In late 2024 / early 2025 every Fortune 500 was rolling out a 5-day RTO push. Some softened to 4, some held at 5, some did 3+2 hybrid as the new floor. Now in mid-2026 it feels like we're past the peak. The big-tech RTO…
The benchmark gap closed faster than anyone predicted. DeepSeek R2, the Llama 4 series, and Qwen-3 are within 5-10% of the closed-model leaders on the standard suites — sometimes ahead on math and coding. But I keep…
Apple, Amazon, Netflix, YouTube TV, Peacock — they're all bidding for the same things. NFL packages, NBA games, F1, Premier League rights, MLB exclusives. The on-demand library wars are clearly over. Nobody's launching…
I'm seeing two completely different stories from different shops. Bay Area startup, mid-stage: they froze entry-level hiring last quarter and pushed everyone to use Claude Code + Cursor full time. Their head of eng says…
The data is stark. In the US, institutional investors (Invitation Homes, AMH, Tricon) own about 600k single-family homes as of early 2026. New construction in the $200k-$350k price tier — the historical "starter home" —…
When Ozempic hit cultural saturation in 2023, the discourse was 99% "is this a miracle weight-loss drug" and 1% "what are the long-term effects." We've now had enough time for the second question to start producing real…
GiveDirectly's long-term Kenya cohort, the OpenResearch US study, the Stockton SEED follow-up, Welsh basic income for care leavers, Sam Altman's expanded cohort — most of these are now 24-36 months in and publishing…
I noticed this maybe around 2024 and by 2026 it feels everywhere. COP press releases used to lead with emissions targets. Now half the language is "resilience," "adaptation infrastructure," "managed retreat." Two…