China’s AI Boom is Creating a Different Kind of Entrepreneur
by Lin Zhang
What happens to the drive to build when the only goal is room to breathe?
0:00 / 9:27 · Narrator Gacrux
Daily edition
2026-07-08
Today's Crosscut
Tech and Public Interest
Alexander Graham Bell once stood before world leaders to prove the telephone wasn't a toy, but today’s tech firms use public pension funds and government contracts to grow while staying hidden from the risks of the open market.
Everyone Wanted Alexander Graham Bell to Debut the Telephone at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. He Almost Avoided It Entirely × The War of Capital
0:00 / 31:25 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Future-gazing →
Behind the news →
Claudia Sheinbaum: the Wildly Popular Mexican President Dealing with Drug Violence, Disappearances and Donald Trump
by Rachel Nolan
How does a former student activist lead the military institution she spent her youth protesting?
0:00 / 43:56 · Narrator Sulafat
Astrophysicists Puzzle Over Webb’s New Universe
by Jay Bennett
If the oldest galaxies in the sky are behaving impossibly, how do you begin to redraw the universe?
0:00 / 15:11 · Narrator Rasalgethi
For the curious →
Does Modernisation Erase Cultural Difference – or Amplify It?
by Thomas Talhelm
If the world looks more similar every day, why are cultural differences growing deeper?
0:00 / 13:53 · Narrator Charon
We Analyzed Paper Money Printed by Ben Franklin to Uncover His Anti‑counterfeiting Techniques and Materials Innovations
by Khachatur Manukyan, Associate Research Professor of Physics & Astronomy, University of Notre Dame
Why did Benjamin Franklin turn to chemistry and botany to make paper money feel real?
0:00 / 8:41 · Narrator Algieba