Edition #49

The One Thing

• Trump slaps 50% tariffs on Canada and Carney vows to 'intensify' trade talks

Signals

• Why are gasoline prices rising faster than oil prices? Blame it on the ‘crack.’
• Fuel surcharges wallop FedEx, UPS shippers as Amazon looms
• Hackers are exploiting recently patched WordPress bugs, putting millions of websites at risk
• Pay up or not? Ransomware surge has victims facing tough choices.
• Ransomware attack forces Coca-Cola to suspend US production at dairy unit
• 'I made £100,000 of TikTok sales in one day': The business of live shopping
• W3C Attribution API prompts debate over the future of web measurement
• In Graphic Detail: AI visibility is no longer about referral traffic
• Jamie Dimon says markets underestimate risks and he wouldn't buy stocks or Treasurys at current prices
• GM beats on earnings, raises guidance amid 'resilient' consumer, pricing
• Amazon FMLA snafu led to firing of employee who took leave to care for wife, lawsuit claims
• Week in review: Meta’s AI systems ‘disproportionately’ selected certain workers for layoffs

Watch Your Back

• Founders of Celsius Network Ordered to Pay $16.5 Million to Resolve FTC Charges

Antics

• Gritt exits stealth with $34 million for robots to build solar plants—then, everything else
• 🎙️ How I AI: How the founder of Morning Brew built a Claude content machine that never runs out of ideas
• Some Mullvad VPN customers tunnel for exit after co-founder donates millions to populist party

What's Being Built

• CartAI — The AI agent that handles checkout.
• Lev8 — Find, research, and reach the right people
• Phantomstory — Launch a third-party blog to win AEO with just two clicks