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California Turns the AI Kill Switch Into a State Oversight Rail

California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a September 18, 2026 executive order accelerating independent oversight of AI companies and directing state officials to examine stronger safeguards for frontier models. The order asks experts to report by November 16, 2026…

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California’s AI Data Center Fight Moves to the Utility Bill

California lawmakers reached a late-August compromise on data-center energy legislation as AI infrastructure growth collides with utility-bill politics. Official Aug. 28 amendments to SB 886 and AB 2383 show the core mechanism: CPUC tariffs and updated electr…

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Google Turns Orbital TPUs Into an AI-Infrastructure Escape Hatch

SpaceX is targeting October 1, 2026, for the Transporter-18 rideshare from Vandenberg, with Project Suncatcher M1 listed in the deployment sequence as a Planet Labs-manifested payload. Google says the mission will gather in-orbit data on TPU behavior under la…

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Housing in 2026: Prices Are High, but the Market Is Barely Moving

The July Case-Shiller index reached another nominal high, but inflation, financing costs and weak sales tell a different story for the marginal buyer. Pattern Nexus reconstructs national prices from 1987, tests pre-2008 and 2019 inventory baselines, separates…

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Meta Youth Trial Turns Social Feeds Into a Product-Liability Test

Jury selection began on August 12, 2026, in federal court in Oakland for a Meta youth-harms trial involving claims that Facebook and Instagram damaged youth mental health and unlawfully collected data from children under 13. Court records had scheduled jury s…

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Congress Moves to Preempt the AI Patchwork

Reps. Jay Obernolte and Lori Trahan released a discussion draft of the Great American Artificial Intelligence Act of 2026 on June 4, 2026. The draft creates a federal framework for frontier AI governance, audits, whistleblower protections, cybersecurity, work…

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