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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.

This is the creation story of Rownd.

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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.

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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.

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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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Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Roberta Rampton, Ryland Barton, Acacia Squires, Olivia Hampton and Adriana Gallardo. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott. And our technical director is Carleigh Strange.

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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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NPR's Book of the Day - Alexis Okeowo’s ‘Blessings and Disasters’ is an ode to Alabama’s complicated history

Alexis Okeowo grew up in Alabama. But it wasn’t until they left for college that Okeowo realized the strong stereotypes outsiders held about their home state. With their new book Blessings and Disasters, the New Yorker staff writer blends memoir and reporting to tell an alternate history of Alabama. In today’s episode, Okeowo speaks with NPR’s Emily Kwong about those who are often excluded from the state’s history, including the Poarch Creek Indians and Alabama’s West African communities.


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Start Here - Trump Pushes a Putin-Zelenskyy Meeting

After a meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders, President Trump presses ahead with plans for a meeting between Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin. Texas Democrats arrive back at the state house in Austin, setting the state for a dramatic redistricting vote. And Hurricane Erin threatens the East Coast with rain, waves, and dangerous rip currents.

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Short Wave - Toxic? These Animals Don’t Care

Imagine, you’re a toxic toad hanging around South America. No other animals are gonna mess with you, right? After all, you’re ~toxic~! So if anyone tries to eat you, they’ll be exposed to something called a cardiotonic steroid — and may die of a heart attack. Well, unfortunately, for you, some animals have developed adaptations to these toxic steroids. Evolutionary biologist Shabnam Mohammadi has spent her career studying how these adaptations work — and says even humans have used these toxins to their advantage since ancient Egypt. So today on Short Wave, we get a little… toxic (cue Brittney Spears). Host Regina G. Barber talks to Shabnam about how some predators can get away with eating toxic prey. 


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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 8.19.25

Alabama

  • Execution of David Roberts delayed pending results from psychiatric report
  • Governor Ivey sets another execution date for inmate Anthony Todd Boyd
  • AL House speaker Ledbetter endorse Sen. Tuberville in Governor's race
  • State senator says Ivey admin. still allowing DEI policies to proceed
  • University of South Alabama to use DOD grant money on cancer research
  • Jerry Carl says he has learned a lot away from DC but still wants to return

National

  • Trump admin helping Russia/Ukraine take further steps towards peace
  • Woman arrested in DC traveled there to "kill" Trump
  • Missouri AG Andrew Bailey is stepping down to join FBI as deputy director
  • Former AG Bill Barr was in DC for closed door deposition on Jeffrey Epstein
  • Illegal alien who drove semi truck and killed 3 people now arrested in CA
  • CA female prison inmate beats up a child torturer and gets flooded with donations to her commissary account