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View MoreChristopher Altman saw it in the same way that most small business owners do: in the quiet of an inbox that used to fill up on its own, rather than all at once. His Oakland tree-trimming crew scheduled three weeks off for years without his involvement. Then, the reservations simply…
The atmosphere changed somewhere between a half-empty diesel station outside Hamburg and the screens of a London trading floor. Like these things often do, it happened quietly. In January, Brent crude was trading at about sixty dollars. It was close to 120 by the second week of March. Ten weeks.…
There is a version of this story that resembles a simple David vs. Goliath story, in which tenacious Epic Games charges at the gates of Steam’s massive, decades-old fortress with a lot of guts and a better revenue deal. The reality is much messier, particularly as of early 2026. Fortnite’s…
The planetary science community’s response to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman’s announcement at an event called “Ignition” in early April 2026 that the agency planned to send a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars by December 2028 ranged from shock to mild alarm. Planetary scientist Vicky Hamilton of the Southwest Research Institute put…
Bitcoin first surpassed $120,000 in July 2025. The timing wasn’t coincidental. US lawmakers were getting ready to discuss legislation that would establish federal regulations for digital assets for the first time. The market reacted to the regulatory momentum as a sign of legitimacy, which is how cryptocurrency markets typically react…