Rise of the Surveillance State

Flock Cameras Can Track Every Car in America. Police Love Them. Citizens Don’t.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/us/flock-cameras-can-track-every-car-in-america-police-love-them-citizens-dont.html
In Texas, there’s one thing liberals and conservatives agree on: They don’t want cameras trained on their cars. 

Americans Abroad

The Rise of the Unstoppable American Tourist
https://www.wsj.com/economy/the-rise-of-the-unstoppable-american-tourist-485f025b
Once a nation of homebodies, Americans are now zealous international travelers, led by wealthy boomers and restless Gen Zers. 

New Research on 'Buy the Dip' Strategy

Buy The Dip? Not So Fast
https://www.fa-mag.com/news/buy-the-dip--not-so-fast-87890.html
A new paper spans 155 years of U.S. market data to ask a deceptively simple question — and arrives at an uncomfortable answer. 

AI versus Crypto

How the AI Trade Is Stealing Crypto’s Thunder
https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/retail-traders-crypto-cash-0d303c92
These are the investors dropping bitcoin and other digital tokens and getting swept up in the mania over AI stocks. 

Robots in Aging Japan

Can Robots Save an Aging Japan?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/world/asia/japan-ai-robot-cherry-blossoms.html
In an area where many farmers are in their 70s, robots with names like Monster Wolf and Pochi have been deployed to scare bears and transport cherry blossoms. 

AI-fueled Wealth in South Korea

How AI-fueled wealth is reshaping South Korea
https://www.economist.com/asia/2026/08/04/how-ai-fuelled-wealth-is-reshaping-south-korea
Leaders must decide how to manage a big windfall. 

SaaS Apocalypse

Facing AI ‘Apocalypse,’ Once-Hot Software Companies Race to Reinvent Themselves
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/saas-software-as-a-service-apocalypse-ai-b9b6da99
Generative AI is steamrollering the once booming industry known as software-as-a-service. “You have to burn the ships and start from the ground up.”