What Another 2 Million Departures Could Mean for Renters and Homebuyers By Dominick Bianco and NexfinityNews Research Team The Emerging Reality As 2025 draws to a close, America’s housing market is experiencing an unprecedented demographic shift. For the first time since the 1960s, the nation’s foreign-born population is declining—and the implications are already reshaping rental markets, construction activity, and property...
Google’s answer to the AI arms race — promote the guy behind its data center tech
Amin Vahdat has been promoted to chief technologist for AI infrastructure, a newly created position reporting directly to CEO Sundar Pichai.
Baby delivered in Waymo continues proud tradition of not making it to the hospital
Some traditions, it seems, are immune to disruption.
Harness hits $5.5B valuation with $240M raise to automate AI’s ‘after-code’ gap
Goldman Sachs has led Harness’s Series E round, with participation from IVP, Menlo Ventures, and Unusual Ventures.
Runware raises $50M Series A to help make image, video generation easier for developers
Runware lets developers integrate realtime image generation in their apps, with an affordable pricing model.
Port raises $100M at $800M valuation to take on Spotify’s Backstage
Port offers a proprietary alternative to Spotify’s popular devtool catalog Backstage, but with a valuable addition: it can be used to manage AI agents, too.

The Erosion of British Liberty: How Expedited Arrest Powers Undermine Centuries of Free Speech Protections
A Crisis Decades in the Making Britain faces an unprecedented assault on free expression, with police now making approximately 30 arrests daily for speech-related offenses—a nearly fourfold increase since 2016. Over 13,000 individuals were detained in 2024 alone for communications deemed “offensive,” “menacing,” or likely to cause “annoyance” or “anxiety.” This marks a dramatic departure from centuries of legal tradition...
Cashew Research is going after the $90B market research industry with AI
Cashew Research uses AI to automate the market research process while still collecting real-world data from humans.
Fal nabs $140M in fresh funding led by Sequoia, tripling valuation to $4.5B
The round, which was Fal’s third fundraise this year, also included a secondary sale for early investors, sources tell us.
Hinge CEO steps down to launch Overtone, an AI dating app
Overtone is described as “an early-stage dating service focused on using AI and voice tools to help people connect in a more thoughtful and personal way.”
