News includes concerns over the AI boom, OpenAI's latest model issues, smartphone makers' responsibility for child safety, and new passkey technology.

• US tech stocks hit by concerns over future of AI boom — Financial Times -
• Smartphone makers must do more to protect children, UK safeguarding minister says — Financial Times -
• FirstFT: US tech stocks fall amid wave of concerns over AI boom — Financial Times -

• OpenAI’s GPT-5 Launch Causes Backlash Due to Colder Responses — The New York Times Business -
• Opinion | Elon Musk Wants to Give You Money for Nothing — Wall Street Journal -
• OpenAI Employee Stock Sale Would Value ChatGPT Maker at $500 Billion — The New York Times Business -
• What Are Passkeys—and What Do You Need to Know About Using Them? — Wall Street Journal -
• Bill Gates funds $1mn AI Alzheimer’s prize — Financial Times -
• In the age of AI, we should still teach students to make things — Financial Times -
• Musk and Zuckerberg Praise This $3,000 Smart Mattress Cover. Will Regular People Buy, Too? — Wall Street Journal -
• A.I. Travel Tools Are Everywhere. Are They Any Good? — The New York Times Business -
• UK lags behind rest of world in tackling Big Tech, says Fortnite chief — Financial Times -

News includes the US dropping a probe into a gun-sales payment company, a Wisconsin pastor's loss of a church over endorsements, debates over Federal Reserve policy, and a potential US government stake in Intel.

• US drops probe of gun-sales payment company backed by Trump’s son — Financial Times -
• He Tried to Endorse From the Pulpit. He Wound Up Without a Church. — The New York Times Business -
• Opinion | Rich Liberals to the Rescue! — Wall Street Journal -

• Opinion | The Federal Reserve Doesn’t Have to Be an Enemy of Growth — Wall Street Journal -
• US in talks for a 10% Intel stake, White House says — Financial Times -
• Powell to deliver Jackson Hole address under fire on multiple fronts — Financial Times -
• Uncle Sam taking a stake in Intel is sane in an absurd world — Financial Times -
• Economic Data Has Taken a Dark Turn. That Doesn’t Mean a Crash Is Near. — The New York Times Business -
• The Race to Rescue PBS and NPR Stations — The New York Times Business -
• Home Depot sales rise in sign of US consumer resilience — Financial Times -
• Homeowners Are Doing Small Projects but Deferring Big Ones, Home Depot Says — Wall Street Journal -
• How Keen Footwear Stays Ahead of Trump’s Shifting Tariffs — The New York Times Business -
• Trump May Further Redefine U.S. Capitalism With an Intel Move — The New York Times Business -
• Trump’s war on economic independence — Financial Times -
• It’s a run to hedge the dollar, not a run on the dollar — Financial Times -
• FirstFT: S&P affirms US credit rating — Financial Times -
• S&P affirms US credit rating as Trump tariffs boost government revenues — Financial Times -
• Retail sales or payrolls: which is right about the US economy? — Financial Times -
• No, Trump is not ushering in a new global trading order — Financial Times -
• UK has ‘agreed to drop’ demand for access to Apple user data, says US — Financial Times -

News includes Trump's stance on Ukraine security guarantees, Ukraine's fears of Russian aggression, improving India-China ties, and Hamas's acceptance of a Gaza ceasefire proposal.

• Trump says US could play role ‘by air’ in Ukraine security guarantee — Financial Times -
• ‘Red lines’: Ukraine fears more Russian aggression if it gives up land — Financial Times -
• India hails improving ties with China ahead of Modi-Xi meeting — Financial Times -

• Putin is back in the driver’s seat on Ukraine — Financial Times -
• Ukraine talks expose Trump’s dreadful attention to detail — Financial Times -
• Hamas tells mediators it accepts Gaza ceasefire proposal — Financial Times -
• The outcome of Donald Trump’s meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy: more meetings — Financial Times -
• Spanish judge charges Pedro Sánchez’s wife with embezzlement — Financial Times -
• European defence rally falters on Ukraine ceasefire talks — Financial Times -
• Trump says US to ‘co-ordinate’ Ukraine’s security with Europe — Financial Times -
• Canada’s Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre to re-enter parliament — Financial Times -
• The culture war roiling one of Turkey’s top universities — Financial Times -
• Can a better and simpler tax help India offset hit from Trump tariffs? — Financial Times -
• Trump’s Ukraine peace juggernaut careers onwards — Financial Times -

News includes the resolution of the Air Canada strike, major media company acquisitions, activist pressure on railroad operator CSX, and SoftBank's investment in Intel.

• Flight Attendants Win Boarding Pay, Four-Year Deal, Ending Air Canada Strike — Wall Street Journal -
• Why Were Air Canada Flight Attendants Striking? Boarding Pay Was a Central Issue — The New York Times Business -
• Air Canada Strike Ends, but Flight Cancellations Continue. Here’s What Travelers Should Know. — The New York Times Business -

• TV Giant Nexstar Agrees to Acquire a Rival, Tegna, for $6.2 Billion — The New York Times Business -
• Activist Ancora Pressures Railroad Operator CSX to Explore Deal — Wall Street Journal -
• SoftBank held talks with Intel on buying contract chipmaking business — Financial Times -
• Labubu frenzy sends Pop Mart profits soaring — Financial Times -
• TV-Station Owner Sinclair Proposes Merger With Tegna — Wall Street Journal -
• Peabody Calls Off $3.78 Billion Deal to Buy Anglo American’s Australian Coal Assets — Wall Street Journal -
• Air Canada to resume flights after reaching deal with union to end strike — Financial Times -
• Chamath’s new letter to Spac investors — Financial Times -
• How Pop Mart Sold the ‘Happy Vibe’ of Owning a Labubu — Wall Street Journal -
• Soho House to Be Taken Private in $2.7 Billion Deal — The New York Times Business -
• Medtronic to Add Directors After Elliott Becomes Big Shareholder — Wall Street Journal -
• BHP reports lowest profit since start of pandemic — Financial Times -
• Air Canada Strike Leaves Stranded Passengers Frustrated and Angry — The New York Times Business -
• SoftBank to buy $2bn in Intel shares as it grows US investments — Financial Times -

News includes potential reforms to UK capital gains tax, concerns over UK statistics office data quality, the UK's ongoing immigration challenges, and the UK's revised GDP recovery.

• Reeves explores reform to capital gains tax on expensive houses — Financial Times -
• ONS: is it borked? — Financial Times -
• UK fails to stop removal of asylum seekers from Essex hotel at centre of immigration debate — Financial Times -

• The UK immigration debate has become a hall of mirrors — Financial Times -
• ONS delays release of July retail sales data due to ‘quality’ concerns — Financial Times -
• UK’s post-pandemic GDP recovery is revised up by statistics office — Financial Times -
• Labour’s handling of Palestine Action drags party into political quagmire — Financial Times -
• Rail renationalisation brings no respite for weary London commuters — Financial Times -
• UK gender pay gap begins at graduation as women quickly out-earned — Financial Times -

News includes the passing of cannabis activist Richard Lee, the death of political reporter Jules Witcover, devastating wildfires in Spain, and the challenges of African development and aid cuts.

• Richard Lee, Activist Who Founded a Pot ‘University,’ Dies at 62 — The New York Times Business -
• Jules Witcover, Political Reporter and Columnist, Dies at 98 — The New York Times Business -
• Spain to declare disaster zones after area twice the size of London is burnt — Financial Times -

• Why Did Shari Redstone Give Up Control of Paramount? — The New York Times Business -
• MSNBC’s Rebrand to MS NOW Invites Bemusement and Ridicule — The New York Times Business -
• Call for entries: The Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies 2026 — Financial Times -
• France ‘flexes’ nuclear output as solar reshapes European energy — Financial Times -
• CEO pay at top US companies accelerates at fastest pace in 4 years — Financial Times -
• Vuori Signs Tennis Star Jack Draper as Global Brand Ambassador — The New York Times Business -
• African Development — Financial Times -
• Opendoor’s next chief has a fixer-upper on their hands — Financial Times -
• Hedge fund Man Group sparks backlash over non-compete agreements — Financial Times -
• The glamorous but tough industry of luxury hotel uniforms — Financial Times -
• Energy inequality: the challenge of bringing affordable, reliable access — Financial Times -
• African public lenders are accessing markets to diversify their funding — Financial Times -
• Development finance could fill the gaps left by cuts in aid programmes — Financial Times -
• Sowing the seeds of education through interactive learning — Financial Times -
• The inexorable rise of Latin America’s drug cartels — Financial Times -
• The main obstacle to raising agricultural yields is ‘African governments’ — Financial Times -
• Japan eyes low-cost debt to mitigate Africa blow from aid cuts — Financial Times -
• Africa must deal with a world of shrinking aid — Financial Times -
• Italian and French bonds meet in the middle — Financial Times -