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• Russia's former finance minister blamed Moscow's accumulation of rupees for bringing the ruble down.
• Kremlin authorities have acknowledged the Russia has accumulated billions of rupees sitting in Indian banks.
• Russia's Energy Ministry denied statements made by economist Mikhail Zadornov.

Mikhail Zadornov

Three major American sports leagues want to speed up Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedowns. In a letter posted and reported by TorrentFreak (viaThe Verge), the UFC, NBA and NFL urged the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to make the removal process for illegal livestreams nearly instantaneous. The organizations say the global sports industry is losing up to $28 billion from fans

Here’s some extra material for your nightmares: In a case report out this week, a group of scientists say they’ve found a new species of roundworm that’s capable of infesting our brains—one that normally plagues snakes. The discovery was made when they extracted a living worm from an Australian woman’s head during…

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• As remote work remains popular, office buildings will become increasingly empty.
• Goldman Sachs estimated vacant office space will jump by 267 million square feet over the next decade and beyond.
• Office leases will see a big ramp-up in expirations starting in 2030, a note said.

As remote work becomes more entrenched, property markets should gear up for plummeting office demand

• One of the biggest risks to the stock market and economy is a gasoline price shock, according to Carson Group's Sonu Varghese.
• Gas prices are already up 23% year to date, and a further rise could reaccelerate inflation.
• Low US inventories of refined oil products could lead to elevated price volatility during hurricane season.

A potential gas price shock represents one of the

The US Copyright Office is opening a public comment period around AI and copyright issues beginning August 30th as the agency figures out how to approach the subject.

As announced in the Federal Register, the agency wants to answer three main questions: how AI models should use copyrighted data in training; whether AI-generated

What happens when movie theaters slash ticket prices drastically for one day only? Apparently, people turn out in droves.

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McDonald’s busted ice cream machines have long been a meme across cyberspace, but iFixit wants to put an end to it. The popular how-to tech website is appealing to Congress after applying to circumvent a copyright law that prevents the average Joe from fixing the problem.

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