There’s arguably more momentum than ever for the seemingly boring topic of infrastructure permitting reform, but it could be the most important decision Congress makes from now until January for the future of the tech boom, the environment, and energy affordability. https://bit.ly/4eoMLEY

"So growth will help, but it's probably not plausible that growth alone will stabilize our fiscal trajectory. So then we're left with changes in revenues and changes in spending, and those are inherently political choices."
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Other hot spots also offer hazard enhancements. Captains and sailors get double pay in the southern Red Sea, where Houthis have been attacking Saudi ships, and in the Gulf of Oman, where many ship-to-ship transfers take place after Hormuz shuttle runs. https://bit.ly/4AUYQf3

“France is effectively handing over large subsidies to older French at the expense of everyone else. Mass national student demonstrations should come as no surprise.” https://bit.ly/47KFAmR

“The danger that we may face with AI is not that it eliminates large numbers of jobs in net, but that it eliminates some areas of specialty while creating new ones simultaneously." https://bit.ly/4y9YLBh

“I think Gen Z and Millennials are pushing back on years of beige algorithm homes and a world that’s felt very sharp and unpredictable. When life feels sharp, you want a home that looks like it can’t hurt you." https://bit.ly/3VzOpgI

Last week, Google’s Project Suncatcher launched a refrigerator-sized satellite carrying four AI chips into orbit on a SpaceX rocket, in an early test of whether the technology behind today’s power-hungry data centers could someday operate in space. https://bit.ly/4B11gss

Just 24% of U.S. music listeners knew of Ella Langley in the second quarter of 2026, according to entertainment data and research company Luminate. That was up from 13% in the fourth quarter of 2025 and 17% in the first quarter of this year. https://bit.ly/4yhqr7s

As the U.S. shale oil and gas revolution took off two decades ago, Australia wondered whether the boom could be replicated down under. In September, the first commercial natural gas deliveries from the Beetaloo Basin started flowing to the energy-hungry Northern Territory. https://bit.ly/47hEcrM

Guitar Center’s comeback is still a work in progress, but Dalporto, a nuclear engineer by training and bona fide music nerd, wants the retailer to offer the vast inventory of a big-box store while fostering a sense of community usually reserved for independent music retailers. https://bit.ly/4yaXObS

In a new type of philanthropy, billionaire SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell has pledged to give more than 2 million American kids a piece of her company through Trump Accounts. https://bit.ly/47GxKL4

Last year, Bending Spoons, No. 69 on Fortune’s #100BestCos Europe list, received 800,000 CVs but hired only 286 people—making its recruitment process 100-fold more selective than the Ivy League.
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If Starbucks bought Chipotle Mexican Grill, a possibility the Financial Times reported this week was being explored by the coffee giant, it would be the largest purchase of one restaurant chain by another ever in the U.S. https://bit.ly/3VDDlz9

In the span of just three days, SpaceX founder Elon Musk ascended to trillionaire status before crashing out of the club in a billion-dollar downturn. https://bit.ly/4hB4j2W

Director Aaron Sorkin’s film “The Social Reckoning” opens in U.S. cinemas this week, focusing on Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen’s 2021 decision to walk out with tens of thousands of internal documents. https://bit.ly/3VBjcd6

On Thursday, President Donald Trump celebrated tech billionaires only hours after Microsoft was accused by Vice President JD Vance of abusing the visa system to bring in more foreign workers. https://bit.ly/4ygGKBB

Actor Jason Weaver’s mom, Marilyn “Kitty” Haywood, bet on royalties over Disney’s cash, and three decades on, the 47-year-old is still getting paid and has since made more than the $2 million he rejected.
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In a Yubico and Okta survey of 1,890 tech and security professionals, 82% received employer security training, yet 23% said their organizations do not require multifactor authentication. https://bit.ly/4hHfdmk

Palantir CEO Alex Karp said Ted Mabrey, who now runs the commercial business, told him the constant hype for Foundry was coming off a tad aggressive for employees. https://bit.ly/3TvQOsd

Britain’s financial regulator has banned Joseph Molloy, a former HSBC banker, from the industry over a train-fare fraud that cost a railway operator £5,911, or about $7,800. https://bit.ly/4eqvYkX