The video-sharing platform and cloud services provider said a deal would allow it to integrate Northern Data’s Ardent data center business and Taiga AI cloud service into its existing operations.https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/rumble-mulls-1-17-billion-all-stock-deal-for-northern-data-8a8376bf?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f
Aluminum recycling plants can be built faster and cheaper than smelters making primary aluminum from refined bauxite.https://www.wsj.com/finance/commodities-futures/how-to-offset-trumps-aluminum-tariffs-recycle-your-beer-can-956cf433?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f
The decision to stop the sale comes after developments in the U.S. wind market disrupted the renewable-energy company’s asset sale plans.https://www.wsj.com/articles/orsted-plans-9-4-billion-rights-issue-to-fund-offshore-wind-projects-1703c3aa?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f
Target, needing to revive sales and boost morale, is searching for its next leader.https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/target-corporate-employees-ceo-search-bcfeb735?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f
Engine Capital has a roughly 3% stake in the life-sciences company.https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/activist-investor-to-push-avantor-to-sell-itself-4a86f7f9?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f
Lip-Bu Tan is set to meet with the president, who last week called for Tan’s removal.https://www.wsj.com/tech/intel-ceo-singled-out-by-trump-to-visit-white-house-on-monday-10e482af?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f
Gaming cheats are the bane of the video game industry—and a hot commodity. A recent study found that cheat creators are making a fortune from gamers looking to gain a quick edge.https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-multimillion-dollar-grey-market-for-video-game-cheats/
A small but growing number of academics are improperly taking credit for articles, citations, and authorships, allowing them to appear prestigious without having conducted their own research.https://www.wired.com/story/black-market-for-fraudulent-science-growing-faster-than-legitimate-research/
Israel accused Anas Al-Sharif of heading a Hamas cell, allegations his network denied.https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-killed-five-al-jazeera-journalists-in-airstrike-network-says-a8dd7934
Leonid Smirnov built Russia’s biggest canned foods company. With the stroke of a pen, Putin’s government took it over.https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/leonid-smirnov-russia-business-control-a36b7385
A giant hydropower project at the edge of the Tibetan plateau represents a spectacular feat of engineering—and an unsettling prospect for the nations downstream.https://www.wsj.com/world/china/the-engineering-marvel-that-china-hopes-will-help-wean-it-off-foreign-energy-f8f91e92
Israel’s prime minister revealed the previously undisclosed objective amid pressure internationally and at home.https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israels-new-war-plan-includes-fighting-in-gazas-central-refugee-camps-2e0d8ad0
Teen-agers with progeria have effectively aged eight or nine decades. A cure could help change millions of lives—and shed light on why we grow old.https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/18/how-an-ultra-rare-disease-accelerates-aging
The musician’s overwhelming popularity can overshadow his ethos of self-reliance. On his new album, “Guitar,” he played every instrument and is releasing it on his own label.https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/18/mac-demarco-profile
An honest accounting of our Executive-in-Chief’s runaway self-enrichment.https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/18/the-number
Amos Harel, a defense analyst at Haaretz, on what’s behind Netanyahu’s push to reoccupy Gaza City, and how the Israeli Prime Minister has changed since the war began.https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/what-is-benjamin-netanyahu-really-after
As the stock prices of Big Tech companies continue to rise and eye-popping I.P.O.s reëmerge, echoes of the dot-com era are getting louder.https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-financial-page/is-the-ai-boom-turning-into-an-ai-bubble
The Superman actor announced last week that he signed up for the ICE recruitment program.https://www.newsweek.com/dean-cain-hits-back-john-oliver-ice-2111549
The four-time world champion has found out what is pushing McLaren to the top in the 2025 season.https://www.newsweek.com/sports/racing/max-verstappen-uncovers-crucial-mclaren-secret-behind-its-f1-domination-2111617
Lindsey Shelton told Newsweek that she "couldn't tell if it was some cruel joke from the universe, or if it was a simple hello from our Murphy."https://www.newsweek.com/shocked-woman-grieves-rescue-dog-2111613