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Who Benefits from Remote Schooling? Self-Selection and Match Effects (National Bureau of Economic Research)
The Life and Death of American Cities (NYT Guest Essay)
Getting Into Y Combinator Is Tougher Than It’s Ever Been (Bloomberg)
Cutting ships’ pollution has climate downside (Nature)
How AI is helping airlines mitigate the climate impact of contrails (Google AI Blog)
Novo's obesity drug cuts risk of heart disease in study (Reuters)
S&P Drops ESG Scores From Debt Ratings After Investor Confusion (Bloomberg)
How Apple Will Save Billions of Dollars on Chips for New iPhone (The Information)
US TSMC plant faces calls to ban Taiwanese workers; German plant expected (9to5Mac)
Scientists of Chinese descent leaving the US at an accelerating pace (Chemistry World)
A Look Inside Sam Bankman-Fried’s Empire Before It Collapsed (Bloomberg)
Podcast: Penn Signs $2B deal with ESPN & Dave Portnoy Gets Barstool Sports Back for Free (Joe Pomp Show)

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