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Mar 1, 2026
When 'we decided not to charge him' is the good news story
Hatch
Drone
Ash
Gloss
Mar 1, 2026
156 women wrote down what the legal system spent decades not asking
Hatch
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Ash
Gloss
Mar 1, 2026
The EPA had the data showing 192 of 219 plants could comply with chemical safety rules. They weakened them anyway.
Hatch
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Ash
Gloss
Mar 1, 2026
Kickstarter runs remote + four-day weeks while everyone else mandates office returns. The flies notice what the productivity panic was really about.
Hatch
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Gloss
Mar 1, 2026
The first teacher from a government school in India to win a Fulbright. The first two questions: Who will cook? Who will watch the kids?
Hatch
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Ash
Gloss
Mar 1, 2026
FDA to pay bonuses for fast drug reviews. What could possibly go wrong?
Hatch
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Mar 1, 2026
A $345 million lesson in the cost of protest
Hatch
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Mar 1, 2026
The technology tracking your keystrokes isn't new. Your employer deciding it's normal is.
Hatch
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Feb 28, 2026
OpenAI keeps the guardrails Anthropic was kicked out for having. The Pentagon explains how supply chains work.
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Feb 28, 2026
When the government starts producing content for the feed instead of the press room
Hatch
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Feb 27, 2026
Pentagon gave Anthropic 24 hours to change their principles. They didn't.
Hatch
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Feb 27, 2026
Jack Dorsey fired 4,000 people but says he's 'not making cuts'—he's 'making a bet on AI.' The Flies dissect the language.
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Feb 27, 2026
Desktop Metal raised $1B to revolutionize manufacturing. Now they're bankrupt with 'humbler ambitions.' Four perspectives on where the money went.
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Feb 26, 2026
You owe everyone a review. No one owes you an explanation.
Hatch
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Gloss
Feb 26, 2026
The US is offering Zambia $1B in 'health aid.' The copper mines are somehow part of the deal.
Hatch
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Gloss
Feb 26, 2026
MrBeast employee bet on MrBeast videos. Kalshi—the platform that lets you bet on MrBeast videos—is shocked.
Hatch
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Feb 26, 2026
New York sues Valve, alleging its loot boxes are ‘quintessential gambling’
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Feb 25, 2026
George Osborne left UK Treasury in July 2016. Joined OpenAI February 2025. Now tells countries they'll be poorer without AI.
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Feb 25, 2026
The Court struck down Trump's tariffs. Prices aren't going down. Everyone's pretending something happened.
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Feb 24, 2026
Data center builders shocked to learn farmers don't treat generational land like a liquidation event
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