NY Times: 47 Weapons Seized as California Judge Is Charged in Killing of His Wife - “I just lost it. I just shot my wife,” Judge Jeffrey Ferguson of Orange County Superior Court texted his clerk and bailiff, according to court records. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/us/california-judge-wife-murder.html - 
NY Times: 3-Year-Old Migrant Dies During Trip to Chicago on Bus Sponsored by Texas - The death appeared to be the first linked to Gov. Greg Abbott’s program of sending migrants from the border to Democratic-run cities. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/us/migrant-child-abbott-bus.html - 
NY Times: At Iowa State Fair, Kim Reynolds Gives 2024 Republicans a Safe Space - Gov. Kim Reynolds of Iowa is hosting “chats” at the Iowa State Fair, providing the Republican contenders with a friendly forum to connect with voters. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/us/politics/kim-reynolds-fairside-chats-2024.html - 
NY Times: Who Is David Weiss, Special Counsel Overseeing the Hunter Biden Investigation? - He earned the support of both of Delaware’s Democratic senators when then-President Trump, now a critic, nominated him in late 2017. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/us/david-weiss-hunter-biden-investigation.html - 
NY Times: Iowa State Fair Goers Weigh In on a Possible Trump-Biden Rematch - Lisa Lerer, a national political correspondent for The New York Times, spoke to voters about their options in the 2024 presidential election. - https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000009038222/iowa-state-fair-trump-biden.html - 
NY Times: A New Frontier for Travel Scammers: A.I.-Generated Guidebooks - Shoddy guidebooks are flooding Amazon. Their authors claim to be renowned travel writers, but are they A.I. inventions? And how big is the problem? - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/travel/amazon-guidebooks-artificial-intelligence.html - 
NY Times: A Zoom Call, Fake Names and an A.I. Presentation Gone Awry - A.I. start-ups are competing fiercely with one another as a race to get ahead in the technology intensifies. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/07/technology/ai-start-ups-competition.html -
NY Times: Schumer Wields Political Heft in Bid for New York Chips Funds - The Senate majority leader helped deliver billions of dollars in federal funding for semiconductors. Now he’s pushing for his state to reap benefits. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/business/economy/schumer-new-york-chips-funds.html - 
NY Times: Crypto’s Next Craze? Orbs That Scan Your Eyeballs. - Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, has started Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency project that aims to scan billions of human irises. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/07/technology/worldcoin-iris-scans.html - 
NY Times: Amazon to Meet Regulators as U.S. Considers Possible Antitrust Suit - Amazon’s meetings with the Federal Trade Commission, known as “last rites” meetings, are typically a final step before the agency votes on filing a lawsuit. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/07/technology/amazon-ftc-antitrust.html - 
NY Times: Driverless Taxis Can Expand San Francisco Services, Regulators Say - Autonomous Cruise and Waymo cars have been buzzing around the city for some time, and now can offer paid rides throughout it around the clock. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/technology/driverless-cars-san-francisco.html - 
NY Times: This Is a Reminder That You’re Probably Oversharing on Venmo - The mobile wallet service is a cautionary tale of how apps born at least a decade ago may be exposing more information than you would like. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/technology/personaltech/venmo-privacy-oversharing.html - 
NY Times: With No Date Set, Musk and Zuckerberg Trade Barbs on ‘Cage Match’ - Elon Musk, in an early-morning post, said he planned to livestream the event on his own platform. Mark Zuckerberg called for a “more reliable” platform, adding, “I’m ready today.” - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/technology/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-cage-match.html - 
NY Times: Eight Months Pregnant and Arrested After False Facial Recognition Match - Porcha Woodruff thought the police who showed up at her door to arrest her for carjacking were joking. She is the first woman known to be wrongfully accused as a result of facial recognition technology. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/business/facial-recognition-false-arrest.html - 
NY Times: Special Counsel Obtained Search Warrant for Trump’s Twitter Account - The warrant, obtained in January, is the first known example of prosecutors directly searching Donald J. Trump’s communications in the federal inquiry into the events of Jan. 6, 2021. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/us/politics/trump-twitter-account-search-warrant.html - 
NY Times: Indiana Tests if the Heartland Can Transform Into a Chip Hub - The state has little experience with semiconductors, but the Biden administration has promised to unleash opportunity in “the heartland of America” through the $52 billion CHIPS Act. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/technology/indiana-chips-act.html - 
NY Times: Big Tech Rebounds and Preps for Transformative A.I. Investments - As the tech giants found their financial footing last quarter, they doubled down on artificial intelligence, which has been a boon to companies like Nvidia. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/technology/tech-nvidia-chips.html - 
NY Times: Fox’s Top Lawyer, Viet Dinh, Will Depart - Viet Dinh, an influential force inside the company, advised it through its $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/business/media/viet-dinh-fox-departing.html - 
NY Times: Tanker in Yemen Is Emptied of Oil, Averting Catastrophic Spill - More than a million barrels of oil on a tanker off the coast of Yemen were transferred to another ship bought by the United Nations. But now a new hurdle looms: Who owns the recovered oil? - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/world/middleeast/yemen-oil-tanker-un.html - 
NY Times: The Dallas Cafe La La Land’s TikTok Videos and the Power of Complimenting Strangers - La La Land’s TikTok videos started as an extension of the company’s “kindness mission.” The company has built a following of 6.6 million, showing “how powerful simple acts of kindness are.” - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/style/la-la-land-tiktok-dallas-drive-by-kindness.html - 