WSJ

Meta’s ‘Digital Companions’ Will Talk Sex With Users—Even Children

• they banter over text, share selfies and even engage in live voice conversations with users.
• To boost the popularity of these souped-up chatbots, Meta has cut deals for up to seven-figures with celebrities like actresses Kristen Bell and Judi Dench and wrestler-turned-actor John Cena for the rights to use their voices

Driver Hits Crowd at Vancouver Festival, Killing 11 People

Ukraine’s Crimea Lies at the Heart of Russia’s Invasion—and Trump’s Peace Plan

• For over a decade, successive U.S. administrations, including Trump’s first, decried Russia’s armed seizure of Crimea in 2014 and said they would never recognize the land grab—but did little to help Kyiv get it back.

Trump, Zelensky Meet for First Time Since Oval Office Shouting Match

• Zelensky said they discussed a full and unconditional cease-fire as well as conditions for a lasting peace. He added it had the potential to become a “historic” meeting and thanked Trump.

• Trump later criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin in a post on social media, threatening to hit Moscow with further sanctions.

China’s Huawei Develops New AI Chip, Seeking to Match Nvidia

• Huawei hopes that the latest iteration of its Ascend AI processors will be more powerful than Nvidia’s H100, a popular chip used for AI training that was released in 2022

Bloomberg

Trump floats new income tax cut in bid to ease tariffs bite

• President Donald Trump suggested Sunday that his sweeping tariffs would help him reduce income taxes for people making less than $200,000 a year, as public anxiety rises over his economic agenda.

Treasury market’s ‘new world order’ brings fear of the long bond