18 hours ago
- The weekly reading list covers topics including the Iran war's impacts on tech and shipping, housing legislation and market trends, and manufacturing innovations.
- In the Iran conflict, Iran proposes charging US tech firms for undersea cable use and starts Bitcoin-backed ship insurance; stuck ships suffer barnacle damage.
- A cooking oil shortage in India indirectly raises gas prices in California due to complex supply chain effects on LPG and alkylates.
- The US has lost 42 aircraft in the Iran war, mostly MQ-9 Reaper drones.
- The House passes the Road to Housing Act without build-to-rent restrictions; NYT op-ed advocates for more home construction to reduce prices.
- California landlords use 'squatter removal services', including katana-wielding specialists, to bypass slow legal processes for removing illegal occupants.
- Washington state legalizes scissor stairs, a space-saving design common elsewhere but previously illegal in the US.
- Apple repurposes defective A18 Pro chips by disabling faulty cores for use in cheaper devices like the Neo laptop, maximizing profit from imperfect processors.