Near the end of his victory speech in Detroit early Wednesday, Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed returned to the line that carried his campaign: “It shouldn’t be this hard to see a doctor in the richest, most powerful country in the world.” El-Sayed defeated Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan’s open Senate race on a night when Democrats
Agility Robotics is about to give Wall Street a reality check on the humanoid robot boom. The Oregon startup, whose two-legged robots carry heavy materials and sort goods in factories and warehouses, is expected to begin trading on Nasdaq on Thursday, becoming the first humanoid-focused company to go public in the US. Its financial disclosures
A New York appeals court on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit over the rollout of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax, ruling that the homeowners who sued had not adequately shown they were harmed. The Appellate Division, Second Department, reversed a Sept. 29 judgment by Staten Island Supreme Court Justice Wayne Ozzi that had granted the
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When it comes to Texas data centers, the concerns of tech bros aren’t completely unfounded. Experts tell WIRED that the change in leadership could translate to some concrete changes in the industry—albeit with limits. Although Democrats have control of the Texas House, Republicans still have control over the state’s senate. Robert Paterson, professor of land
Most energy stocks plunged on Wednesday—except for clean power and utilities in a few remaining reliably red states—as crude oil prices fell to one-month lows because of bullishness on Iran war peace talks and bearishness on the data center boom after Democratic blue wave wins in the midterm elections. Even as Wall Street celebrated the
