NYTIMES (Jack Ewing and Ryan Mac) - Elon Musk’s Next Move May Be a Mega-Merger of SpaceX and Tesla
Some shareholders might object, but there is little they could do, legal experts say.
NPR (Bill Chappell) - Tropical Storm Arthur is the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season
Forecasters say Arthur could generate life-threatening flash floods along the northern Gulf Coast. But it is not expected to strengthen further.
Forecasters say Arthur could generate life-threatening flash floods along the northern Gulf Coast. But it is not expected to strengthen further.Open
NPR (Dave Davies) - An inside look at President Trump's campaign to acquire Greenland
New Yorker writer Ben Taub says while the idea of acquiring Greenland is out of the headlines, it hasn't been dropped. Taub describes how Trump's ongoing efforts have broken the trust of our allies.
New Yorker writer Ben Taub says while the idea of acquiring Greenland is out of the headlines, it hasn't been dropped. Taub describes how Trump's ongoing efforts have broken the trust of our allies.Open
AXIOS (Emily Peck) - Anthropic export ban sounds alarms for AI industry
The White House's move to restrict access to Anthropic's latest AI model — using what is known as export controls — could harm the long-term financial prospects of the entire U.S. AI industry. Why it matters: Anthropic and OpenAI's valuations depend on the global adoption of their most advanced models, and government restrictions could limit that growth. Zoom in: If this move is more than a temporary blip, "it's not great news for U.S. tech firms or for those assuming breakneck speed of AI adoption," Jim Reid, global head of macro at Deutsche Bank, wrote in a research note. - Hundreds of billions of dollars are being spent by the data center hyperscalers and the AI labs to fund their ambitions, seeking to eventually profit from…
The White House's move to restrict access to Anthropic's latest AI model — using what is known as export controls — could harm the long-term financial prospects of the entire U.S. AI industry. Why it matters: Anthropic and OpenAI's valuations depend on the global adoption of their most advanced models, and government restrictions could limit that growth. Zoom in: If this move is more than a temporary blip, "it's not great news for U.S. tech firms or for those assuming breakneck speed of AI adoption," Jim Reid, global head of macro at Deutsche Bank, wrote in a research note. - Hundreds of billions of dollars are being spent by the data center hyperscalers and the AI labs to fund their ambitions, seeking to eventually profit from…Open
AXIOS (Ashley Gold) - Trump and AI CEOs discuss global AI rules
President Trump and top administration officials discussed a U.S.-led effort to coordinate global AI standards Wednesday at a meeting with the CEOs of leading AI companies at the G7 summit in France. Why it matters: U.S. AI policy decisions increasingly determine who around the world can access the most advanced AI models. Driving the news: Trump, along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, participated in a "working lunch" on AI and the digital age with other world leaders. - OpenAI's Sam Altman, Google's Demis Hassabis and Anthropic's Dario Amodei were among the participants. - Meta's Alexandr Wang, Mistral AI's Arthur Mensch, Cohere's Aidan Gomez and Salesforce's…
President Trump and top administration officials discussed a U.S.-led effort to coordinate global AI standards Wednesday at a meeting with the CEOs of leading AI companies at the G7 summit in France. Why it matters: U.S. AI policy decisions increasingly determine who around the world can access the most advanced AI models. Driving the news: Trump, along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, participated in a "working lunch" on AI and the digital age with other world leaders. - OpenAI's Sam Altman, Google's Demis Hassabis and Anthropic's Dario Amodei were among the participants. - Meta's Alexandr Wang, Mistral AI's Arthur Mensch, Cohere's Aidan Gomez and Salesforce's…Open
NPR (Matt Ozug) - Greetings from Maputo, Mozambique's capital, shaped by a modernist architecture
An impromptu tour of Mozambique's capital city reveals a unique imprint left by architect Amâncio "Pancho" Guedes.
An impromptu tour of Mozambique's capital city reveals a unique imprint left by architect Amâncio "Pancho" Guedes.Open
NYTIMES (Julian E. Barnes) - Intelligence Officials Have Welcomed Pulte and Then Clayton
The two, whom President Trump nominated as acting director and director of national intelligence, have both prepared to take over the office.
ABCNEWS - GOP senator says Clayton DNI hearing still on despite Trump's push for cancellation
Sen. Tom Cotton said the confirmation hearing for Jay Clayton for DNI will continue as planned despite Trump announcing it would be canceled.
NYTIMES (Carl Zimmer) - A Deadly Outbreak of Plague, Nearly 5,000 Years Before the Black Death
The oldest known cases, discovered among hunter-gatherers in Siberian graves, contradict the theory that the disease once was mild.
NYTIMES (Corey Kilgannon) - Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Receives Life Sentence After Guilty Plea
The decision on Wednesday will bring to an end an infamous case that took investigators more than a decade to solve.