AI’s biggest secret: we can shape it
Artificial intelligence is poised to transform the world. Tech bros want it to subjugate us—but it doesn’t have to be that way
THE NEW YORK TIMES – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2025
Trump Declares Dubious Emergencies to Amass Power, Scholars Say
In disputes over protests, deportations and tariffs, the president has invoked statutes that may not provide him with the authority he claims.
In Trump’s ‘Patriotic’ Hiring Plan, Experts See a Politicized Federal Work Force
Political appointments inherently take into consideration loyalty to the president or the party. But expanding those types of questions to the career civil service is a significant departure.
Clock Ticks as U.S. and China Try to Undo Devastating Trade Curbs
Officials from the world’s largest economies will try to strike a deal Tuesday to relax painful export restrictions that they have imposed on each other.
CHICAGO BOOTH REVIEW – SUMMER 2025 PREVIEW
Banking Is Getting Easier, but Is It Riskier?
Fintech may be generating unintended consequences for consumers and the industry.
Does Fintech Threaten the Stability of the Financial System?
Regulating new financial products and platforms requires understanding their risks and vulnerabilities.
How AI Can Make Smarter Predictions
Researchers gave AI a way to evaluate and calibrate its own uncertainty.
Are Employers Playing a Game of Monopsony?
Labor’s share of national income has fallen, and competition for workers may have something to do with it.
THE WALRUS MAGAZINE – JULY/AUGUST 2025
THE WALRUS MAGAZINE (June 10, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Summer Reading’…
The Taliban Are Turning Boys’ Schools into Jihadist Training Grounds
by Soraya Amiri
Afghans worry their children are doomed under new curriculum enforced at gunpoint
I’ve Visited Guantánamo 28 Times as a Reporter. It Still Defies Belief
Is Jordan Peterson Just Making It Up as He Goes?
The culture war’s favourite prophet can’t finish a straight thoughtby Luke Savage
COUNTRY LIFE MAGAZINE – JUNE 11, 2025 PREVIEW
My piece of Heaven
From Belvoir to Belfast, the Exe to the Itchen and Holkham to Herefordshire, 11 friends of Country Life reveal what makes their beloved little corner of the British Isles stand out from the crowd
All hail the new Carolean age
A host of Charles III’s creative subjects are echoing the artistic achievements of the Restoration. Kate Green, John Goodall and Carla Passino investigate
Best in class
Julie Harding showcases the British-made products that are the embodiment of excellence both at home and abroad
Blooming brilliant
Charles Quest Ritson meets the dedicated custodians of our precious plant heritage
Susan Owens’s favourite painting
The art historian and author chooses a coastal masterpiece that brings the elements to life
The legacy
‘We’re doomed’—Kate Green salutes the hapless Captain Mainwaring and his motley, but much-loved Dad’s Army troops
Enthroning harmony
The King’s decades-long quest for harmony shines through in his architectural ventures, as Clive Aslet discovers
Trunk call
Julie Harding reveals how The King is backing efforts to save our majestic oaks, the arboreal icons of the British landscape
Winging it
Mark Cocker hails the original ‘jump jet’, the heady hen harrier
Life is like a rainbow
The vibrant hues of Nature’s paint palette are the daubs of warning, mating and more, suggests John Lewis-Stempel
Wink and you’ll miss it
There’s nothing tame about tiddly-winks, finds Amie Elizabeth White
Penny for your thoughts
Does familiarity breed contempt for Matthew Dennison as he delves into enduring proverbs?
Heritage threads
Hetty Lintell heads into the countryside to celebrate the very best of British fashion
No, Mr Bond, I expect you to cycle…
Paul Henderson joins the Q for Aston Martin’s top two-wheeler
Interiors
Giles Kime is wowed as the WOW!house opens its doors
A phoenix rises
Tiffany Daneff admires the revival of the historic gardens at Bledhow House in Buckinghamshire
A storm in a teacup
Jonathon Jones shares the dos and don’ts of brewing up
Arts & antiques
The politics, passions and portaits of wealthy American heiresses, with Carla Passino
Do judge the book by its cover
Carla Passino toasts the British illustrators who gave life to the worlds of Winnie-the-Pooh, Alice in Wonderland and Peter Rabbit
And much more
MIT SLOAN MANAGEMENT REVIEW – SUMMER 2025
Time Well Spent: A New Way to Value Time Could Change Your Life
Leslie Perlow and Salvatore Affinito
Will AI Disrupt Your Business? Key Questions to Ask
Julian Birkinshaw
The Business Cost of the Shrinking STEM Research Pipeline
Chris Carr and Dave Christy
THE NEW YORK TIMES – TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2025
Trump Jumps at the Chance for a Confrontation in California Over Immigration
The situation has all the elements that the president seeks: a showdown with a top political rival in a deep blue state over an issue core to his agenda.
Democrats Hate Trump’s Policy Bill, but Love Some of Its Tax Cuts
There’s an undercurrent of Democratic support for elements of President Trump’s tax agenda, a dynamic that Republicans are trying to exploit as they make the case for enactment of their sprawling domestic legislation.
Nicole Scherzinger, Mia Farrow and Sadie Sink Party After the Tonys
Stars turned out for show tunes and spirited celebrations that included an official after-party at the Museum of Modern Art and a gathering at the Carlyle Hotel.
Foreign Policy Magazine – The AI Arms Race, June 2025
FOREIGN POLICY MAGAZINE: This issue features ‘The AI Arms Race’ , a collection of must-read articles on the convergence of artificial intelligence and geopolitics. With the U.S. and China escalating their intense battle for AI supremacy across economic and military spheres, power dynamics are already shifting. FP provides the full picture for you to download and read at your leisure. Unlock this collection, along with more hard-hitting geopolitical analysis.
10 New AI Challenges—and How to Meet Them
“Doomers” have mostly self-silenced, but that doesn’t mean the technology has become any safer. | Bhaskar Chakravorti
The Next AI Debate Is About Geopolitics
Data might be the “new oil,” but nations—not nature—will decide where to build data centers. Jared Cohen
What DeepSeek Revealed About the Future of U.S.-China Competition
Washington faces a daunting but critical task.
THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE – JUNE 16, 2025 PREVIEW
THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE: The latest issue cover features Haruka Aoki’s “Nothing to See” – It’s good to be a cat. By Françoise Mouly Art by Haruka Aoki
The Victims of the Trump Administration’s China-Bashing
A Cold War-era report is a reminder of how long suspicion has trailed people of Chinese descent in the U.S. By Michael Luo
Jacinda Ardern’s Overseas Experience
New Zealand’s ex-Prime Minister, an anti-Trump icon during COVID, revisited her impoverished New York days, when she slept on a couch and loitered at the Strand. By Andrew Marantz
A First Kiss from America’s First Woman in Space
Tam O’Shaughnessy came out as Sally Ride’s partner of twenty-seven years when she wrote of the relationship in Ride’s obituary. By Michael Schulman
THE NEW YORK TIMES – MONDAY, JUNE 9, 2025
What to Know About the Immigration Protests in Los Angeles
Demonstrations against the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration have been largely peaceful, but tensions flared after President Trump ordered National Guard troops to deploy to the city.
Trump’s Feud With Musk Highlights His View of Government Power: It’s Personal
President Trump threatened to cut off Elon Musk’s federal contracts, showing that he looks at the government as his own means of penalizing those who cross him.
After His Trump Blowup, Musk May Be Out. But DOGE Is Just Getting Started.
With members embedded in multiple agencies, the team’s approach to transforming government is becoming “institutionalized,” as one official put it.
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