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Internet access now feasible even in the most remote regions on Earth
“Thanks to satellite constellations, humanity now has the technical ability to provide internet connection anywhere on Earth. The biggest remaining…
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Artificial intelligence now does most of Google’s coding, reducing need for more software engineers
75 percent of Google’s new code is generated by artificial intelligence, up from 50 percent in the fall of 2025,…
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Office workers swelter due to energy shortage
Without air conditioning, it is very hard to work in the middle of the day in hot Southeast Asian countries…
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Geothermal power expands and gets deeper
“Quaise Energy, a geothermal power company, has announced it is building a prototype “superhot” geothermal power plant in Oregon. Their…
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Ties Tipped Restaurant Wages To Slavery
By Mark Tanos Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson invoked slavery Wednesday while defending the city’s phaseout of the tipped minimum wage…
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Cairo goes dark as Iran War drives up oil prices
“Soaring fuel costs due to US-Israel war on Iran have pushed the Egyptian government to issue a month-long early-closing order.…
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Conflict In Iran Forces Airline To Hike Checked Baggage Fees
By Mark Tanos Travelers flying United Airlines will pay more to check their luggage starting Friday as surging fuel costs…
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Power Company Faces Legal Fight For Making Too Much Energy
By Sean Hustedde Left-wing environmental and religious groups are taking Georgia regulators to court after they approved a utility company’s…
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Climate Change Reparations Melted By New Court Ruling In Deep Blue State
By Sean Hustedde The Maryland Supreme Court dismissed local lawsuits against fossil fuel companies that demanded payouts over climate change…
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Sodium-cooled nuclear reactor approved for construction in Wyoming
“The nuclear power company TerraPower has received a permit from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build a sodium-cooled reactor…
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Ban on flavored vapes should end, to reduce smoking rates and curb the black market
“The Food and Drug Administration recently signaled that it’s planning to let e-cigarette companies sell a broader range of flavors…
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New York City Council Members Tackle Self-Checkout Retail Theft By Threatening To Fine Business Owners
By Mark Tanos New York City (NYC) Democrats want to fight shoplifting by punishing grocery stores and their customers rather…
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Maple syrup makers turn to automation as demand grows
“As demand for syrup has surged in recent years, Quebec’s maple industry is evolving too, adding millions of new taps…
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Court strikes down Section 8 housing mandate, casting doubt on similar Virginia law
Virginia attorney general Jay Jones is being sued over a Virginia law that bans landlords from discriminating against people who…
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State likely to add more job-destroying licensing regulations
“Louisiana, a state notorious for high occupational licensing barriers and below-average household median income, may soon create one of the…
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Investment is growing again in South Africa, as deregulation offsets corruption and high crime
South Africa is very crime-ridden and corrupt. But it has abundant natural resources, and is finally deregulating somewhat, which is…
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Anthropic sues Pentagon to be removed from national security blacklist
Today, Anthropic filed a lawsuit to block the Pentagon from placing it on a national security blacklist, part of the…
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Artificial Intelligence Company OpenAI Sued For Generating Fake Lawsuit Costing $300,000
By Josh Grega Nippon Life Insurance Company of America filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, claiming that its chatbot, ChatGPT, gave…
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Oil production massively expanded, even when oil prices fell
Oil prices are rising again due to the war with Iran. But even when oil prices fell after 2022, oil…
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Sugar prices fall, as anti-obesity drugs result in people eating less sweets
“Sugar prices are at their lowest level since 2020, and financial analysts credit falling demand driven by GLP-1 weight loss…
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Fewer people are working the night shift
“A newly released working paper finds that fewer Americans are taking night shifts…this shift is due to workers demanding higher wage…
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FDA keeps blocking life-saving drugs for rare diseases, due to obstructionist officials like Vinay Prasad
The FDA is blocking the approval of some drugs for lethal, rare diseases, because the FDA has put “the persnickety…
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Papa John’s will close hundreds of stores
Papa John’s will close hundreds of underperforming stores, reports The Orange County Register: Papa John’s International shares slid after sales…
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Both sides loot capital city in bloody civil war
Seven million people once lived in and around the capital city of Sudan, Khartoum. But much of the population left…
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Trump Delivers Great News For Americans Who Want Affordable Pickup Trucks
By Mr. Right The Trump administration delivered great news for Americans who want more affordable pickup trucks. EPA Administrator Lee…
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Olive Garden Cook Strips Naked, Plunges Head Into Deep Fryer In Ghastly Workplace Suicide
By Jack Cowhick An Olive Garden cook died after plunging his head into a deep fryer on Jan. 30, The…
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Trump Admin Investigating Nike For Allegedly Discriminating Against White Employees
By Ireland Owens The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced Wednesday it has launched an investigation into Nike over…
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Tesla builds largest lithium refinery in the U.S.
“Tesla has begun operating a new lithium refinery that the company claims is the largest and most advanced in the United States,”…
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Elevator Breakdown Leaves Residents Stranded In Apartments For Months
By Christine Sellers Residents living at the Hotel Woodland Studio Apartments in California allege that a broken elevator has left…
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Restaurant chain announces massive expansion, then files for bankruptcy
By Mann Aggarwal FAT Brands Inc., the parent company of restaurant chains including Fatburger, Twin Peaks, Johnny Rockets, and Round…
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Dozens die in gold mine collapse
Dozens of people died when a gold mine collapsed in southern Sudan, although less than a dozen bodies have been…
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Rent control proposed by Virginia legislators, even though economists think rent control is dumb
In Virginia, some legislators want to give local governments the ability to impose cumbersome rent controls on housing. That’s a…
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Data centers provide property tax relief for homeowners
Data centers cut property taxes on homeowners, by providing lots of additional property to tax. The more property there is…
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Ethiopia begins work on Africa’s biggest airport, despite having less tourism than many other African nations
Ethiopian Airlines on Saturday officially began the construction of a $12.5 billion airport, which will be Africa’s biggest when it…
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‘Seize private property,’ New York housing official says, calling home ownership ‘white supremacy’
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani “just appointed as his ‘Tenant Advocate’ a communist who argues that home ownership is ‘white supremacy,'” notes Hot Air. “Seize private…
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Nuclear plant shut down after earthquake will reopen, saving lives
“Local authorities in Japan’s Niigata prefecture have approved a plan to restart the nuclear power plant at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, the world’s…
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