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28 08, 2026

LA Fire Zone Set to Get $3 Million Homes Funded by Muni Bonds

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More than a year after wildfires devastated Pacific Palisades, a nonprofit is advancing a plan to tap the public debt market to create housing in the slow-to-recover Los Angeles wealthy enclave. Uplifters Foundation plans to build new $3 million houses …

28 08, 2026

Analysis: Meta’s Social Media Settlement Leaves Its Money Machine Unscathed

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Meta Platforms emerged from its biggest legal challenge in the U.S. with its core business intact. The social media giant agreed on Wednesday to pay as much as $18 billion over a decade and limit how teenagers use Facebook and …

28 08, 2026

US Widens Lettuce-Related Cyclosporiasis Probe to 20 States

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U.S. health authorities have widened their probe into a cyclosporiasis outbreak tied to iceberg lettuce from central Mexico after detecting cases in three additional states, raising the total to 20 states, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers …

28 08, 2026

Delaware Helps Firms Pay for Insurance, Trade Shows, Travel to Grow Exports

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Many small business wanting to grow by selling to customers in other countries learn the costs for trade shows, international travel, insurance, and market research can be an obstacle. Delaware has a program — The Compass Grant— that helps cover …

28 08, 2026

China Flexes its Auto-Safety Chops With Huge Recall of Tesla, Other Cars

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A huge recall in China last week aims to address a long-standing fear of EV owners: potentially being trapped in their cars when the power fails. It also highlights how Beijing is now spearheading new auto safety standards for some …

28 08, 2026

Researchers Discover Additional Backdoors in Chinese-Made Zbtlink Routers

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More than a dozen models of Chinese-made Zbtlink routers ship with at least two backdoors that could allow for invasive remote access akin to “surveillance,” according to new findings from cybersecurity firm VulnCheck. The two new backdoors — dubbed “Darklantern” …

28 08, 2026

Kalshi Weather Odds Are Coming to a Weather App Near You

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Kalshi Inc. has entered a partnership with The Weather Company to bolster the data it uses to settle contracts in rapidly growing weather and climate prediction markets. The prediction platform is seeking to establish market-implied probabilities as another source of …

28 08, 2026

OpenAI, Anthropic Urge Cyber Defense Action as AI Models Improve

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Artificial intelligence companies OpenAI and Anthropic PBC, along with more than 100 other tech and financial services organizations, warned that businesses and governments must do more to prepare for and defend against AI-enabled hacks. In an open letter Thursday, the …

28 08, 2026

Police Reports Undercount Cellphone Use Before Crashes: Study

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A new study drawing on telematics data confirms that far more drivers are using cellphones in the lead-up to crashes than is reflected in police reports, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The data, derived from driver-enrolled safe-driving …

28 08, 2026

War in Iran Continues to Drive Interest in Renewables

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Six months after US-Israeli strikes disrupted Middle Eastern fossil fuel production and turned the Strait of Hormuz into a naval battleground, the world is getting a fuller picture of how the Iran war has reshaped the economics of energy. A …