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A proposed healthcare rule targets hospital drug markups that have long inflated costs for Medicare patients. The change could put over a billion dollars back into consumers' pockets next year.
The heads of OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, and Microsoft AI are calling for new federal laws to prevent bad actors from using artificial intelligence to create biological weapons. They want mandatory screening of synthetic DNA orders before AI makes it too easy to engineer dangerous pathogens.
South Australian families will pay zero fees for public school from 2027 if Labor wins reelection. The policy will save 90,000 families an average of $8,000 per child throughout their education.
Kerala just became the first Indian state to offer free college education, expanding access from high school to bachelor's degrees. The move could keep billions of rupees in local communities while opening doors for thousands of students.
Workers across Nigeria are celebrating bigger paychecks this month after new tax reforms reduced payroll deductions. Nearly 98% of employees will pay less or no income tax under the changes.