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Bank accounts held by President Donald Trump were closed by Capital One in 2021
-- after it flagged financial activity that had characteristics of money laundering, the bank disclosed in a court filing over the weekend.
The court filing is tied to a lawsuit filed against Capital One by one of Trump’s financial holding companies shortly after he was sworn into office a second time.
Trump alleges that Capital One illegally closed his accounts for political reasons, following …

Trump accounts at Capital One were closed in 2021 over money laundering concerns
Capital One closed President Donald Trump’s accounts in mid-2021 after flagging financial activity that resembled money laundering. The bank disclosed this in a court filing over the weekend. Trump has sued Capital One, alleging the closures were politically motivated following the Jan. 6 Capitol attacks. Capital One seeks to dismiss the lawsuit, stating the closures followed months of analysis by its anti-money laundering team. Trump has also sued JPMorgan Chase, claiming similar political m…

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Four more freelance crypto journalists, with bylines at Forbes, Entrepreneur, Information Age, and TNW, have not verified their IDs after a reporter's queries (Rob Waugh/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/tech-websites-…

Tech websites remove articles after failing to verify journalists exist
Press Gazette raises questions about four more profilic tech writers who cover world of crypto.

POL-HK: Bad Fallingbostel: Unter Drogen auf der A 7 unterwegs; Schwarmstedt: Einbruch in Selbstbedienungs-Waschanlage; Bad Fallingbostel: Fußgänger bei Verkehrsunfall leicht verletzt Heidekreis (ots) - 05.08.2026 / Unter Drogen auf der A 7 unterwegs Bad Fallingbostel: In der Nacht zu Mittwoch kontrollierten Einsatzkräfte der Polizei auf dem Parkplatz Steinbach an der A 7 in Fahrtrichtung Hannover einen Pkw mit drei Insassen. ...

Microsoft court filings: an expert hired by publishers found that only ~60K of 8.2M Copilot chat logs contained at least 16 words in common with news content (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/policy/990267/microsoft-openai-new-york-time…

Microsoft says virtually nobody was grabbing NYT articles through its chatbot
Microsoft claimed in a legal filing that its Copilot chatbot hardly ever regurgitates sentences from articles and books used to ground the AI.

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Here’s why wages are falling behind inflation, an economic warning sign
It wasn’t so long ago that Americans’ earnings lost ground to inflation.
From 2021 to 2023, prices for gas, food and housing soared due to a combination of increased demand and supply chain shocks.
That pain weighed heavily on households across the country,
even helping Donald Trump retake the White House.

“This is one of the reasons consumers hate the economy.
They’ve never recov…

Here’s why wages are falling behind inflation, an economic warning sign
Inflation beat out wage growth again in August, which feels like 2023.

MPA: Southeast Asia's premium VOD subscribers rose 15% YoY to 75M in Q2, with viewing hours up ~33%; streaming revenue is projected to grow 14% to $2.9B in 2026 (Natsumi Kawasaki/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/asea

Southeast Asia's streaming success spurs filmmakers' global hopes
Thai, Indonesian, Filipino movies and series face further 'travelability' test

India issues a notice to Telegram, asking it to curb the spread of pirated films and other copyrighted content, and seeks an action-taken report within 15 days (Sejal Sharma/Hindustan Times)
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/

15-day govt notice for Telegram to act on piracy channels
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) issued a notice to Telegram on Saturday, asking the messaging platform to take stronger action against the spread of pirated films, OTT content and other copyrighted audio-visual material on its platform | India News

Following “a careful review” of classified information he has seen so far, Sen. Tim Kaine told the White House on Monday,
that he US military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely
illegally killed “individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,”
“They are murder victims,” the Virginia Democrat wrote in a letter to Donald Trump.
So far, the US military has killed at least 221 people and destroyed at least 67 vessels in the “Operation Southern Spear” campa…

‘They are murder victims’: Senator suggests US strikes have killed people who weren’t involved in drug trafficking
The US military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely illegally killed “individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” Sen. Tim Kaine told the White House on Monday, following “a careful review” of classified information he has seen so far.