Let’s be honest with each other for a minute. Every election cycle, the debate over voter ID laws gets loud, gets tribal, and gets exhausting — and both sides walk away more convinced than ever that the other is either naive or malicious. Conservatives say you need an ID to buy beer, board a plane, and open a bank account,...
February 18, 2026
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The Shutdown Charade: How Congress Turned Budget Deadlines Into Political Hostage-Taking
Understanding the theater behind government shutdowns—and why they have nothing to do with America actually running out of money We’ve all seen it play out like clockwork: the breathless countdown to a “government shutdown,” politicians pointing fingers across the aisle, essential workers wondering if they’ll get paid, and the American people watching another episode of Washington’s favorite reality show. But...
The cryptocurrency designed to escape government oversight has instead enhanced the state’s ability to tax, monitor, and seize digital wealth
In 2008, an anonymous figure using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto released a white paper describing Bitcoin as “a peer-to-peer electronic cash system” that would operate without the need for trusted third parties. The promise was revolutionary: money beyond government control, transactions without intermediaries, financial sovereignty for individuals in a digital age. Fifteen years later, Bitcoin has achieved mainstream adoption—but not...
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- SeatGeek and Spotify team up to offer concert ticket sales inside the music platformby Lauren Forristal on February 18, 2026 at 7:07 pm
SeatGeek announced on […]
- Amazon halts Blue Jay robotics project after less than six monthsby Rebecca Szkutak on February 18, 2026 at 6:27 pm
Amazon said Blue Jay's core […]
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Voter ID Laws: Is It Really About Illegal Immigrants — Or Is Something Else Going On?
Let’s be honest with each other for a minute. Every election cycle, the debate over voter ID laws gets loud,...
The Shutdown Charade: How Congress Turned Budget Deadlines Into Political Hostage-Taking
Understanding the theater behind government shutdowns—and why they have nothing to do with America actually running out of money We’ve...
The cryptocurrency designed to escape government oversight has instead enhanced the state’s ability to tax, monitor, and seize digital wealth
In 2008, an anonymous figure using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto released a white paper describing Bitcoin as “a peer-to-peer electronic...
From Revolution to Casino Chip: How Wall Street Transformed Bitcoin Into Just Another Leveraged Gamble
An investigation into how the anti-establishment cryptocurrency became the very thing it was designed to oppose When Satoshi Nakamoto published...
The Epstein-Barr Problem: A Web of Coincidences That Defies Belief
There’s a running joke among alumni of Manhattan’s elite Dalton School — a dark, uncomfortable joke that landed differently after...
The Legal Minefield of Paying Protesters: Can Organizations Face Liability for Creating Unsafe Working Conditions?
Picture this: An organization hires dozens of people to attend a demonstration, pays them cash or provides other compensation, and...
The Uncomfortable Truth Billie Eilish Accidentally Highlighted
When Billie Eilish stood on the Grammy stage and declared “no one is illegal on stolen land,” she probably didn’t...
The Socialist Mayor’s Secret: How NYC’s Zohran Mamdani Campaigned as a Man of the People While His Family Circulated Among Global Elites
A NexfinityNews.com Investigation The protesters outside Gracie Mansion weren’t holding back. “We voted for you, Zohran!” they shouted through megaphones...
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- SeatGeek and Spotify team up to offer concert ticket sales inside the music platformby Lauren Forristal on February 18, 2026 at 7:07 pm
SeatGeek announced on Wednesday a new integration with Spotify, bringing a seamless ticket-buying experience for Spotify users. Now, when Spotify […]
- Amazon halts Blue Jay robotics project after less than six monthsby Rebecca Szkutak on February 18, 2026 at 6:27 pm
Amazon said Blue Jay's core tech will be used for other robotics projects and the employees who worked on it were moved to other projects.
- Mastodon, a decentralized alternative to X, plans to target creators with new featuresby Sarah Perez on February 18, 2026 at 6:19 pm
Mastodon is looking to grow its open source, decentralized social network with new features aimed at creators.
- Data breach at fintech giant Figure affects close to a million customersby Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on February 18, 2026 at 6:14 pm
The Figure data breach allowed hackers to steal customer names, dates of birth, physical addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses.
- World Labs lands $1B, with $200M from Autodesk, to bring world models into 3D workflowsby Rebecca Bellan on February 18, 2026 at 6:07 pm
The partnership will see the two companies exploring how World Labs’ models can work alongside Autodesk’s tools, and vice versa, starting with a […]
- Google debuts $499 Pixel 10aby Aisha Malik on February 18, 2026 at 5:41 pm
The smartphone is available for preorder now with shipments starting March 5. It comes in Lavender, Berry, Fog, and Obsidian.
- Audible’s new ‘Read & Listen’ feature syncs your Kindle ebooks with audiobooksby Sarah Perez on February 18, 2026 at 4:20 pm
The feature will require customers to buy both versions of the title, but at a discounted price.
- X continues to bet on vertical video with its latest updateby Lauren Forristal on February 18, 2026 at 4:15 pm
X's new immersive video player is designed to offer a more mobile-friendly experience, optimized especially for portrait-oriented videos.
- Google adds music-generation capabilities to the Gemini appby Ivan Mehta on February 18, 2026 at 4:00 pm
Users will be able to use text, images, and videos as a reference to generate music.
- Snapchat+ tops 25M subscribers, driving company’s direct revenue ARR to $1Bby Aisha Malik on February 18, 2026 at 4:00 pm
The revenue milestone comes as Snap has added additional paid offerings outside of its core Snapchat+ subscription over the past year to diversify […]
- Kana emerges from stealth with $15M to build flexible AI agents for marketersby Ram Iyer on February 18, 2026 at 3:08 pm
Kana, a new AI marketing startup from the founders of Rapt and Krux, has raised $15 million to build customizable, agent-based marketing tools.
- This former Microsoft PM thinks she can unseat CyberArk in 18 monthsby Connie Loizos on February 18, 2026 at 3:00 pm
Though crowded, the identity management market seems eager for new solutions, and Venice is finding traction.