Are Food Companies Designing Products to Fight Weight Loss Drugs? A new frontier in the battle between Big Food and Big Pharma raises uncomfortable questions about consumer choice There’s something darkly ironic happening in America’s kitchens right now. Just as millions of people are turning to medications like Ozempic and Wegovy to curb their appetites and lose weight, whispers are...
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America’s Oldest Foreign Policy Playbook Is Making a Comeback—Here’s Why That Matters
America’s Oldest Foreign Policy Playbook Is Making a Comeback—Here’s Why That Matters By Dominick Calabro, Editor-in-ChiefNexfinityNews.com You probably haven’t thought about the Monroe Doctrine since high school history class. Most Americans haven’t. But in the halls of power in Washington, this 200-year-old policy is experiencing something of a renaissance—and the implications stretch from Caracas to Beijing. What Even Is the...
The Unelected Empire: How NGOs Became the World’s Most Powerful Unaccountable Institutions
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- How YC-backed Bucket Robotics survived its first CESby Sean O'Kane on January 18, 2026 at 4:10 pm
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Are Food Companies Designing Products to Fight Weight Loss Drugs?
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America’s Oldest Foreign Policy Playbook Is Making a Comeback—Here’s Why That Matters
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The Unelected Empire: How NGOs Became the World’s Most Powerful Unaccountable Institutions
The Unelected Empire: How NGOs Became the World’s Most Powerful Unaccountable Institutions Something strange has happened over the last few...
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- How YC-backed Bucket Robotics survived its first CESby Sean O'Kane on January 18, 2026 at 4:10 pm
Now, the startup is turning its attention to building the business, fundraising and striking commercial deals.
- Moxie Marlinspike has a privacy-conscious alternative to ChatGPTby Russell Brandom on January 18, 2026 at 3:30 pm
Confer is designed to look and feel like ChatGPT or Claude, but your conversations can't be used for training or advertising.
- Why Silicon Valley is really talking about fleeing California (it’s not the 5%)by Connie Loizos on January 18, 2026 at 1:17 am
As highlighted Friday in the New York Post, the proposed wealth tax would hit founders on their voting shares rather than the actual equity they own.
- Who gets to inherit the stars? A space ethicist on what we’re not talking aboutby Connie Loizos on January 17, 2026 at 10:45 pm
While it's easy to romanticize space as an escape to a pristine frontier where people will float weightlessly among the stars, it’s worth […]
- Trump administration’s legal setbacks are good news for offshore wind — and the gridby Tim De Chant on January 17, 2026 at 5:30 pm
Three offshore wind projects under construction on the U.S. East Coast are back to building after judges rebuked the Department of the Interior's […]
- Oshen built the first ocean robot to collect data in a Category 5 hurricane by Rebecca Szkutak on January 17, 2026 at 4:00 pm
Oshen has signed contracts with multiple government agencies for its C-Star robots to collect ocean data autonomously.
- Musk wants up to $134B in OpenAI lawsuit, despite $700B fortuneby Connie Loizos on January 17, 2026 at 8:26 am
Musk's legal team argues he should be compensated as an early startup investor who sees returns "many orders of magnitude greater" than his initial […]
- AI cloud startup Runpod hits $120M in ARR — and it started with a Reddit post by Julie Bort on January 16, 2026 at 11:46 pm
Their startup journey is a wild example of how if you build it well and the timing is lucky, they will definitely come.
- California AG sends Musk’s xAI a cease-and-desist order over sexual deepfakesby Lucas Ropek on January 16, 2026 at 11:21 pm
The flood of AI-generated sexual imagery has spurred concern from state and congressional officials alike.
- Snowflake, Databricks challenger ClickHouse hits $15B valuationby Marina Temkin on January 16, 2026 at 10:05 pm
The $400 million round was led by Dragoneer.
- TikTok quietly launches a microdrama app called ‘PineDrama’by Aisha Malik on January 16, 2026 at 9:11 pm
Think TikTok, but every single video you come across is a short episode of a fictional story.
- EPA rules that xAI’s natural gas generators were illegally usedby Tim De Chant on January 16, 2026 at 8:49 pm
Elon Musk's AI company had installed and operated 35 natural gas turbines without permits, something the EPA now says was illegal.