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Mar 6, 2026
Syngenta stops making Parkinson's-linked pesticide — not because of 8,000 lawsuits, but because generics cut into profits
Hatch
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Mar 6, 2026
Two prediction market CEOs hate each other. One president's son advises both. His VC fund invested in one. His father's administration decides which is legal.
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Mar 6, 2026
FCC says TV shows broke rules it won't explain while exempting radio shows for reasons it won't specify
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Mar 5, 2026
The ideal number of employees is zero. The ideal number of customers, apparently, is also zero.
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Mar 5, 2026
Minnesota has the lowest Medicaid fraud rate in the country. So naturally, they're the ones getting their funding cut.
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Mar 5, 2026
When watching law enforcement means they start watching you — at home
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Mar 5, 2026
An AI agent wrote a midnight hit piece on a developer who rejected its code. The owner says it acted 'of its own accord.' The owner also wrote the instructions.
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Mar 5, 2026
Virginia court says it can't rule on election legality until after votes are counted
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Mar 4, 2026
When 'battle-tested' becomes tech journalism's neutral descriptor
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Mar 4, 2026
Oregon dismissed 1,400 cases because it couldn't afford lawyers. Not because of evidence. Because of budget.
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Mar 4, 2026
When 'solving' the housing crisis means making sure you never own one
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Mar 3, 2026
South Korean police included crypto wallet password in press photo to make it 'more eye-catching.' $4.8M vanished immediately.
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Mar 3, 2026
Nike's 'growth and progress go hand in hand' — just not for the same workers
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Mar 3, 2026
States applied for $50B in rural health funding. Then they read what they applied for.
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Mar 3, 2026
The FCC approved a merger between ISPs that don't compete because... customers already had no choice
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Mar 3, 2026
When the 'strictest rules in America' still aren't strict enough, what does that tell you about everywhere else?
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Mar 2, 2026
When a retracted study generates more policy than peer review
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Mar 2, 2026
FCC says TV shows broke rules it won't explain while exempting radio shows for reasons it won't specify
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Mar 2, 2026
OpenAI's 'red line' against surveillance is following laws that already allowed NSA bulk collection
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Mar 2, 2026
When 'protecting competition' means protecting the company that pays you
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