.Honolulu Civil Beat seeks a business reporter: talkingbiznews.com/biz-news-help-…

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OK some of the Kamala stuff is going a little overboard, but as a New York Knicks fan I recognize there's a kind of euphoria that results from escaping tragicomic levels of doom for just feeling like you have a chance.

Verizon lost over 400,000 prepaid customers in the recent quarter due to the expiration of the Affordable Connectivity Program, which gave low-income people $30/month to use on internet plans. verizon.com/about/news/ver…

It’s a privilege to have these resources. Thank God for your blessings instead of using it to tear someone else down. We rise by lifting others!!

T-Mobile has a fiber business businesswire.com/news/home/2024…

There's the top

Champagne sales slump due to lack of ‘celebration’ and joy in the world, industry execs say trib.al/S6Fp9Yq

SCOOP: The Army's troubled $11 million marketing deal with The Rock went bad, yielding no recruits -- and the service is trying to get some of its money back military.com/daily-news/202…

SCOOP: Between 20 to 30 people may be released from Russian prison in a matter of hours, incl. Evan Gershkovich, Vladimir Kara-Murza, Ilya Yashin and many others, a source familiar with planning for the exchange says. Surreal to think about themoscowtimes.com/2024/07/31/rus…

Breaking: Russia freed wrongly convicted WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich as part of the largest and most complex East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War on.wsj.com/4cheS5q

The $LUMN turnaround under Kate Johnson appears to be yielding results.

Put it in the Louvre. 🖼️

🚨 Venu Sports hits a wall as judge grants $FUBO's preliminary injunction $DIS $FOXA $WBD

Presenting the September cover story of Businessweek, with Austin Ekeler: How betting devoured sports. NFL players talk playing in the age of sports gambling: bloomberg.com/news/features/… Plus the betting duopoly, how gambling infused sports media, a chat with Nate Silver, and more:

It’s time

It's debate night so of course I wrote about Xockets. They are a company that invented some of the data processors behind AI. And they claim Nvidia and Microsoft stole their work, and created a "buyers' cartel" to prevent them from selling it elsewhere. prospect.org/justice/2024-0…

I’m telling my kids this was the last supper

SCOOP: Michigan eyeing major semiconductor development for Genesee County megasite One chipmaker has emerged. A deal is said to hinge on federal CHIPS Act grant approval. via ⁦Craig Mauger⁩ ⁦Beth LeBlanc⁩ & ⁦Kalea (Kay-lee) Hall⁩ ⁦ detroitnews.com/story/news/pol…