Cannabis Banking Is Still Broken. This Credit Union Built Around It.
In April 2026, the federal government moved medical cannabis to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act, the most significant change to marijuana’s federal status in more than 50 years. Over the summer, a Drug Enforcement Administration hearing took up the larger question of whether adult-use cannabis should follow, wrapping in mid-July with a recommendation […]
A 10-Year-Old Built an AI “Nose” for Airports. Could It One Day Detect Drugs?
Won’t somebody please think of the children?! Well, there’s no need this time, because it seems the children are already thinking of us. Hsu Ting-wei, a 10-year-old from Taiwan, has just won a gold medal and the Best Invention Award from the International Federation of Inventors’ Associations (IFIA) for a device that looks like something […]
King Gizzard Built Its Own Festival Instead of Touring. It Starts Friday.
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard headline all three nights of their own festival in the Colorado Rockies this weekend, with 24 acts, a fan-run bootlegger alley and almost nowhere left to camp. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard will play six shows in North America this year. Three of them happen this weekend, in […]
Texas Built a Weed Market Without Legalizing Weed
Texas still prohibits adult-use marijuana, but hemp legalization, a restricted medical program, and uneven enforcement have created an active market, hiding in plain sight. Texas has not legalized adult-use cannabis. It has, however, spent the past several years creating conditions in which a person can walk by “Free Weed” signs into a store, buy an […]