Satya Nadella''s Microsoft Stock Jumped 18% in a Week After Azure''s Annual Revenue Topped 100 Billion for the First Time. Is It Still a Buy? (finance.yahoo.com)
The federal government has stepped in to try to save the beleaguered Colorado River—after years of impasse between the seven Western states that the river nourishes. (on.wsj.com)
The admiral overseeing the U.S. war with Iran visited the USS Abraham Lincoln on Saturday as the carrier prepares to return home after an extended wartime deployment, according to U.S. Central Command (on.wsj.com)
Joshua Kushner has stepped into the spotlight with a 12.5 billion deal for the Los Angeles Lakers, expanding his venture-capital firm, Thrive Capital, beyond tech. (on.wsj.com)
The Trump administration doesn’t want Apple to buy memory chips from China, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said in an interview, but Apple may do so anyway amid an AI-driven chip supply crunch (on.wsj.com)
Hunter Biden is trading silence for airtime, using podcasts and essays to talk about his past and share grievances with his father’s administration (on.wsj.com)
After reports of food shortages, broken toilets and sailors jumping overboard, lawmakers and family are demanding answers about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. Here’s what to know: (on.wsj.com)
Donald Trump Is Still Trying to Make It Harder to Vote - The SAVE America Act is just one part of a package that includes an executive order and threats of prosecution, all in an effort to make Trump’s math work. (www.newyorker.com)
Restaurant Review: A Tasting Menu That Uses Every Last Scrap - At Cynthia, an emphasis on low-waste cooking yields a menu of thrilling abundance. (www.newyorker.com)
“Hidden Life,” by Madhuri Vijay - A tiny motor of pleasure had started to hum away inside her, but she was aware, too, of a flash of scorn. How easy it had been to arouse his admiration! (www.newyorker.com)
The Unlikely Reign of “Choosin’ Texas” - Ella Langley’s chart-topping lament is about what everyone wants to do in mid-August: give in and let go. (www.newyorker.com)
The Wealth and Glam of “The Hamptons” Looks Almost Quaint - Barbara Kopple’s documentary follows a generation of starlets, moguls, and other tanned partygoers who have no idea what tragedies and class anxieties lie in store. (www.newyorker.com)
The Lonely Men at the End of the World - In Patagonia, los puesteros look after other people’s livestock for not very much money, and sometimes go months without seeing anyone else. (www.newyorker.com)
When Middle Age Comes Into Focus - A bevy of cultural sacraments marks our passage into adulthood, but the yawning decades beyond it unspool without ceremony. (www.newyorker.com)
Move Over, Aaron Judge—the Real Yankees M.V.P. Is George Costanza - After last year’s bobblehead-giveaway frenzy, the team is bringing Jason Alexander’s “Seinfeld” character back—this time, with a calzone. (www.newyorker.com)
How Trump Is Trying to Weaken Migrant Children’s Legal Defense - After failing to eliminate funding for unaccompanied minors’ lawyers altogether, the Administration is pushing cases toward entities that lack both immigration expertise and the capacity to take them on. (www.newyorker.com)
Gina Raimondo on Reclaiming the American Dream in the Age of A.I. - Democrats talk a lot about affordability. Could a message of prosperity be more powerful? (www.newyorker.com)
Bernie Sanders Takes on Data Centers - The Vermont senator co-sponsored a bill that calls for a moratorium on building data centers. He discusses the environmental and economic concerns, and what the government can do. (www.newyorker.com)
Erin Brockovich Takes on Data Centers - The environmental activist has launched a project to document community concerns about the boom in data-center construction across the U.S. (www.newyorker.com)
Help—I’m a Narrator Stuck in the Calm.com Meditation App! - Sure, rhythmic, pattering rain can help regulate your nervous system, and trigger your autonomous sensory meridian response, but me? I’m wet. (www.newyorker.com)
Toons Have Seldom Been Loonier Than in “Coyote vs. Acme” - Dave Green’s film about Wile E. Coyote’s quest for compensation sounds a note of zany triumph, having escaped, Road Runner-like, Warner’s attempt to cancel it. (www.newyorker.com)
What’s the Value of an Hour? - If the world seems to waste our time, it’s partly because we view time itself as a resource to be extracted and optimized. (www.newyorker.com)
A.O.C.’s Eggs and the Working Woman’s Inconvenient Truth - By preserving her fertility, the youngest woman elected to Congress is facing trade-offs familiar to many women. By doing it publicly, she’s driving conservatives crazy. (www.newyorker.com)
Israel’s Leaders Find Allies Among the Global Far Right - Support for the nation is becoming an increasingly polarizing issue in politics around the world. (www.newyorker.com)
Is D.N.C. Chair the Worst Job in Washington? - The organization is holding its annual summer meeting, and onlookers are calling for the head of its leader, Ken Martin. Then again, the Democrats are always doing that kind of thing. (www.newyorker.com)