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How Starbucks became the colorful, heavily sweetened, extremely Instagrammable hangout for tweens and teens. By Deena Shanker and Daniela SirtoriSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What can a trademark lawsuit tell us about the ­future of artificial intelligence—and about what makes winners and losers in Silicon Valley?  By Evan RatliffSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Biden’s FTC chair has toughened merger oversight, taken on noncompetes and made the donor class crazy. Here’s where she’s headed next—if she gets the chance.  By Josh Eidelson and Max ChafkinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How a card-playing Siberian AI outsmarted the world’s brightest researchers and raked in millions. By Kit ChellelSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Who she is, and what she might do if she wins By Josh Wingrove, Karen Breslau and Akayla GardnerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Silicon Valley fixture John Donahoe was supposed to transform the sneaker giant into a money-minting, high-tech juggernaut. Instead, it’s in crisis mode. By Kim Bhasin and Lily Meier See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tyler Tech dominates America’s software industry for local governments, for better and worse. By Austin CarrSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ramping down global emissions is achievable in terms of cost. But until the US and other rich countries assume a war footing, we don’t stand a chance of meeting critical climate goals. By J.B. MacKinnonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The system for deciding asylum cases is failing, and not only because it’s overwhelmed. Something drastic will have to be done to fix a process that is flawed at its very core. By Monte Reel and Sinduja RangarajanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Chinese businessman persuaded officials to establish a special economic zone in a remote part of Laos. The gamblers arrived first. Then came the drug runners and human traffickers. By Matthew Campbell and Patpicha TanakasempipatSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.