In Other Brews…

• Boeing hoped to strike a deal with strikers on Monday, making 32,000 picketing machinists their "best and final" offer, which included a 30% pay increase over four years and a $6k signing bonus. Lead union negotiators say the offer won’t fly, sticking to their demands for a 40% pay increase and the restoration of a performance bonus.

• Shutdown (likely) averted. Congressional leadership has agreed on a three-month stopgap bill to avoid a pre-election government shutdown. House Speaker Johnson (R-LA) said that the “bare-bones” legislation, which includes additional funding for the Secret Service, is “not the solution any of us prefer, [but] it’s the most prudent path forward.” A final vote is expected this week.

• The U.N. General Assembly is meeting in New York this week under the shadow of global conflicts in the Middle East, Ukraine, and Sudan. In his final speech before the body, President Biden warned that the world is at an “inflection point,” reaffirmed support for warring allies, and pushed for global standards for the use of AI. 

• Shhh… your car may be listening. The U.S. Commerce Department has proposed a ban on Chinese and Russian tech in connected and autonomous vehicles, calling it an issue of “national security.” Uncle Sam is worried about the exposure of citizens’ personal info (thanks to cars’ microphones, cameras, GPS, etc.) and the extreme possibility of adversarial control of autonomous vehicles. 

• An abducted 6-year-old boy has been found safe… 73 years later. Luis Armando Albino was taken while playing in a park with his brother in 1951 and identified after an online DNA test taken by his niece turned up a match. Albino, a retired firefighter and Vietnam veteran reunited with his brother Roger shortly before Roger’s passing last month.