06 · Semafor
El-Sayed's new campaign ad pitch: Republicans love me
Why it matters
Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed's new ad features praise from MAGA media figures including Tucker Carlson and Jesse Watters.
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07 · Status
Vanity Fair's Kushner Conundrum
Why it matters
Vanity Fair published a $2 billion allegation about Jared Kushner from Matthew Cole's book and has not explained its vetting as legal threats mount.
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08 · Vanity Fair
Jared Kushner's hacked phone and secret negotiations
Why it matters
The disputed book excerpt alleging Kushner had access to $2 billion in secret foreign accounts, which Kushner calls categorically false.
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09 · The New York Times
Bill Owens, former 60 Minutes chief, joins Newpress
Why it matters
The former 60 Minutes executive producer joins a video journalism startup that raised $12 million led by Emerson Collective.
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10 · NBC News
Elon Musk says SpaceX closed Ukraine Starlink loophole
Why it matters
Musk admitted SpaceX throttled Starlink service in Ukraine after first denying it.
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11 · Reuters
US accuses government contractor of leaking classified info to girlfriend's Substack
Why it matters
The Justice Department accused a contractor of leaking national defense information to a Substack publisher.
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12 · L.A. Taco
Memo Torres fired: the facts
Why it matters
L.A. Taco fired its ICE-raids reporter over an alleged relationship with a lawmaker he covered.
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13 · Billboard
Elvis Presley estate sues Anthropic
Why it matters
The owners of Elvis Presley's music allege Anthropic trained its models on his songs without permission.
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14 · The Washington Post
The Silicon Valley civil war is playing out on film
Why it matters
Ryan Zickgraf on tech founders on screen, as A24's Elizabeth Holmes documentary grew 25% in its second weekend.
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15 · Refacto AdTech
The Week AI Agents Came for the Buy
Why it matters
AI agents are moving into ad transactions just as Apple's iOS 27 blocks third-party identity resolution and OpenAI begins rewriting ad creative by default.
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16 · FouAnalytics
A Verification Vendor Reported No Fraud and 99.84% CTV, but Campaign Settings Showed Only 1/3 CTV
Why it matters
A verification report said 99.84% CTV while the DSP showed 32.9%, raising the question of what the vendor actually measured.
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17 · Business Insider
Inside Amazon's $220 billion AI bet
Why it matters
A recording has AWS's CFO joking that the AI build-out took Amazon free-cash-flow negative, ahead of this week's earnings.
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18 · Business Insider
Why Silicon Valley VCs are investing billions in robotics
Why it matters
Robotics and physical AI raised a record $33.4 billion in the first half of the year, per PitchBook.
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19 · Business Insider
Terence Tao and the end of math's romantic era
Why it matters
Terence Tao says mathematicians now spend more time checking AI's work than doing the solving themselves.
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20 · Business Insider
Sundar Pichai explains how a team of AI agents helps him run the company
Why it matters
Google's CEO describes using a team of AI agents to help run the company.
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