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• Mark Cuban says he turned down the chance to invest in Uber at a $10 million valuation.
• Uber's market value has surged by over 9,000-fold since then to north of $90 billion.
• Cuban could have paid $250,000 for an Uber stake worth $2.3 billion today, all else being equal.

Mark Cuban turned down the chance to invest in Uber at a valuation of no more than $10 million —

• The International Maritime Organization is hoping to reduce shipping's greenhouse gas emissions.
• Two cargo ships have launched in the last five weeks that could help achieve that.
• Maersk launched a methanol-powered vessel last month, and Cargill announced a wind-powered one on Monday.

Shipping is an increasingly polluting industry

• Ukraine's elite 82nd Air Assault Brigade appears to have joined its counteroffensive fight.
• The unit has a big collection of Western vehicles and UK tanks, according to leaked US documents.
• Russian war commentators are highlighting the

• A viral Russian social media post appears to mock a little girl killed in Ukraine on Saturday. 
• A picture of a memorial to 6-year-old Sophia attracted thousands of 'laughing' emojis in a Russian post. 
• The UN has condemned the missile strike on Chernihiv, which saw 144 casualties. 

• British grocery chain Waitrose is offering free coffees to cops under a plan to deter shoplifters.
• A police car outside the store can make people rethink shoplifting, the chain's parent company said.
• Assaults on staff at Waitrose stores have roughly doubled

• Diamonds can gush to the surface in violent eruptions.
• These eruptions have baffled scientists as they happen more often after continents break up. 
• A new study provides an explanation, and it could help miners find more sources of diamonds.

Millions of years ago, diamonds erupted from deep

• Boaz Weinstein, Bill Ackman, and Marc Lasry have submitted a joint offer for Sculptor Capital, the WSJ reported.
• The billionaire investors have made the bid at over $12 per share, according to the report.
• But it could get rejected - after Sculptor

• Ukraine's use of US cluster bombs is deterring Russian attacks, The Washington Post reported. 
• The US decision to provide Ukraine with the weapon was controversial. 
• The weapons disperse bombs and shrapnel over a wide

• San Francisco is getting ready to tell robotaxi operators: not so fast.
• Officials say they will appeal a decision allowing robotaxis to operate across the whole city.
• A decision to greenlight citywide services has proven to be controversial amid accidents.

San Francisco wants

Almost two years after its initial announcement in October 2021, Samsung says the first game to support the HDR10 Plus Gaming standard is nearing release. That game is The First Descendant, a free-to-play third-person shooter from Nexon which is running an open beta starting September 19th.

Samsung’s announcement doesn’t specify which platforms the game will

Elon Musk says the service formerly known as Twitter is getting rid of the option to block other users, except in DMs. There, you’ll still be able to block unsolicited messages from anyone sending malicious, offensive missives, which is for some, the majority of their DMs.

But Musk said it "makes no sense" to block other users instead of muting them. Outside DMs, the mute option will still be

• China's economy is finally hitting a wall after years of optimism about the nation's future, Larry Summers said. 
• According to