As book bans surged across Florida, the best-selling novelist Lauren Groff decided that her town needed an independent bookstore where titles that had been purged from libraries and classrooms would be on prominent display. nyti.ms/4bxfIuD

Things seem super normal at Starbucks right now wsj.com/business/hospi…

A story from Rory Jones and I on Saudi Crown Prince MBS’ attempts to build this multi-trillion dollar building

(It’s also really really tall)

(They also don’t have enough spare cash)

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'We’re not here to store your Mom’s photos, and we don’t support people’s websites.” wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-clo…

Just watched Challengers w Berber Jin. Nobody bothered to teach Zendaya and crew a continental grip serve? Sheesh

A tech billionaire, a sprawling hillside mansion, dueling neighbors and two dogs. Welcome to the feud that has become the talk of the town in ritzy Park City, Utah.

Don't miss jim carlton's latest Ahed, quite the yarn!

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'Though Redstone was open to some deals, like a Showtime sale, she held out hope that a big buyer—maybe a technology giant—would emerge to take the whole company off her hands, including fast-deteriorating cable channels. That didn’t happen.' via Jessica Toonkel wsj.com/business/media…

Sometimes, courage and resilience is so strong it can take your breath away. Free Evan Gershkovich now.

Google delayed cookie deprecation. Again.

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Austen Allred, founder of BloomTech (formerly Lamba School), a coding bootcamp that offered 'income share' on future salaries in lieu of tuition is banned from student lending for 10 years and BloomTech must let students currently under contract withdraw. consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsr…

Review: Vampire Weekend’s fifth album, “Only God Was Above Us,” is its most ambitious yet, overflowing with memorable melodies, fresh lyrics and beautiful ornamentations on.wsj.com/3vPf7Ft on.wsj.com/3vPf7Ft

'President Biden called Thursday for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza during a phone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House said' wsj.com/world/middle-e…

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🚨check out this NEW story about Stability AI from me and Mark Bergen🚨, in which we dive into the startup's journey from AI darling to cautionary tale, drawing on our entire year's worth of deep reporting on the company.
here's a free link to read it! bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Scoop:

Stability AI's Emad Mostaque is planning to step down as CEO, according to three people who he told directly.

It comes after the research team behind AI image generator Stable Diffusion resigned last week.

From Iain Martin and me:

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Microsoft is hiring Google DeepMind Co-Founder Mustafa Suleyman to oversee its consumer AI products. I talked to Satya Nadella and Suleyman about his new role bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Self-driving cars are removing their human safety drivers on freeways this year.

It’s a crucial step for the industry as they try to scale operations without causing any accidents that put them at risk.

New from me and Miles Kruppa for The Wall Street Journal:

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“Advancing women into our most senior ranks is an area where we have not accomplished our goals,” Solomon said in a written statement to the Journal. wsj.com/finance/invest…