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Hormuz Traffic Grinds to a Halt

The Strait of Hormuz went from a morning rush to a total ghost town faster than anyone expected. Early Saturday, things looked almost normal for a second; we saw about twelve ships heading out and three coming in, mostly tankers tied to Iran. But by the afternoon, everything changed. Once

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Oil Plunges 10%, Stocks Surge on Strait Relief

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CRISPR Inches Toward Silencing Down Syndrome

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TikTok Tracks Non-Users Across the Web

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Rings Super Bowl Dog Hunt Draws Surveillance Howls

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xAI Co-Founders Bolt After SpaceX Merger

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Microsofts Carbon Removal Pause Hits Industry Hard

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CRISPR Inches Toward Silencing Down Syndrome

Down syndrome happens when there's an extra copy of chromosome 21, often called Trisomy 21. The cause is straightforward, but finding a fix is incredibly difficult. Recently, two different research teams found a way to use CRISPR like a genetic cleanup crew, either by turning off the extra

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TikTok Tracks Non-Users Across the Web

A person moving cardboard boxes out of an office desk. Over the image, large bold text reads "xAI Co-Founders Bolt After SpaceX Merger", with smaller subtext that reads, "half the origina

xAI Co-Founders Bolt After SpaceX Merger

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Anthropic Pledges to Shield Electricity Bills from Data Centers

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Safety Dead Ends: Goal Drift at xAI and the Incentives Behind Unhinged AI

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Oil Plunges 10%, Stocks Surge on Strait Relief

The markets are moving at a breakneck pace right now. This past Friday, Brent crude prices took a massive hit, dropping about 9 or 10 percent to finish around $89 or $90 a barrel. That’s the lowest we’ve seen since the start of March. West Texas Intermediate followed

Politics & Policy

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Feds Next Boss After May 15

I’ve been keeping an eye on the news about the Fed's leadership changes. Jerome Powell is set to finish his time as chair on May 15, 2026, and Kevin Warsh is the one Trump tapped to step in. Warsh has a Senate hearing coming up next week,

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