI Job Destruction Meets the Baby Bust — Is College a Trap? In Part I of this series, we documented the demographic freight train bearing down on America’s college campuses — a declining birth rate, shuttering institutions, and a generation of students that simply never arrived. But while administrators have been laser-focused on the enrollment cliff ahead, a second...
The Human Cost of the Machine: AI, Public Companies, and the Soul of Capitalism
Let’s start with a number: 4,000. That’s how many people Jack Dorsey just told to clean out their desks at Block — the company behind Square, Cash App, and Afterpay. Forty percent of the entire workforce, gone in a memo. And here’s the kicker: the company’s business is doing just fine. Gross profit up 24% year-over-year. Stock jumped 24% on...
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- TriZetto confirms 3.4M people’s health and personal data was stolen during breachby Zack Whittaker on March 6, 2026 at 2:28 pm
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- Indonesia outlines plan to limit under-16s’ access to social mediaby Kate Park on March 6, 2026 at 2:18 pm
Indonesian has outlined new […]
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Fewer Players, Fewer Choices: How the Collapse of Broker-Dealers and Public Companies Is Quietly Locking Ordinary Americans Out of the Market
Let’s start with a number that doesn’t get nearly enough attention: 8,090. That was the total number of publicly traded...
The Perfect Storm:
When AI Job Destruction Meets the Baby Bust — Is College a Trap? In Part I of this series, we...
The Human Cost of the Machine: AI, Public Companies, and the Soul of Capitalism
Let’s start with a number: 4,000. That’s how many people Jack Dorsey just told to clean out their desks at...
Iran: The New Proxy Battleground — And the War Has Already Started
The chess match for Iran’s future didn’t start Saturday. It started the moment Washington, Moscow, and Beijing each decided —...
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The Club Nobody Asked to Join: How the Epstein Files Are Unmasking the Institutions That Rule the World
Let’s start with a simple question. Have you ever wondered who decides who gets the Nobel Peace Prize? Five people....
Mexico on Fire: El Mencho’s Death, the Asylum Question, and the Money Nobody Wants to Follow
Let’s be honest about something from the start. The story of Mexico’s cartel crisis and the United States border debate...
Is Mexico’s Economy on the Edge? The El Mencho Killing Just Made a Fragile Situation Much Worse
The images coming out of Puerto Vallarta this weekend look like something from a war film — burned-out vehicles blocking...
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- TriZetto confirms 3.4M people’s health and personal data was stolen during breachby Zack Whittaker on March 6, 2026 at 2:28 pm
Health tech giant TriZetto has confirmed that more than 3.4 million people had personal and health information stolen in a 2024 cyberattack, which […]
- Indonesia outlines plan to limit under-16s’ access to social mediaby Kate Park on March 6, 2026 at 2:18 pm
Indonesian has outlined new regulations that would restrict users under 16 from accessing digital platforms.
- City Detect, which uses AI to help cities stay safe and clean, raises $13M Series Aby Dominic-Madori Davis on March 6, 2026 at 2:00 pm
City Detect, a company that helps local governments prevent urban decay, is in at least 17 cities so far, including Dallas and Miami.
- Quantum scale-up Pasqal plans $2B SPAC listing, promises to ‘remain French’by Anna Heim on March 6, 2026 at 1:44 pm
A SPAC deal that is set to take French quantum company Pasqal public on the Nasdaq values the company at $2 billion pre-money.
- India’s Karnataka signals intent to ban social media for under-16sby Jagmeet Singh on March 6, 2026 at 1:35 pm
Karnataka's proposal highlights a growing global debate over children’s rights and online policy.
- After Europe, WhatsApp will let rival AI companies offer chatbots in Brazilby Ivan Mehta on March 6, 2026 at 1:20 pm
Meta is now allowing rival AI companies to provide their chatbots on WhatsApp to Brazilian users for a fee, a day after the company confirmed a […]
- Anthropic to challenge DOD’s supply-chain label in courtby Rebecca Bellan on March 6, 2026 at 1:28 am
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said he plans to challenge the Department of Defense's designation of the AI firm as a supply-chain risk. He claims most […]
- DiligenceSquared uses AI, voice agents to make M&A research affordableby Marina Temkin on March 5, 2026 at 11:14 pm
Instead of relying on expensive management consultants, the startup uses AI voice agents to conduct interviews with customers of the companies the PE […]
- Cluely CEO Roy Lee admits to publicly lying about revenue numbers last yearby Julie Bort on March 5, 2026 at 10:38 pm
The $7 million in annual recurring revenue that Cluely CEO Roy Lee shared last summer was a lie, its founder and CEO Roy Lee admitted on Thursday on […]
- AWS launches a new AI agent platform specifically for healthcareby Rebecca Szkutak on March 5, 2026 at 9:54 pm
AWS is launching Amazon Connect Health, an AI agent platform that will help with patient scheduling, documentation, and patient verification.
- FBI investigating hack on its wiretap and surveillance systems: Reportby Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on March 5, 2026 at 9:33 pm
Hackers allegedly broke into the FBI’s networks, according to a report by CNN.
- US reportedly considering sweeping new chip export controlsby Rebecca Szkutak on March 5, 2026 at 9:24 pm
In an alleged drafted proposal, the U.S. government would play a role in every chip export sale regardless of which country it's coming from.