Economy

It used to be said that the sun never set on the British Empire, so far-flung were its possessions. Britain has long since retreated from most of those territories, most recently, and controversially, in its…

The Atlantic recently ran a story headlined “He Was Homeschooled for Years, and Fell So Far Behind.” It profiles Stefan Merrill Block, who was homeschooled in his early years and later struggled to catch up…

Introduction Throughout American history, the federal government has played a role in state and local policy. The Congressional Research Service (CRS) breaks down the history of federal transfers to the states into four distinct time…

Key Insights (AI-assisted): By collapsing satellite, LTE-M, and GNSS into a single module, Iridium is pushing hybrid satellite-cellular IoT from niche use cases into mainstream, volume deployments. This integration shifts value from bespoke hardware design…

Conversations around artificial intelligence have dominated the news cycle and culture at large for the better part of three years, with concerns becoming amplified more and more as time has gone on. These concerns focus…

“Without tariffs,” the President said on his affordability tour in Georgia, “everybody would be bankrupt, the whole country would be bankrupt.” In court, the Trump administration has made similar sweeping claims, arguing that revoking certain…

Key Insights (AI-assisted): As SMEs adopt cloud tools to cut cognitive load, IoT becomes a natural next step for extending automation into physical operations. Connecting assets and environments to management platforms shifts stress from reactive…

How AI Is Redefining the Creative Workflow in 2026 It’s hard to believe how quickly the landscape of creating things has shifted. Honestly, just a few years ago, we were all marveling at simple text…

Markets have long been accused of lacking morality. On February 10, the Vatican decided to supply one. The Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR), commonly known as the Vatican Bank, partnered with Morningstar to…

New York City’s new mayor Zohran Mamdani made housing affordability a big part of his campaign. On his first day in office, he signed three executive orders related to housing policy, and his subsequent housing…