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In brief Federal prosecutors have charged three former Google engineers with trade secret theft and obstruction. The defendants face up…
Christopher Anderson, a former county clerk in Elkhart County, Indiana, pleaded guilty to official misconduct, and former deputy clerk Carol…
In brief Vending-Bench Arena tested AI agents running competing vending machine businesses. Top models increased profits through price-fixing, collusion, and…
In brief Base is an Ethereum layer-2 network launched by crypto exchange Coinbase. The exchange wants Base to onboard “billions…
Is U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito planning to retire when the Court’s current term wraps up this summer? A…
Bangkok, February 20, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the harsh 14-year prison sentences handed to Cambodian journalists Pheap Phara…
In brief Tokenized real-world assets grew 8.7% to $24.8 billion over the past month, even as the broader crypto market…
An excerpt from Magistrate Judge Patricia Dodge’s long Report and Recommendation last week in Deltondo v. School Dist. of Pittsburgh…
In brief Caitlin Long says Trump-linked crypto activity has made passing the Clarity Act harder. She says the bill’s chances…
from the the-grift-that-keeps-on-grifting dept Remember how Donald Trump was going to “drain the swamp” as president? The idea, spilling out…
Looming war with Iran. The storm clouds of war are growing increasingly thick over the Middle East, as the U.S.…
In this episode of Quillette Cetera, Zoe Booth speaks with Israeli political thinker and writer Shany Mor, who previously served…