Trump inflated his net worth by as much as $2.2bn, New York attorney general says
A $250m fraud lawsuit from Letitia James is heading towards October trial
Day: August 31, 2023
5 people shot in Illinois neighborhood and 2 are in critical condition
Police say five people have been shot in a Peoria, Illinois, neighborhood and two of them were in critical condition.
Mexico opposition picks Xochitl Galvez as presidential candidate
Galvez is seen by many as best placed to challenge AMLO’s left-wing National Regeneration Movement in 2024 race.
Lessons from the rapid grocery delivery boom: $10B+ of VC money, used for ads and promos, created the market from nothing, app downloads have cratered, and more (Bryce Elder/Financial Times)
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Lessons from the rapid grocery delivery boom: $10B+ of VC money, used for ads and promos, created the market from nothing, app downloads have cratered, and more — The failure and folly behind a $10bn b…
Everything Amazon announced this week: Alexa 2.0, Echo Show 8, Fire TV, more
Amazon is integrating generative artificial intelligence into Alexa and refreshing several Echo and Fire TV products.
Firm Fires Employee For Sought Leave Due To Mother’s Death, Internet Reacts
In response to a barrage of criticism after terminating an employee, a US company has chosen to lock its social media profiles.
As Israel pushes punitive demolitions, family of 13-year-old Palestinian attacker to lose its home
Earlier this year, 13-year-old Mohammed Zalabani boarded a bus at an Israeli army checkpoint in the Shuafat refugee camp and lunged at an Israeli police officer with a kitchen knife.
Germany-born pandas celebrate their 4th birthday ahead of expected trip to China
The first giant pandas born in Germany are celebrating their fourth birthday as the Berlin Zoo prepares to send them to China.
A building fire in Johannesburg kills at least 73 people, many of them homeless, authorities say
A nighttime fire ripped through a rundown five-story building in Johannesburg that was occupied by homeless people and squatters, killing at least 73 people early Thursday, emergency services in South Africa’s biggest city said.
Hackers can Exploit Windows Container Isolation Framework to Bypass Endpoint Security
New findings show that malicious actors could leverage a sneaky malware detection evasion technique and bypass endpoint security solutions by manipulating the Windows Container Isolation Framework.