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Monday, April 13, 2026

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articleThe Deep View
A profile of the Biological Computing Company, which uses living neurons to build AI chips and algorithms, and emerged from stealth in February with a $25M seed

A San Francisco startup is building AI chips out of living human neurons. Not a metaphor. Not science fiction. They just raised $25M to prove it works.

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articleBloomberg
Hungarian Stocks and Forint Jump as Orban Loss Starts New Era

Hungary's currency hit a four-year high and stocks broke records within hours of Orbán losing. Markets are pricing in a democratic dividend — EU funding, economic revival, the works.

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articleWar on the Rocks
Regime Change in Iran, Underpants Gnomes, and the Phase II Problem

Step 1: Bomb Iran. Step 2: ??? Step 3: Regime change. A defense analyst uses South Park's Underpants Gnomes to expose the gaping hole in the war's strategic logic.

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articleWorks in Progress
The secrets of the shinkansen

Japan's bullet trains aren't magic — they're the product of specific, replicable decisions about maintenance, scheduling, and institutional design. Here's the formula.

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articleThe New Statesman
“There is a 50-50 chance Iran will detonate a nuclear weapon within the next three years”

With the fragile US-Iran ceasefire under threat and JD Vance heading into high-stakes talks, Iranian officials believe they now hold the stronger cards

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