Attention, jittery investors: Stop panicking … this is what a soft landing should look like. (theconversation.com)
Vietnamese billionaire tycoon found guilty of defrauding stockholders, sentenced to 21 years (apnews.com)
A prominent Vietnamese business tycoon was found guilty Monday of defrauding stockholders of nearly $150 million by falsely inflating the value of his company, in a case that comes as the government cracks down on widespread corruption in the country....
Venezuela’s opposition trounced Maduro, election receipts show (thehill.com)
Gunmen kill New Zealand helicopter pilot in another attack in Indonesia's restive Papua region (abcnews.go.com)
Gunmen stormed a helicopter and killed its New Zealand pilot shortly after it landed in Indonesia’s restive Papua region on Monday, and they released two health workers and two children it was carrying, police said....
Eternal flame of democracy is extinguished due to lack of gas in Brasilia monument (www1.folha.uol.com.br)
Apparently it’s the third time this happens??...
Hotel to Search Rooms During DEF CON Hacking Conference (www.404media.co)
Resorts World Las Vegas, a hotel that is hosting attendees of the DEF CON hacking conference this week, will perform daily inspections of rooms including those displaying a privacy sign, according to a letter from the hotel given to guests. An information security professional posted a photo of the letter online. Members of the...
US supreme court declines to halt Trump’s sentencing in hush-money case (www.theguardian.com)
Missouri state lawsuit claimed that case against Republican nominee infringes on voters’ constitutional rights...
Google loses massive antitrust case over search dominance | AP News (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18320872
Google Loses Federal Antitrust Case (politicalwire.com)
Justice Thomas failed to reveal more private flights, senator says (www.nytimes.com)
Senator Ron Wyden sent a letter to the wealthy conservative donor Harlan Crow’s lawyer after records showed undisclosed flights between Hawaii and New Zealand with the Supreme Court justice in 2010....
$1 trillion wipeout: Market rout punishes megacap tech (www.cnbc.com)
Biden, Harris head to Situation Room as Iran threatens attack on Israel (thehill.com)
Google loses DOJ’s big monopoly trial over search business (arstechnica.com)
New Majora's Mask ROM Hack 'Pumkin Tower' Could Be The Craziest Version Yet (retrododo.com)
Leaked: Nvidia's AI Scraping Pipeline (www.404media.co)
Nvidia scraped videos from Youtube and several other sources to compile training data for its AI products, internal Slack chats, emails, and documents obtained by 404 Media show....
Senior economic aide Sperling leaving White House to work on Harris campaign. (www.voanews.com)
Elon Musk's UK 'civil war' post criticised by No 10 (www.bbc.co.uk)
Exclusive: Google Pixel 9 has a new weather app, here's what it looks like (www.androidauthority.com)
Google is making a brand-new weather app for the Pixel 9 - and we've got screenshots.
Taiwan stocks fall 8.4% on tech sector fears, more weakness forecast (www.reuters.com)
TIL that VP Kamala Harris' Father Was a 'Marxist Economist'. (www.snopes.com)
Torture, abuse and humiliation: Palestinians on Israeli prison ‘hell’ (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18317331
Bangladesh’s dictator flees—leaving behind a dangerous vacuum (www.economist.com)
On the afternoon of August 5th, televisions in Bangladesh broadcast images of a helicopter rising from the residence of Sheikh Hasina, the country’s prime minister until minutes before. The chopper was carrying her and her sister “to safety”. Shortly afterwards images appeared of gleeful protesters entering the prime...
