YouTube — 2026-05-11#

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If you only have time for one thing today, make it Zhang Xiaojun’s fascinating 4-hour interview with AI researcher Yao Shunyu. Shunyu shares candid inside baseball on the cultural differences between Anthropic and Google DeepMind, arguing that the era of individual heroism in AI is dead and has been replaced by massive, system-level collective efforts.

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On the geopolitical and financial front, the channel 美投侃新闻 provides a solid breakdown of Trump’s upcoming state visit to China with a 17-CEO entourage, alongside a warning from Goldman Sachs that the current semiconductor and AI stock bubble feels eerily like 1999. In US news, The New York Times highlights a controversial shift in how Trump is prioritizing white South African Afrikaners for refugee status. Bloomberg Originals explores the US military’s sudden return to jungle training in Panama as a muscular flex of the Monroe Doctrine following operations in Venezuela. Finally, The Wall Street Journal covers the high-stakes low-earth-orbit clash between Amazon and SpaceX over the trillion-dollar global broadband market.

YouTube — 2026-05-13#

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If you only have time for one video, make it 李想×罗永浩！李想的理想：通过 AI 技术，让普通人也过上富豪的生活. Li Auto’s CEO Li Xiang sits down with Luo Yonghao for a fascinating, deep-in-the-weeds discussion about moving beyond cars into “embodied AI,” creating proprietary dynamic data-flow chips, and mapping out a realistic timeline for L4 autonomous driving.

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The Financial Times and NYT both weigh in on Donald Trump’s upcoming trip to Beijing, highlighting how he views China primarily as an economic competitor and may use his leverage to seek help resolving the Iran war. On the markets front, CNBC covers an unusual geopolitical test for the Fed regarding a permanent U.S.-UAE dollar swap line, while FT breaks down GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen’s aggressive, hostile bid to buy eBay utilizing the company’s $9.5 billion meme-stock cash pile. Interestingly, as the FT reports China blaming foreign “anti-work propaganda” for youth “lying flat,” LIFEANO CLUB provides a brilliant historical parallel in 袁Sir聊苏联反躺平：今天迟到扣工资，过去迟到进监狱 #lifeano漫聊 260513, detailing how the Soviet Union severely punished idle workers with labor books and labeled them “social parasites”. For lighter personal finance, GQ Taiwan features Kevin O’Leary in 億萬富翁的投資策略大公開！ sharing sharp, basic investing advice on diversification and the power of ETFs.

Tech News — 2026-05-15#

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OpenAI is reportedly exploring legal action against Apple over a “crappy” ChatGPT integration, claiming the tech giant intentionally failed to promote the feature and significantly damaged the AI startup’s brand. The strained partnership reveals the fragile nature of massive AI distribution deals, as OpenAI realizes the promised billions in subscriptions from Apple users may never materialize.

Seattle Local — 2026-05-18#

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A 31-year-old Bellevue man, Christopher Leahy, has been charged with first-degree murder after 19-year-old University of Washington student Juniper Blessing was found fatally stabbed more than 40 times in a Nordheim Court apartment laundry room. Leahy is currently being held on $10 million bail as investigators work to determine a motive and whether the attack was targeted or random.

Tech News — 2026-05-18#

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Elon Musk has officially lost his landmark lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman after a jury unanimously decided he waited too long to file his claims,. The swift verdict ends the “tech trial of the year” and frees OpenAI to pursue its for-profit AI ambitions without the looming threat of its billionaire co-founder,.

Seattle Local — 2026-05-19#

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Christopher Leahy, 31, has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of 19-year-old University of Washington student Juniper Blessing. Prosecutors allege Leahy stabbed Blessing 40 times in the laundry room of the Nordheim Court student housing complex on May 10, and investigators believe he may also be connected to other campus-area prowling incidents.

Tech News — 2026-05-19#

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Alphabet’s Google has partnered with private equity giant Blackstone to launch a new AI cloud business, fueled by an initial $5 billion in equity capital. Backed by Google’s specialized TPU chips, the massive infrastructure play is a direct shot across the bow of CoreWeave and Nvidia, proving that the tech industry’s fiercest battles are still being waged over raw compute power.

Seattle Local — Week of 2026-05-16 to 2026-05-22#

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The University of Washington community is mourning the loss of 19-year-old student Juniper Blessing, who was fatally stabbed in an off-campus laundry room on May 10. Authorities have charged 31-year-old Christopher Leahy with first-degree murder, setting his bail at $10 million as they investigate whether the brutal attack was targeted or connected to other campus-area prowling incidents. A growing campus memorial has been established for Blessing, who friends remembered for her powerful voice and moving presence.