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AI coding agents and their quirks this week: This matters for Emerging Tech Signals (Pre-Mainstream) because it gives a concrete current signal to track: Aloha!

Privacy, Safety, and Surveillance in Tech this week: California’s new Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP) lets residents send a single request to hundreds of data; and The 2026 World Cup and America250 celebrations have triggered…

AI Regulation and Export Control Debates this week: Despite ambitious defense cooperation agreements signed during Secretary Rubio’s recent visit to New Delhi, U.

Patent and Copyright Rulings in Tech and Music this week: The Federal Circuit vacated a district court’s indefiniteness ruling on TrackTime’s ‘978 patent, finding that the; and A federal judge denied summary judgment in a copyright suit…

Venture Capital, IPOs, and Hedge Fund Moves in Tech and Finance this week: EquiLibre Technologies, a Prague-based AI lab founded by three former DeepMind researchers, has raised a Series A at; and Copper Sky Capital, a Phoenix-based VC…

Comcast’s NBCUniversal Spin-Off and Its Ripple Effects on Media M&A this week: Comcast announced it will spin off NBCUniversal and Sky into a standalone entity, reversing its long-held belief; and Comcast announced a tax-free spin-off of…

Preliminary work is underway to bring cruise ships back to the Charleston area someday, following the last visit to Union Pier Terminal.

Preliminary work is underway to bring cruise ships back to the Charleston area someday, following the last visit to Union Pier Terminal.