What I read this week…

NVIDIA boost, Shopify meetings, emoji rules

• With NVIDIA’s Help, Revenue Surges at Smaller Cloud Providers (The Information)

• As Inflation Goes Down, Soft Landing Odds Improve (WSJ)

• Shopify Shames Employees With Cost Calculator for Pointless Meetings (Bloomberg)

• Governments are waking up to biosecurity risks — but we must act fast (FT)

• Proof You Can Do Hard Things (Nat Eliason)

• Rivian’s Rally Makes No Sense—Unless It Raises Cash (WSJ )

• Sweden is building the world’s largest wooden city (Axios)

• An ESG Loophole Helps Drive Billions into Gulf Fossil Fuel Giants (Bloomberg)

• How second-generation owners of 99 Ranch are turning the Asian supermarket into a national powerhouse (LAT)

• Canadian Court Rules 👍 Emoji Counts as a Contract Agreement (NYT)

• He Pushed the New York Times to Buy Wordle. Now He Has to Make Sports Work. (WSJ)

• Why Can’t Everyone Do the ‘Asian Squat’? (The Atlantic)