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Waymo's 95% Safety Claim Faces a Quiet Statistical Catch

Waymo's robotaxis report 95% fewer serious crashes than human drivers—841 injury crashes avoided across 271M driverless miles. 🚗📉 That's a striking margin, and an independent IIHS review backs the methodology. But here's the catch: the data is self-reported against police records that miss

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FAA Probing 737 MAX software flaw as Boeing delays operator notice by nearly two years

~2,430 Boeing 737 MAX jets in service face a software flaw that can silently disable vertical navigation during an aborted landing. ✈️ Boeing flagged the issue in Nov 2024 but says operators weren't meaningfully told until last month. Southwest and United have both refused affected deliveries — a crunch

Aerial view of a residential district with rescue workers and smoke rising from aircraft wreckage near Kenge, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Why another Congo crash signals governance failure, not geography

17 dead after a Let 410 went down in a residential district of Kenge, DRC on Sep 25 — equal to a full classroom lost. ✈️ Among them: the head of the military high court and the armed forces' top prosecutor, both anchoring the Kabila prosecution. The reflexive blame is bad

A ballot box beside a gavel and a declining crime statistics chart in the background.

Violent crime falls 9.3%, yet nine states weigh harsher penalties

The FBI clocked violent crime falling 9.3% in 2025 — the biggest one-year drop since 1936. That's roughly 9 fewer violent crimes per 100,000 people. 📉⚖️ Yet nine states, eleven ballot questions on Nov. 3 are tightening bail, fentanyl, and trafficking penalties. Indiana, Louisiana, and Tennessee are

A Brazilian government building with the national flag, with online betting displays going dark in the background.

Brazil bans fixed-odds betting nationwide

R$62.5 billion a year — that's how much Brazilians spent on betting (0.68% of family GNI), and it just got banned overnight. ⚖️ Lula's provisional measure kills fixed-odds wagering nationwide, canceling 85 licenses worth ~R$2.55 billion with zero refunds for operators. Platforms

Graphic of a paused merger path between two company logos with a stablecoin token icon crossing into a Hong Kong exchange, set against a financial data background.

Animoca & Currenc suspend Nasdaq reverse merger over audits

Animoca Brands & Currenc Group just paused their Nasdaq reverse merger 🏦 — the Web3 gaming giant is stuck because it lacks current audited financials (its FY2023 report came ~3 years late). Yet Animoca's stablecoin arm Anchorpoint quietly pressed ahead: HKDAP got one of only two HKMA stablecoin licences and

AMC's $3.97B refinancing defers, not fixes, its debt problem

AMC borrowing $3.97B to refinance debt—10x its quarterly free cash flow of ~$190M. 💸 The plan extends its 2029 maturity wall into 2031, but does nothing to reduce ~$7.0B in long-term debt or flip −10.6% profit margins positive. Equity holders fund the runway again while the