From the BBC World Service: Japan’s SoftBank has invested $2 billion in U.S. chipmaker Intel, which has been losing ground lately in the booming AI market. It also comes as the U.S. government weighs whether to take a direct stake in the company. And, as historic White House talks spark hopes of a Putin–Zelensky summit, the war in Ukraine grinds on, with Russia turning to North Korea to plug major labor gaps.
You're Wrong About - The Insanity Defense with Mackenzie Joy Brennan
What do John Hinckley Jr. and a jazz age tuberculosis patient have in common? Legal correspondent Mackenzie Joy Brennan takes Sarah through some of the strange cases that helped make—and break—the insanity defense in America. Our story includes a woman who carried her (alleged) victims’ bodies around in a suitcase, and the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan—carried out with the intention of impressing a young Jodie Foster.
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Marketplace All-in-One - China tells businesses to embrace AI. Where does that leave humans?
Marketplace’s Jennifer Pak recently attended the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai. She asked Chinese AI firms what they think about the humans who might lose jobs to their AI products.
WSJ Minute Briefing - SoftBank Bets on Embattled Chip Maker Intel
Plus: President Trump’s steel-and-aluminum tariffs are extended to knives, wire and other finished goods. And, the Trump administration reinstates a public website that tracks federal spending after a legal fight. Caitlin McCabe hosts.
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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - S11 E13: Matt Hamann, Rownd
Matt Hamann knew he was going to be in tech way back in his younger days. His Dad worked for IBM, so there were always fun things to talk about and play with. He got his first family computer when he was 4 years old, and started programming BASIC when he was 8. Eventually, they got dialup through AOL - and he took off building websites with PHP & MySQL. Outside of tech, he is married with 3 kids. He loves to travel and spend time with his family. He also plays several instruments, including the piano and pipe organ, and enjoys tinkering with smart home devices.
Right around the time of the pandemic, Matt and his co-founder were pitching a new company idea in Y Combinator, around data privacy. After receiving the feedback that there wasn't a big market for the original idea, they started to jam on ideas on how to pivot - and quickly landed on how cool it would be to have password-less authentication.
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Headlines From The Times - Newsom Pushes Special Election, Zelensky Rejects Putin’s Peace Talk, LA28 Naming Rights Deal, DC Homeless Crackdown
Governor Gavin Newsom calls a November special election to redraw California’s congressional maps in a bid to favor Democrats, sparking criticism over undermining the state’s independent process. President Trump prepares for a surprise U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warns Vladimir Putin is bluffing about peace. LA28 secures a historic deal allowing corporate naming rights for 2028 Olympic venues. In Washington, D.C., federal officials clear homeless encampments under Trump’s crime crackdown. In business, an unusual chip deal between Trump and tech giants draws legal concerns, while OpenAI’s GPT-5 launch meets mixed reviews.
WSJ What’s News - Trump Pushes for Peace Summit with Putin and Zelensky
A.M. Edition for Aug 19. President Trump is calling for a three-way summit with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin, after an Oval Office meeting with NATO and European leaders ends with the path to peace still uncertain. Plus, SoftBank invests $2 billion in embattled chip maker Intel. And, in the first part of our series on The Price of Parenting, WSJ’s Sandra Kilhof and Te-Ping Chen discuss what it’s like to support a family with a modest income in America. Azhar Sukri hosts.
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The Daily - Zelensky Survives Second Oval Office Meeting
European leaders raced to Washington to show their support for President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine as he met with President Trump on Monday.
It was their first face-to-face meeting at the White House since their disastrous blowup in the Oval Office in February.
Michael Schwirtz, who covers global intelligence, explains how and why Mr. Zelensky’s approach has changed.
Guest: Michael Schwirtz, the global intelligence correspondent for The New York Times.
Background reading:
- Can Mr. Zelensky trust Mr. Trump? Ukraine’s fate may depend on the answer.
- Mr. Zelensky and other European leaders have learned a thing or two about negotiating with Mr. Trump.
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Up First from NPR - Trump and Ukraine, Kremlin’s View, California Redistricting
President Trump plots his next steps to broker an end to Russia's war on Ukraine after White House meetings. We look at the Kremlin's view on the peace talks. And California lawmakers seek to overhaul the state's congressional map to counter a Trump-backed move in Texas to gain an edge in the 2026 midterms.
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The Intelligence from The Economist - On a win and a player: Britain’s gaming prowess
As the world’s biggest gaming fair gets underway, our correspondent looks at the surprising success of Britain, the world’s third-largest exporter of video games. Europeans are giving up their vices, so the public takings from sin taxes are falling. And the rise of “Bangla Teslas”: battery-powered rickshaws in Bangladesh.
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