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Who Decides Who’s Real Online? OpenAI’s Biometric Power Grab

It’s about who owns the lock and the keys.

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Who Gets the Axe When the Suits Say 'Reset'? Ubisoft's Layoff Whiplash

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A Danish Blueprint for Vaccine Policy? That’s Not How Construction Works

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When Peace Comes With a Cover Charge

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Artificially Alive: When Remembering Becomes Resource Extraction

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When the Hedge Is the Point: Incentives Behind Private Geoengineering Bets

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The Loyalty Game: Hotel Chains, “Exclusive” Perks, and the Real Rules of Play

Technology & Science

A group of diverse individuals approaching a gate with a scanner, some looking worried.

Who Decides Who’s Real Online? OpenAI’s Biometric Power Grab

It’s about who owns the lock and the keys.

People sitting quietly in a break room after layoffs, looking at an empty chair.

Who Gets the Axe When the Suits Say 'Reset'? Ubisoft's Layoff Whiplash

A digital painting illustrating an automated assembly line packaging glowing vocal waveforms into products and ads.

Artificially Alive: When Remembering Becomes Resource Extraction

A parent looking intently at a wrinkled note from school, showing concern.

Have We Been Treating Exhaustion and Calling It ADHD?

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OpenAI’s New “Head of Preparedness” Is Not The Story

An illustration of a person looking into a mirror, and instead of their reflection, an AI chatbot interface is visible, showing a flattering message.

AI Isn’t Delusional. We Are.

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Fusion Is Not a Physics Race. It’s a Governance Contest.

Politics & Policy

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A Danish Blueprint for Vaccine Policy? That’s Not How Construction Works

Copy-paste policy leaves parents and doctors in the debris

A conceptual 3D render of diverse people from different countries examining a large document with a magnifying glass.

When Peace Comes With a Cover Charge

A realistic stock photo of a hand pointing to a "Warning" label prominently displayed on a food package, with other groceries blurred in the background.

Big Food's Grocery Bill Scare: Protecting Wallets or Hiding Ingredients?

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Trump’s Offshore Wind Pause Isn’t About Whales. It’s About Power.

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Who Owns the AI Rulebook Now?

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California’s 2026 Laws: Nice Slogans, Ugly Punch Lists

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When the Blueprint Doesn't Match the Job

Health & Food

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Bodies in Progress: Ozempic and the Private Rewriting of Marriage

When medicines promise transformation, who picks up the pieces at home?

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Sitting at the Kitchen Table with the WHO

A medical professional is standing in a hospital corridor, looking at a notice board with several unfilled "vacancy" signs, with a worried expression.

What the Doctors’ Strike Teaches About Systems on the Brink

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The Four Ages Of The Brain, And The Selves We Keep Shedding

An abstract digital illustration of a highly organized neural network, resembling a brightly lit transit map, symbolizing efficient information flow in the adult brain.

The Four Ages Of The Brain, And The Selves We Keep Shedding

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What We Eat When No One’s Scoring Us

Health & Food

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Bodies in Progress: Ozempic and the Private Rewriting of Marriage

Sitting at the Kitchen Table with the WHO

What the Doctors’ Strike Teaches About Systems on the Brink

The Four Ages Of The Brain, And The Selves We Keep Shedding

The Four Ages Of The Brain, And The Selves We Keep Shedding

Money & Finance

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When the Fed Sounds Calm and Nervous at the Same Time

What BlackRock’s Bitcoin Exodus Actually Tells You

When a Fed President Sounds Nervous, Hiring Managers Flinch

The $2.2 Billion Bitcoin Exit Isn’t About Price. It’s About the Herd.

The Five Dollar Desperation Play

Society & Justice

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The Gift and the Ground Beneath It

Red Cups, Empty Shifts: Inside Starbucks’ Loudest Day of the Year

When Private Equity Eats Your Community Project