06 · Semafor
High symbolism
Why it matters
Former UK adviser Ben Judah reads London's assertiveness over Israel's West Bank settlements as a post-American turn.
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07 · The Washington Post
Citing 'ethnic cleansing,' U.K. bars import of goods from Israeli West Bank settlements
Why it matters
The UK, France and Canada announced trade sanctions on Israel's West Bank settlements, and the White House threatened countermeasures against the UK.
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08 · Semafor
The taxman cometh
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on oil at $100 and the post-American turn.
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09 · Where's Your Ed At
Concentration Risk
Why it matters
Per Ramp data cited by Ed Zitron, 80% of OpenAI and Anthropic's enterprise revenue comes from 1% of their customers.
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10 · Stratechery
Write Things Down
Why it matters
Ben Thompson defines AGI as AI that learns continuously, which models do not, and faults OpenAI's sandbox for an unhardened package manager.
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11 · Dwarkesh Patel
The Rise and Fall of Agent Civilizations
Why it matters
Dwarkesh Patel frames the OpenAI and Hugging Face incident as agent civilizations.
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12 · Greg Kahn
While everyone debates AGI, the grid is becoming the real test
Why it matters
NERC's 2026 reliability report shows forced outage rates rising to 9.2%, and one 2025 transmission fault made Eastern Interconnection data centers shed 1,800 MW.
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13 · Built In
AI Was Supposed to Take Your Job. What Happened?
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on what AGI actually means.
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14 · Status
USA Today's Palantir Problem
Why it matters
USA Today Co. signed a Palantir partnership to analyze and monetize user data while its newsrooms cover ICE, DHS and DoD, and its union wants answers.
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15 · Nieman Lab
USA Today Co. partners with Palantir to analyze audience data
Why it matters
USA Today Co., the largest newspaper chain in the country, signed a partnership with Palantir to analyze and monetize user data.
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16 · Puck
Maria Bartiromo Out at Fox: What Really Happened
Why it matters
Dylan Byers reports Fox could no longer abide Maria Bartiromo amplifying 2020 election-fraud claims at a network still carrying $787.5M of Dominion scar tissue.
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17 · The Rebooting
Playboy's next act
Why it matters
Playboy's David Miller tells Brian Morrissey the now-quarterly magazine functions as the brand's marketing arm.
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18 · Digiday
'Frogs in the boiling water': The Amazon-FTC case and the myth of ad auction transparency
Why it matters
The FTC sued Amazon over an alleged secret reserve price in its ad auctions, and buyers aren't panicking because opaque auctions aren't unusual.
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19 · Digiday
Google divestiture is dead — and publishers are fine with that
Why it matters
Google's adtech divestiture is dead, with behavioral remedies instead of an AdX breakup, and publishers appear fine with it.
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20 · Front Office Sports
SEC Escalates LSU Legal Fight
Why it matters
The SEC amended its federal suit against LSU to seek authority to expel it from the conference, over an eligibility fight about rostering former NFL players.
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