How can we balance getting things done while allowing for serendipity? The answer may be in tinkering with our “time personalities.”https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/briefing/timely-manner.html
Homeland Security says a detainee fainted. But other accounts say the man was unconscious. One witness said the guards did not seem to know how to check his pulse.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/alligator-alcatraz-detainees-medical-treatment.html
One person was in custody after a shooting left three people hospitalized, the police said.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/nyregion/times-square-nyc-shooting.html
A former federal judge, he first came to the F.B.I. just as two of the worst spies in American history were running rampant.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/william-h-webster-dead.html
Stephen Miran has also questioned the Fed’s institutional legitimacy, highlighting how policy debates have evolved into broader disagreements.https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/stephen-miran-federal-reserve-board-e7855877
Advisers used tough tactics to bring desired trade deals to the president, but key details in many remain unfinished.https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/trump-tariffs-liberation-day-delay-7d56b17e
https://www.wsj.com/economy/beijing-struggles-to-shake-off-deflationary-pressures-despite-policy-pivot-9f45fd08
The president’s advisers are reviewing new contenders, including former St. Louis Fed President James Bullard and Marc Sumerlin, a former George W. Bush adviser.https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/trump-fed-reserve-chair-search-expansion-3fe4ceaa
Canada’s labor market fell back to earth with a sharp drop in employment in July, putting a spotlight on the challenges the country’s job seekers continue to face.https://www.wsj.com/economy/canada-jobless-rate-steadies-in-july-even-as-employment-pulls-back-6743d14d
You can get impressive and high-resolution 3D scans out of this relatively inexpensive scanner.https://www.wired.com/review/matter-and-form-three-3d-scanner/
The apparent suicide of a financial adviser to an Hermès heir marks a dramatic turn in one of the most baffling and epic financial sagas of the century.https://www.wsj.com/business/eric-freymond-nicolas-puech-hermes-lvmh-8577023f?mod=rss_markets_main
Some officials believe the offering could raise around $30 billion and value the combined firms at roughly $500 billion or more.https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/trump-aiming-to-ipo-fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac-later-this-year-13b138cf?mod=rss_markets_main
Here are some of the major companies whose stocks moved on the week’s news.https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/the-score-apple-palantir-intel-and-more-stocks-that-defined-the-week-73ef9152?mod=rss_markets_main
The start of Trump’s sweeping tariffs fails to damp investor enthusiasm.https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/s-p-500-posts-best-week-since-june-cbf987a3?mod=rss_markets_main
Regulators have abused their power to cut off political opponents.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-debanking-executive-order-bank-examiners-biden-obama-operation-choke-point-8396e49d?mod=rss_markets_main
Sound energy policy is on the ballot in the Garden State this November.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-phil-murphy-caused-new-jersey-electricity-prices-to-soar-18c9e6ce?mod=rss_markets_main
The conservative activist will advise the company on removing political bias from its AI tools.https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-robby-starbuck-ai-lawsuit-settlement-6c6e9b0a?mod=rss_Technology
While Apple gives priority to privacy, Meta and OpenAI are talking about AI-powered by devices gobbling up user information.https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/why-apples-tim-cook-is-the-odd-man-out-in-the-ai-race-c456a8b4?mod=rss_Technology
Plus, AI-generated music, experimental medicine in Montana and AI notetaker eavesdropping, in this edition of The Future of Everything newsletter.https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/as-ai-comes-for-consulting-mckinsey-faces-an-existential-shift-4bc0ae67?mod=rss_Technology
Lip-Bu Tan’s venture-capital firm has supported some of the biggest names in China’s chip industry. With U.S.-China tensions running high, those investments no longer look so benign.https://www.wsj.com/tech/how-intels-ceo-helped-create-chinas-chip-industry-f660ca36?mod=rss_Technology