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- AI is quietly splitting the housing market in two: Bay Area luxury homes are up 13%, affordable ones are collapsing
“It’s another sign of the K-shaped economy taking shape in the Bay Area,” said Redfin senior economist Yingqi Xu.
- I litigated the JetBlue-Spirit merger. A few thoughts on the future of antitrust in the airline industry
A former DOJ Antitrust Division attorney who worked on the JetBlue/Spirit case argues that Spirit's collapse wasn't inevitable — but it should give regulators, airlines, and policymakers lessons on how competition works in the skies”
- After the FDA spent years rejecting over flavored vape products, Trump reportedly pressed his FDA commissioner to allow mango and blueberry flavors
“Flavors induce people, many of them children and young adults, to use a product that may result in a lifetime of addiction and other harms,” one anti-smoking advocate said.
- Unsolved AI Mystery Is Solved Along With Lessons Learned On Why ChatGPT Became Oddly Obsessed With Gremlins And Goblins
ChatGPT and GPT-5 kept mentioning gremlins and goblins. We now know why. Vital lessons to be had. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.
- Debris from the White House East Wing demolition was dumped at a nearby public golf course and contains toxic metals, National Park report finds
A Washington, D.C., nonprofit filed an injunction in February, claiming the debris dumped on the golf course was hazardous.
Technology
- The balcony solar boom is coming to the US
Dozens of US states are considering legislation to allow people to install plug-in solar systems, often called balcony solar. These small arrays require little to no setup and could help cut emissions and power bills. Balcony solar is already popular in Europe, and proponents say that the systems could make solar power more accessible for…
- What’s next for IVF
Forty-eight years ago this July, Louise Joy Brown became the world’s first person born with the help of in vitro fertilization. Millions more IVF babies have entered the world since then. And that’s partly thanks to advances in technology that have made IVF safer and more effective. But it’s still not perfect. The process can…
- SpaceX is starting to move on from the world's most successful rocket
Vandenberg Space Force Base in California is set to become SpaceX's busiest launch site—for now.
- Anthropic raises Claude Code usage limits, credits new deal with SpaceX
Deal follows others with Microsoft, Amazon, and more.
- TSMC taps wind power as AI chip demand soars, Taiwan feels energy crunch
TSMC backs renewables during record demand for energy-hungry chip manufacturing.
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