The Coming Storm: How America’s Baby Bust Is Reshaping College Campuses Remember when your parents talked about the baby boom? Well, we’re living through the opposite—and it’s about to hit America’s colleges like a freight train. Here’s the simple math that’s keeping college presidents up at night: The U.S. fertility rate peaked at 2.12 births per woman in 2007, right...
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The Service Refusal Paradox: When Principles Collide With Politics
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- Sam Altman got exceptionally testy over Claude Super Bowl adsby Julie Bort on February 5, 2026 at 12:45 am
He posted a novella-sized […]
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The company is engaged in a […]
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The Coming Storm: How America’s Baby Bust Is Reshaping College Campuses
The Coming Storm: How America’s Baby Bust Is Reshaping College Campuses Remember when your parents talked about the baby boom?...
Should Paid Protestors Need a License? The Case for Transparency
Should Paid Protestors Need a License? The Case for Transparency You ever notice how we require disclosure for just about...
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An examination of competing visions of conscience, discrimination, and the right to refuse In 2018, the Supreme Court ruled narrowly...
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- Sam Altman got exceptionally testy over Claude Super Bowl adsby Julie Bort on February 5, 2026 at 12:45 am
He posted a novella-sized rant that devolved into to calling his rival "dishonest" and "authoritarian."
- As it preps Specs for the masses, Snap’s Q4 shows revenue growth but fewer daily usersby Lucas Ropek on February 5, 2026 at 12:07 am
The company is engaged in a strategy to diversify its revenue sources as it heads into the new year.
- Mundi Ventures closes on €750M for Kembara, its largest deep tech and climate fundby Anna Heim on February 5, 2026 at 12:01 am
Spain-based deeptech and climate megafund Kembara has just completed a €750 million first close toward its €1 billion target.
- Stripe alumni raise €30M Series A for Duna, backed by Stripe and Adyen execsby Anna Heim on February 4, 2026 at 11:49 pm
Having raised a €30 million Series A round led by CapitalG, business identity verification startup Duna is now among the most well-capitalized […]
- Alphabet won’t talk about the Google-Apple AI deal, even to investorsby Sarah Perez on February 4, 2026 at 11:28 pm
Alphabet CEO skipped an analyst's question about Apple on the company's earnings call.
- Google’s Gemini app has surpassed 750M monthly active usersby Lauren Forristal on February 4, 2026 at 10:53 pm
Google revealed a significant milestone for its Gemini app, announcing over 750 million monthly active users as it competes with ChatGPT and Meta AI.
- The Wayback Machine debuts a new plug-in designed to fix the internet’s broken links problemby Lucas Ropek on February 4, 2026 at 10:27 pm
Should a linked web page go offline, the new feature will then redirect readers to the archived versions, so that there is no drop in service. The […]
- Elon Musk’s SpaceX company town is getting a police departmentby Sean O'Kane on February 4, 2026 at 9:47 pm
The new department will have up to eight police officers and could be up and running in a few months.
- Meet Gizmo: A TikTok for interactive, vibe-coded mini appsby Sarah Perez on February 4, 2026 at 9:45 pm
Gizmo's app is like a TikTok for vibe-coded mini apps... and it's a lot of fun.
- AI SRE Resolve AI confirms $125M raise, unicorn valuationby Marina Temkin on February 4, 2026 at 9:39 pm
The two-year-old startup confirms that it closed a Series A led by Lightspeed at $1 billion valuation.
- Amazon to begin testing AI tools for film and TV production next monthby Lauren Forristal on February 4, 2026 at 9:26 pm
Amazon MGM Studios will reportedly begin a closed beta program in March to test its AI tools to help with film and TV production.
- A16z just raised $1.7B for AI infrastructure. Here’s where it’s going.by Theresa Loconsolo on February 4, 2026 at 8:24 pm
Andreessen Horowitz just raised a whopping new $15 billion in funding. And a $1.7 billion chunk of that is going […]