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The Iran war is giving rise to a centuries-old economic theory—and laying waste to the WTO-based world order
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The housing paradox: why banning institutional investors could make affordability worse
The U.S. housing market is in the midst of a generational transition and single-family rentals are hugely important to young people looking for shelter.
Vinod Khosla thinks future presidential candidates should run on removing income tax for those making less than $100,000
The venture capitalist also wants to get rid of capital gains and treat all income as ordinary income to make up for the deficit.
ROI On Mental Health Investments Recalculated Due To Low-Cost At-Scale Generative AI Psychological Guidance
ROI on mental health initiatives is changing due to the advent of generative AI. This is a hidden factor that needs to be acknowledged. Here's how. An AI Insider scoop.
Poor brain health costs the world economy $5 trillion a year. The world is waking up to the crisis
I'm the founding chairman of the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative and I see a difference this year: the world is realizing that brains are infrastructure.

TerraPower gets OK to start construction of its first nuclear plant
Plant won't be done until 2030 at the earliest, and it still needs an operating license.
Space Command chief throws cold water on the question of UAPs in space
"I am not aware of anything that is extraterrestrial, other than comets and things like that."
Large genome model: Open source AI trained on trillions of bases
System can identify genes, regulatory sequences, splice sites, and more.
Google and Epic announce settlement to end app store antitrust case
The era of the 30 percent app store cut has ended.
Lawsuit: Google Gemini sent man on violent missions, set suicide "countdown"
Gemini allegedly called man its "husband," said they could be together in death.