PayPal Is Planning an Ad Business Using Data on Its Millions of Shoppers (www.wsj.com)
Wall Street Journal (paywalled) The digital payments company plans to build an ad sales business around the reams of data it generates from tracking the purchases as well as the broader spending behaviors of millions of consumers who use its services, which include the more socially-enabled Venmo app....
A Global Tax on Billionaires? Janet Yellen Says ‘No’ (www.wsj.com)
Treasury secretary came out against the proposed global levy, which proponents say would stop the rich from shifting wealth into countries where they can avoid paying the tax
‘Only Pirates Do This’: China Wields Axes and Knives in South China Sea Fight (www.wsj.com)
The Chinese coast guard came in small boats with axes, long knives and spears....
Roku says hackers gained access to 576k accounts in latest data-breach incident (www.wsj.com)
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Canada Had Designs on Being a Hydro Superpower. Now Its Rivers and Lakes Are Drying Up. (www.wsj.com)
Canada bet heavily on hydro as a means of cleaning up its carbon footprint; it is the third-largest hydroelectricity producer in the world. But with the climate becoming markedly drier in recent years, Canada’s utilities are now investing hundreds of billions of dollars to diversify their grids, in some cases leaning on power...
Behind Closed Doors, Biden Shows Signs of Slipping (www.wsj.com)
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You Can Thank Private Equity for That Enormous Doctor’s Bill (www.wsj.com)
35 Years After Tiananmen, China’s Conduct Again Triggers Alarm (www.wsj.com)
In 1989, blowback was swift; alienation today is ‘systematic, progressive, long-term.’...
Trump Is in Line for a $3.5 Billion Windfall From Stake in Truth Social (www.wsj.com)
If the SPAC is approved this week, he could potentially use the stock as collateral to get a bond and avoid having properties seized or declaring bankruptcy by next week’s deadline.
The Secret Deal That Put a Real Rifle Into ‘Call of Duty’ (www.wsj.com)
Rock Paper Shotgun also reported on this WSJ piece if you’d rather read about this topic there.
Meta Plans to Charge $14 a Month for Ad-Free Instagram or Facebook (www.wsj.com)
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The Hostages Next Door: Inside a Notable Gaza Family’s Dark Secret (www.wsj.com)
To the outside world, they were a physician, a journalist. No one suspected their apartment had become a prison....
U.S. Finds Some Israeli Claims on U.N. Staff Likely, Others Not (www.wsj.com)
Flood of Fake Science Forces 19 Journal Closures (www.wsj.com)
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Xi Jinping’s Historians Can’t Stop Rewriting China’s Imperial Past (www.wsj.com)
A vast effort to draft an official history of the Qing dynasty is in limbo as China’s leader demands it be bent to his vision...
Shell to Slow Pace of Carbon-Emission Cuts (www.wsj.com)
Haiti’s Largest Investor Navigates Gangs to Keep Phones Working (www.wsj.com)
Gangs in Haiti have destroyed schools, pharmacies and factories. But they have largely spared one infrastructure network: the country’s telecommunications grid....
Netflix Considers Ways to Make Money From Videogames in Possible Pivot (www.wsj.com)
Netflix has said it plans to be in gaming for years to come. Now the company is trying to figure out how to make money from it, a potential shift in strategy for the streamer....
Gaza Chief’s Brutal Calculation: Civilian Bloodshed Will Help Hamas (www.wsj.com)
Trump Leads Biden in Six of Seven Swing States, WSJ Poll Finds (www.wsj.com)
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U.S. Plans to Send Weapons to Israel Amid Biden Push for Cease-Fire Deal (www.wsj.com)
The Biden administration is preparing to send bombs and other weapons to Israel that would add to its military arsenal even as the U.S. pushes for a cease-fire in the war in Gaza, according to current and former U.S. officials....
China’s Youth Are Quitting the Rat Race to ‘Let It Rot’ (www.wsj.com)
Young people in China are becoming more rebellious, questioning their nation’s traditional expectations of career and family
Sam Altman’s Knack for Dodging Bullets—With a Little Help From Bigshot Friends (www.wsj.com)
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