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The US House Judiciary Committee is coming down hard on the S. Korean government for its actions against online retailer Coupang following a massive breach.
New Report Exposes South Korea's Discriminatory Attacks on American-owned Businesses
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New Report Exposes South Korea's Discriminatory Attacks on American-owned Businesses
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Judiciary Committee released an interim staff report titled, "Closed for Competition: South Korea's Discriminatory Attacks on American-owned Businesses." The report details South Korea's history of discriminatory treatment against American-owned businesses and the ways in which it has escalated over the past sever

America's 250 th anniversary coincides with sweeping rollbacks of civil rights,
deteriorating relations with traditional allies
and growing domestic opposition to the administration’s handling of immigration and free speech.
Against this backdrop, many Americans say they feel increasingly cynical about the country’s future.
For Laurie King, a Georgetown University anthropology professor in Washington DC, anxiety defines the moment.
“I’m very anxious.
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‘The wheels are coming off’: readers reflect on the 250th anniversary of the American experiment
Against a backdrop of sweeping rollbacks of civil rights and deteriorating relations with allies, many are feeling cynical

I am already starting to feel the winds of the enshitifaction with the AI providers. For someone who is deeply embedded with AI for coding and every day operational needs this is slowly bubbling up to the top of mind. It's your typical tech company story arc: a very generous and cheap functionality to get you sucked in and then they suddenly start tightening the noose. Be it the strength of the model or usage credits but I am feeling it. It's coming.

A look at the deluge of AI computing power set to come online in the coming years; Epoch AI expects the number of AI chips in use to double every nine months (New York Times)
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A Deluge of A.I. Computing Power Is About to Come Online, Fueling Major Leaps
The number of A.I. chips that provide the computing power to advance the fast-evolving technology is doubling every nine months.

Colts QB Daniel Jones 'feeling good' coming off Achilles tear, full-go for training camp https://www.nfl.com/news/colts-qb-daniel-jones-feeling-good-coming-off-achilles-tear-full-go-for-training-camp

Couple Raiders veteran additions change numbers following roster cutdowns https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2026/08/31/raiders-veteran-additions-matt-gay-f…

Donald Trump raked in more than
$1billion from his crypto businesses last year, a federal filing released Monday shows,
giving a substantial boost to his annual income.
In his second term, Trump and his family have heavily invested in digital money and various crypto businesses
with Trump announcing at the start of 2025 that he wanted the US to be the “crypto capital of the world”.
Trump’s crypto earnings are in addition to profit from his legal settlements, real…

Alarm bells over conflict of interest as filing shows Trump raked in $2bn in 2025
Crypto ventures eclipse much of property portfolio, with revenue also coming from Trump-branded products

"The Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex (MDSCC) in Robledo de Chavela was evacuated on July 24 due to the wildfires. All personnel are safe following the passage of the fire through the area. [...] Mission operations have been transferred seamlessly to the Goldstone Complex (California). This ensures service continuity and uninterrupted support for spacecraft communications." From the thread #DeepSpaceNetwork

Halo Reach: flying around in space
I am, apparently, a little way through the game, and I restarted halfway through chapter 3.  The difference in gameplay from the first Halo is marked, with increased reliance on team members and communication, and a move to large scale set pieces rather than small-scale battles in corridors from one waypoint to the next.  The world feels a lot more empty and open, and you have a sense of partaking in a massive war rather than an…