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- South China Morning Post
Alibaba, JD.com take e-commerce battle to Hong Kong as mainland China market matures
Hong Kong has become the new battleground for Chinese e-commerce giants Alibaba Group Holding and JD.com, as they search for new growth opportunities amid stiff competition on the mainland. Both companies last week announced heavy investments into the Hong Kong market, waiving delivery fees for certain orders and boosting related services such as local product returns. Alibaba, for instance, said it will invest 1 billion yuan (US$142 million) to boost its online retail platform Taobao's offering
FortuneTikTok’s parent launched a web scraper that’s gobbling up the world’s online data 25-times faster than OpenAI
The crawler, dubbed Bytespider, is scraping the internet at 3,000 times the rate of other genAI tools like Anthropic.
- CBC
Canada ponders 'top secret' data cloud as allies push ahead with intelligence-sharing plans
Australia is joining the United States and the United Kingdom in developing top-secret cloud networks to exchange highly classified defence, national security and intelligence data with each other — a concept Canada has just begun to think about.Experts say that, unless the gap is closed quickly, Canada's lack of such digital infrastructure will have a profound impact on new military hardware the federal government has committed to purchasing, such as F-35 stealth fighters, MQ-9 Reaper drones an
- HuffPost
Liz Cheney Splotches Donald Trump With Golden Line About Her Past
The lifelong Republican's zing came during a joint rally appearance with Donald Trump's Democratic rival Kamala Harris.
- HuffPost
Harvard Law Professor Spots 2 'Jaw-Dropping' Details In New Trump Filing
Laurence Tribe recalled saying one word to himself over and over and over again while reading the document.
- The Daily Beast
Judge Scolds ‘Privileged’ MAGA Election Official During Searing Sentencing
A Colorado judge threw the book at a MAGA folk hero on Thursday after bizarre scenes in court that included “magnetic mattresses” and courtroom outbursts. Tina Peters, the infamous election-denying Colorado clerk who tried to help Donald Trump overturn 2020 election results, was sentenced to nine years in prison—a far cry from probation, as her attorneys had asked for. Peters, 68, was found guilty last month of allowing a man associated with MyPillow’s Mike Lindell to enter the Mesa County elect
- Cosmopolitan
Ben Affleck's Longtime Friend Kevin Smith Is Out Here Spilling About His Divorce from J.Lo
Kevin Smith did an interview and spilled about Ben Affleck and J.Lo's divorce—check out his quotes.
- People
Man Shot Dead in Front of Tourists at Mexico Beach Resort by Gunmen Who Fled on Jet Skis: Reports
The incident reportedly prompted visitors to seek shelter at a nearby hotel on Wednesday, Oct. 2
- People
Donald Trump Mocks Jimmy Carter on His Milestone 100th Birthday
Former President Carter turned a century old on Tuesday, Oct. 1, after spending more than 19 months in hospice care
- BuzzFeed
A Republican Congress Member Posted A Photoshopped Picture Of JD Vance, And Then Things Got Even Weirder
What a truly weird time to be alive.
- The Independent
‘Nostradamus’ pollster reveals who won VP debate between Walz and Vance
Allan Lichtman has correctly predicted the result of nine of out 10 presidential elections since 1984
- BuzzFeed
Donald Trump Pretty Much Lost It During The VP Debate
I hope his keyboard is okay after this.
- The Hill
Trump attorney Alina Habba expects to be hit with ‘onslaught of litigation’ before election
Trump lawyer Alina Habba said in an interview Thursday that she expects to be hit with an “onslaught of litigation” with less than 35 days until the presidential election. Habba made the remarks in the context of comments about special counsel Jack Smith’s 165-page filing that was unsealed Wednesday by a Washington, D.C., federal court.…
- HuffPost
Democratic Senator Questions If Trump Is OK After Yet Another Onstage Flub
Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii wondered "if there’s something actually going on" with the former president.
- The Canadian Press
Bloc Québécois motion on old age security passes without Liberal support
OTTAWA — Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet is upping the ante for the Liberals, threatening to move toward an election as early as next week if the government doesn't back a plan to increase old age security payments.
- The Canadian Press
Parliament 'ground to a halt' over Conservative allegations of Liberal corruption
OTTAWA — The government has been unable to put any of its own business before the House of Commons for a full week, and the Conservatives on Thursday said that's the result of Liberal "corruption."
- HuffPost
'You're A Mature Grown-Up': CNN Host Calls Out Trump Aide For Botching Kamala Harris' Name
Jim Acosta was clearly frustrated with Corey Lewandowski.
- HuffPost
Social Media Reacts To Melania Trump's 'My Body, My Choice' Video
Many people wondered if the clip to promote the former first lady's upcoming memoir was actually a campaign ad for her husband's opponent.
- HuffPost
Jimmy Kimmel Says New Document Trove Finally Answers 1 Key Question About Trump
The late-night host said one mystery about the former president has now been solved.
- Variety
Luke Bryan Reacts to Beyoncé’s CMA Awards Snub: ‘If You’re Gonna Make Country Albums, Come Into Our World and Be Country With Us’
Luke Bryan has commented on the polarizing conversation surrounding Beyoncé‘s CMA Awards snub for her chart-topping “Cowboy Carter” album. Bryan, a co-host of the 2024 CMA Awards, was prompted by Andy Cohen on SiriusXM’s “Andy Cohen Live” to share his thoughts on Beyoncé’s lack of awards at the upcoming ceremony. Her “Cowboy Carter” album and …