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Hand-picked coverage from across real estate, lending, fintech, and quantum computing — updated hourly. Kevin's own writing, photos, and commentary will appear here too.

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Real EstateSep 9, 2026

Prime Finance Supplies $63M Refi for Chelsea Multifamily Portfolio

Prime Finance Supplies $63M Refi for Chelsea Multifamily Portfolio

National Home Corp. targets 18% gross margin with pace focus

Iran referred to UN Security Council for nuclear non-compliance

UK man charged with assisting Russian military spies in sabotage plot

Hibachi Eatery Bijin Omakase Signs 5K-SF Lease in Long Island City

Yemen envoy warns of wider war as Houthis threaten Bab al-Mandeb Strait

Iraqi graduates protest for govt jobs amid unemployment crisis

Apple debuts $1,999 passport-shaped foldable phone, called Duo

Israeli strike targets home in Gaza’s al-Shati refugee camp

Manhattan’s Supply of New Condos to Hit Highest Level Since 2014 This Fall: Report

Sotheby’s International Realty brings ONE, TTR under company-owned brokerage

Uganda to withdraw from Invictus Games ‘out of respect for King Charles’, says military chief

Why Germany Isn’t Punishing Russia Harder

Do you have what it takes to scale profitably for the model you are running?

Harrison Street Hires Dan Fanelli as Co-Head of U.S. Investment Solutions

LORE and Element Land $58M to Build Miami Condo

Google picks Finland for its largest single investment in Europe

Oil hits $100 a barrel for first time since July after US and Houthi strikes

Buying a home now beat waiting in 61% of scenarios, AD Mortgage study finds

GSEs open VantageScore 4.0 to all single-family lenders

Shane Lowry Says His Proudest Moment Wasn’t His Masters Hole-in-One (But It Was Close)

He Poured His Retirement Savings into a Business — and It Failed Spectacularly: ‘I’m Working Harder Than Ever.’

What Is Math’s Mysterious Langlands Program Really About?

How Could Iran Happen? An Autopsy.

I’ve Watched Four Tech Hype Cycles. Companies Are Botching AI the Same Way.

OpenAI Says Its AI Just Solved a 90-Year-Old Math Problem — One Mathematician Calls It Theft

‘Jeopardy!’ Will Pay You $178,000 to Write Clues. But First, You Have to Survive This Test.

Germanys Merz attacks AfD in stormy debate after far-right election win

The Download: OpenAI’s turning point for math and a battery record

US to ban imports of some Canadian alcohol, dairy goods and motorbikes

Batteries just broke another record in the US

German Democracy, as We Knew It, Is Over

Understanding the thermal ceiling in portable power

Southeast Asia’s Subtle Shift on Taiwan

Introducing the Fall 2026 Print Issue

Babies born to anaemic mothers have smaller brains, study finds

What OpenAI’s latest controversy tells us about the future of math

The Download: our 35 Innovators Under 35 this year

AI Has Solved One of Math’s $1 Million Millennium Prize Problems

Hijacking pirates exploit regional chaos to return to seas off Somalia

Weather tracker: Typhoon Saudel causes mass evacuations in south-east China

Egyptian TV presenter among 12 sentenced to death for drug crime

Less than 24 hours to apply for your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Event

Live from ICM 2026: What Is Math For in the Age of AI?

In an Age of AI, a Physicist Seeks What Endures

The Builders Stage brings practical strategies for scaling startups to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Genome Duplication Is a Radical Evolutionary Gamble

Kalshi bans George Santos for life over State of the Union bets

Ryan Breslow is raising up to $27M in pay-to-play bridge funding to save Bolt

Walmart to finally start accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay

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