Edition #58

The One Thing

• Commerce Department proposes tariffs on more steel, aluminum, copper goods

Signals

• SK Hynix to invest $38 billion building new memory chip plants as demand soars
• The July jobs numbers are due out Friday. Here's what to expect
• Intrusion at US healthcare software provider puts 3.8M people's data at risk
• China-linked LightSpy spyware caught targeting victims in 13 countries, including the US
• Strong peak demand pumps trans-Pac box rates
• Cyberattack on Ceva Logistics warehouses in Europe impacts retailers
• Nielsen to take DoubleVerify private for $2.15 billion as public ad tech stocks stumble on mixed Q2 earnings
• Big-Box Briefing: This back-to-school season is all about low prices and social trends
• Fossil ads using AI to identify target profiles earn 58.8M impressions
• Must employers always wait before clarifying FMLA certifications with providers? Not necessarily, 4th Circuit says
• Wage compression — not job cuts — may be the outcome of AI adoption at work

Watch Your Back

• French rugby club Stade Français restores systems after cyberattack, probes data leak
• New NatJack Attacks Hijack TCP Sessions and Spoof DNS by Manipulating NAT Tables

Antics

• Inside the New York Liberty’s year-round merch machine
• Stopgap transportation funding fails to advance in Senate
• How to raise your rates as a solopreneur

What's Being Built

• Coldtea.ai — Make your software delivery self-driving
• Soloop — Approval-first Agent OS for solo founders
• Rindler — Automate the web work your team does by hand