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Microsoft’s OpenAI Investment and the Limits of Post-Enron Regulatory Reforms

August 3, 2026 2:06 pmAugust 3, 2026 2:06 pm

I. History of The Regulatory Environment Enron collapsed in the early 2000s because investors grew weary of seemingly endless capital raises and began questioning if the company’s financial statements were representing economic reality. The mechanism of the fraud was simple. ...

Equipment Manufacturers Meeting on CARB Engine Emissions Regulatory Landscape: The Need for Regulatory Certainty

August 1, 2026 6:30 amAugust 3, 2026 8:03 am

Equipment manufacturing executives met with California Air Resources Board (CARB) leadership in Sacramento on Wednesday for an off-the-record discussion. This followed CARB’s July 2, 2026, approval of $70 million in incentives aimed at cutting emissions from off-road equipment. Media were...

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About California’s 14 Ballot Measures in November

July 31, 2026 6:00 amAugust 1, 2026 3:57 pm

As of July 27, 2026, 14 statewide ballot propositions have qualified for the November 3, 2026 election, confirmed by the California Secretary of State. What’s so pressing in California that 14 initiatives qualified for the ballot, and why should you...

A Clash of Vices: Kalshi Accuses Netflix of Defamation

July 30, 2026 8:00 amJuly 30, 2026 8:01 am

When two institutions that profit from human weakness turn on each other, the public is left to decide which is the lesser evil. That is precisely the spectacle unfolding between prediction-market platform Kalshi and Netflix over the trailer for the...

Multi-Factor Authentication Was Supposed to Save Us – Hackers Found a Way Around Human Nature Instead

July 30, 2026 7:00 amJuly 30, 2026 7:01 am

For years, cybersecurity experts preached the same gospel. Use a strong password. Don’t reuse it. Turn on multi-factor authentication. The public eventually listened. Banks encouraged it. Social media platforms required it. Employers rolled it out. Even people who still struggle...

Guy Ritchie Film Exhibits Normal Gay Relationship but Dubbed Homophobic

July 29, 2026 5:00 pmJuly 29, 2026 5:01 pm

Guy Ritchie’s latest action film, In the Grey, arrived in theaters this spring with two bankable stars, a familiar director, and a $70 million budget. It left with a worldwide gross of roughly $23.7 million (about $5.7 million of that...

Gavin Newsom’s Predatory Behavior Coming Home to Roost

July 29, 2026 7:26 amJuly 29, 2026 2:53 pm

In 2005, while mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom had a months-long extramarital sexual affair with Ruby Rippey-Tourk, his appointments secretary. She was married at the time to Alex Tourk, Newsom’s close friend, former deputy chief of staff, and later...