06 · Business Insider
"Wall Street schooled Leopold Aschenbrenner"
Why it matters
Leopold Aschenbrenner's Situational Awareness made an emergency call to unload more than $10 billion, and Citadel bought most of it at a discount.
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07 · Business Insider
"Microsoft's biggest single-day jump since 2008"
Why it matters
Microsoft posted the largest single-day gain in market value ever recorded, up more than 15%, after declining to raise its capex forecast.
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08 · Business Insider
"Apple's earnings beat, but the stock dipped"
Why it matters
Apple warned an AI-driven memory chip shortage will cut production and squeeze margins, and Tim Cook floated a paid tier for Siri.
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09 · The Washington Post
"The economy slowed this spring"
Why it matters
GDP grew 1.5%, with more than half of it driven by AI-related investment.
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10 · The Washington Post
"Mass layoffs hit Haitian workers as protected status ends"
Why it matters
Over a million migrants, mostly Haitian, lost temporary protected status, with mass layoffs following at airports, nursing homes and schools.
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11 · The Washington Post
"Republicans struggle for a way forward on the Blanche nomination"
Why it matters
John Cornyn and Thom Tillis have Todd Blanche's attorney general nomination stalled over a $1.8 billion fund and the president's audit immunity.
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12 · The Washington Post
"ICE is expanding its arrests at airports to new targets"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on Gaza, Iran and threatened trade chokepoints.
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13 · Puck
"The WarnerMount Case Is Just the Beginning"
Why it matters
Eriq Gardner argues California's AB 1776, the COMPETE Act, is a bigger antitrust story than the $111 billion WarnerMount fight.
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14 · Puck
"Inside Greg Brockman's OpenAI charm offensive"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on media, ad tech and the attention business.
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15 · Digiday
"The case for and against agencies betting on tokens"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on media, ad tech and the attention business.
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16 · Digiday
"Google quietly gives ground on PMax controls"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on media, ad tech and the attention business.
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17 · Defector
"After 75 Years Of Losing, Mayo Shocked The World And Shook A Stadium"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on sports business and the long read.
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18 · The Athletic
"LeBron James and ESPN near a 'Last Dance'-style documentary"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on sports business and the long read.
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19 · The Athletic
"Pickup basketball, happiness, and an 81-year-old"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on sports business and the long read.
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20 · Defector
"All The Trains I Rode In Los Angeles"
Why it matters
A surprised review of LA Metro during the World Cup, and what a $1.75 fare with ten-minute frequencies actually buys.
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