From the BBC World Service: Japan’s export figures were the strongest in three years, climbing 16.8% year over year in January. The data sharply beat market expectations. Plus, the German drugs giant Bayer is offering to pay more than $10 billion to settle claims over the weedkiller Roundup. And, European commercial flights have resumed to Venezuela for the first time since the ousting of President Nicolás Maduro.
WSJ Minute Briefing - Zuckerberg to Testify as Landmark Addiction Trial Begins
Plus: Europe dials up the pressure on big tech. And the IMF issues a warning to Japan, urging it to keep raising rates and avoid tax cuts. Luke Vargas hosts.
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WSJ What’s News - Zuckerberg to Testify in First Major Social Media Addiction Case
A.M. Edition for Feb. 18. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to take the stand today in a bellwether California trial testing claims that social media harms teens. Plus, WSJ tech reporter Sam Schechner details how Europe’s push to regulate big tech is gaining steam. And strain in the U.S. commercial real-estate market nears a breaking point, as lenders call in tens of billions of dollars of troubled loans. Luke Vargas hosts.
Check out the latest episode of WSJ's Take On the Week to hear why the “K-Shaped economy” is making it harder to forecast growth.
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Native America Calling - Wednesday, February 18, 2026 – Native in the Spotlight: Keeya Wiki
Keeya Wiki (Yurok and Maori) is not yet old enough to vote, but she is making waves in official discussions about climate policy and environmental sustainability. She was among a group of young people who made a historic kayak journey down the Klamath River from its source in the Cascade Mountains to its confluence with the Pacific Ocean after the largest dam removal project in history. It was both a celebration of her tribe’s accomplishments and a statement about what she sees as the future of successful, tribally-driven environmental policy. Since then she has also served as a delegate to the U.N.’s recent climate summit in Brazil. We’ll hear about her determined and creative intersection of cultural knowledge and modern climate activism.
GUESTS
Keeya Wiki (Yurok and Māori descent), Indigenous advocate
Ruby Williams (Karuk), Native water activist and kayaker
Break 1 Music: BALDH3AD! (song) Theia (artist)
Break 2 Music: Digital Winter (song) Ya Tseen (artist) Stand On My Shoulders (album)
Marketplace All-in-One - Can software companies survive the AI boom?
As artificial intelligence companies roll out more sophisticated agents, many analysts and investors raised concerns that AI could replace traditional software. Some are dubbing this the “SaaSpocolypse.”
New AI tools allow users to “vibe code,” or describe what you’d like to create in plain language and have the AI generate the code for you. This could make some software easier for companies to create themselves.
Marketplace’s Stephanie Hughes spoke with Daniel Newman, CEO of The Futurum Group, a technology research firm, to learn more.
Headlines From The Times - Remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson and Chipotle Reports Its Worst Year Ever
Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died at the age of 84. As leaders around the world reflect on his legacy, Jackson is remembered as one of the nation’s most powerful voices for Black Americans. In other news, Warner Bros. Discovery is giving Paramount Skydance seven days to submit its “best and final” offer to buy the entire studio, including Warner’s cable channels and HBO Max. The move comes after Paramount submitted an enhanced offer last week, complicating Netflix’s proposed $82.7 billion deal. And happy Lunar New Year! The Year of the Fire Horse is said to inspire action, confidence and independence. In business, Chipotle reports its worst business year since going public 20 years ago, and Mattel saw its shares plunge after reporting weak holiday sales due to miscalculated Barbie doll demands. Read more at LATimes.com.
Curious City - Why did the FBI recruit girls from Catholic high schools?
For a few decades starting in the 1940s, the FBI recruited high school girls for clerical work. A Chicago Catholic school was a go-to spot to make new hires.
60 Songs That Explain the '90s - Bruce Springsteen — “The Rising”
In the uncertain moments following 9/11, we were searching for comfort and someone to help us make sense of it all. Today, Rob discusses the one musician who was capable of stepping up and capturing the emotions the American people were feeling: Bruce Springsteen. Rob recaps the political statements Springsteen had been making in the decades before, which prepared him for the creation of “The Rising.” Finally, he is joined by music critic and Springsteen expert Steven Hyden to discuss where the album ‘The Rising’ ranks in his discography.
Host: Rob Harvilla
Producers: Justin Sayles and Olivia Crerie
Additional Video Editing: Kevin Pooler
Guest: Steven Hyden
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The Daily - Can A.I. Already Do Your Job?
“Vibecoding,” or using artificial-intelligence tools such as Claude Code to generate code for websites or apps, is the newest A.I. trend, and it could transform the software-development industry.
Kevin Roose, a technology columnist for The New York Times, takes us inside the process.
Guest: Kevin Roose, a technology columnist for The New York Times in the San Francisco Bay Area and a host of the Times tech podcast, “Hard Fork.”
Background reading:
- Here is the website Kevin and Natalie built during the episode.
- Here are five ways people are using Claude Code.
- With “vibecoding," A.I. can help anyone build an app.
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Up First from NPR - US & Iran Plan To Meet Again, CBS: Colbert & Cooper, Social Media On Trial
U.S. and Iranian negotiators agree to keep talking after meetings in Geneva, even as President Trump threatens military force and Tehran warns it could retaliate.
Stephen Colbert says CBS blocked a political guest from his late-night show, adding to a wave of upheaval involving Anderson Cooper and corporate maneuvering at the network’s parent company.
And Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes the stand in a landmark trial testing whether social media companies can be held legally responsible for harming young users.
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Stephen Colbert says CBS blocked a political guest from his late-night show, adding to a wave of upheaval involving Anderson Cooper and corporate maneuvering at the network’s parent company.
And Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes the stand in a landmark trial testing whether social media companies can be held legally responsible for harming young users.
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Today’s episode of Up First was edited by James Hider, Pallavi Gogoi, Brett Neely, Mohamad ElBardicy and Alice Woelfle.
It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Nia Dumas.
Our director is Christopher Thomas.
We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis. And our technical director is Simon-Laslo Janssen.
Our Supervising Producer is Michael Lipkin.
(0:00) Introduction
(01:55) US & Iran Plan To Meet Again
(05:26) CBS: Colbert & Cooper
(09:49) Social Media On Trial
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