OpenAI Says ‘Apple Is Getting This Wrong’, Responds to Trade Secrets Lawsuit

The AI company isn’t just denying Apple’s claims. It’s publishing the emails and messages to back it up.
Telegram’s Brief Ban Exposes Apple’s Bigger Platform Power

Apple temporarily removed Telegram from its App Store on August 3 after finding child sexual abuse material on the messaging service, according to statements reported by Reuters. The app returned the same day after Telegram removed the material and banned the user who posted it. “We briefly removed Telegram from the App Store after our review […]
Wyden’s New Report Says Wall Street Looked the Other Way on Epstein for Years

Deutsche Bank’s flagged transactions include payments the report says went to women in Russia and Eastern Europe.
Ukraine Drone Strikes Targets Russian Retail Logistics, Kills 5

Russian officials said Ukraine drones struck three warehouse sites overnight into Tuesday, August 4, killing five people and injuring ten at an industrial zone south of Moscow, Reuters reported. Two other attacks damaged facilities operated by Wildberries, extending a campaign that has hit more than a dozen of the retailer’s locations since July 18. The […]
Pirro Clears the Rest of the Reflecting Pool Defendants Too

Trump, who still claims it was vandals, brought both officials into the same room after his own prosecutor pinned the blame on Interior.
Apple Pulls and Restores Telegram in the Same Night Over Guideline Breach

The company didn’t say what triggered the pull, only that the fix came quickly enough to get Telegram back the same day.
We Counted: Trump Changed the Iran Talks’ Status 42 Times (So Far)

President Donald Trump’s latest shift on Iran came within roughly 24 hours. After canceling a planned large-scale attack and saying formal negotiations would begin Monday afternoon, the president changed his account after Tehran denied that any meeting had been scheduled, claiming instead that talks were already happening and calling them Iran’s “last chance” to avoid […]
China Real Home Prices Sink to Lowest Level In 21 Years

China’s housing downturn has passed a milestone that recent improvements in its largest cities have not erased. Inflation-adjusted residential prices fell below the level recorded when the Bank for International Settlements series began in 2005, even as June data showed limited month-over-month gains in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ […]
Yes, Blanche Scraps Fund but Preserves Trump Tax Protection

Todd Blanche’s effort to rescue his attorney general nomination eliminated a proposed $1.776 billion government fund while leaving intact a potentially valuable part of President Donald Trump’s settlement with the Justice Department: protection from federal tax examinations and claims involving returns filed before May 18, 2026. Republican Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis had delayed […]
Conservatives Rise As Liberal Lead Refused to Move In Latest Polls

Canada’s latest confrontation with the US changed what voters were worried about, but not the distance separating the country’s two largest parties. A new Abacus Data poll placed the governing Liberals at 44% among committed voters and the Conservatives at 38%. Both parties gained one percentage point from the previous survey, preserving the Liberals’ six-point […]