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Resounding calls for Vice President Kamala Harris to conduct press interviews are mounting after the Democratic presidential nominee unveiled her economic plan days before heading to her party's national convention in Chicago. Tim Murtaugh, senior adviser to the Trump campaign, told Fox News Digital Harris is running the "most deceitful campaign in history" as she "hides from the American people." Murtaugh added that Harris is following President Biden's lead in avoiding the media . "While she hides from the American people like Joe Biden always does, she’s pretending to hold the opposite position on everything she’s ever stood for as a San Francisco liberal," the Republican nominee's adviser said. TRUMP ACCUSES HARRIS OF 'SOVIET STYLE' POLICIES FOLLOWING PRICE CONTROL PROPOSAL Harris has gone 27 days without giving a formal interview or holding a press conference since Biden dropped out of the race and she quickly rose to take h...

Maureen Dowd / New York Times : An interview with Palantir CEO Alex Karp on co-founding the company, autonomous weapons systems, AI, supporting Kamala Harris, Silicon Valley critics, and more   —  · 41:48 min Learn more  —  Alex Karp never learned to drive.  —  “I was too poor,” he said.  “And then I was too rich.”

EXCLUSIVE:  The chairman of a House committee tasked with overseeing small business and commercial issues sent the Small Business Administration (SBA) a scathing letter Friday outlining how it has purportedly failed to hand over sufficient subpoenaed documents. Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, previously noted the SBA used a 2021 Biden executive order on "promoting access to voting" to forge a "Memorandum of Understanding" (MOU) with the Michigan Department of State. The way the MOU has been acted upon is controversial and potentially unconstitutional, Williams has said , as he and others in Congress previously accused the SBA of using it to funnel resources to a swing state in a partisan way. He previously said the SBA is "diverting its resources away from assisting Main Street so it can register Democratic voters" in Michigan.  On Friday, Williams wrote SBA administrator Isabel Casillas-Guzman to criticize "lackluster production of documents pursua...

Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer : Background check service National Public Data confirms a breach after hackers leaked a stolen database with millions of SSNs and other sensitive personal info   —  Background check service National Public Data confirms that hackers breached its systems after threat actors leaked a stolen database …

Heather Knight / New York Times : The San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu files a lawsuit that seeks to shut down 16 popular websites used to create nonconsensual deepfake pornography   —  City Attorney David Chiu has filed a lawsuit seeking to permanently shutter 16 popular websites that turn images of real girls and women into pornography.

President Biden claims Vice President Kamala Harris is not going to distance herself from his economic policy agenda. Reports have circulated that the Democratic presidential nominee is seeking to stand apart from the policies of the Biden administration , which insiders say are too unpopular and could prove to be a liability. "How much does it bother you that Vice President Harris might soon, for political reasons, start to distance herself from your economic plan?" Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy asked Biden during a press conference on Thursday. TRUMP CAMP THANKS WH FOR CONFIRMING THERE'S 'NO DAYLIGHT' BETWEEN HARRIS, BIDEN: 'KAMALA CREATED THIS MESS' "She's not going to," Biden replied, before walking away from the reporter. The comment shows surprising confidence in the face of recent reports that Harris is not in lockstep with the administration. An Axios report published Wednesday claimed the Harris-Walz c...

Shawna Chen / Axios : California announces support for adding driver's licenses or state IDs to Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, rolling out “in the coming weeks”   —  - They will be authorized for use in TSA screenings, select apps and select businesses, such as Circle K. Participating airports in the state include SFO, SJC and LAX.

Orianna Rosa Royle / Fortune : During a talk, Eric Schmidt said Google is losing the AI race because it decided that work-life balance and working from home were “more important than winning”   —  Google's former CEO Eric Schmidt has a complaint about his old stomping ground—and it's one that workers have heard …

STURGEON LAKE – A GOP congressman in northeast Minnesota is blasting the economic policies of Tim Walz, arguing that the governor’s economic efforts and COVID policies have been "devastating" for most Minnesotans. "I've talked to a lot of businesses that either have left or when they expand are not expanding in Minnesota," GOP Rep. Pete Stauber, who represents Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District, told Fox News Digital. "I mean, hundreds of millions of private investment are leaving Minnesota under Walz's watch." "He's supported the highest income tax rate in the nation at 10%, he has taken a $19 billion surplus and the next year added a $10 billion tax on the hardworking Minnesotans. He's increased government spending by almost 50%. Very little growth in the private sector. I think if you look at North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, our neighboring states are growing the private sector jobs three and four times more than...

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg : Sources: Apple is prioritizing developing a tabletop home device with an iPad-like display and a robotic limb, aiming for a release in 2026 or 2027 for ~$1,000   —  - Executive who oversaw car project is leading the effort  — Device would offer twist on home products from Amazon and Meta

Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey is invested, through several mutual funds, in the same Chinese fentanyl manufacturer that he recently claimed a company that was led by Republican candidate Dave McCormick was "profiting off people's pain" by investing in. The senator's campaign claimed McCormick "saw a way to get even richer" in the fentanyl crisis, in an ad released earlier this month slamming the company he led, Bridgewater Associates, for investing in Humanwell. The ad connected the Chinese company to deaths from fentanyl occurring in Pennsylvania, noting that "nearly all" fentanyl starts in China.  However, Casey, through his investments, owns shares in a mutual fund that owns stock in the Chinese company as well, according to publicly available financial disclosures.  Through his ownership of shares in a college savings plan, which is invested in the Massachusetts College Portfolio, a mutual fund managed by Fidelity, Casey is invested in Humanw...

Molly McHugh-Johnson / The Keyword : Overview of AI features for Pixel devices including the Gemini assistant, Call Notes for call summaries, Pixel Studio for image generation, Pixel Screenshots   —  Say hello to new Pixel phones, Pixel Watch 3 and Pixel Buds Pro 2 — and check out all the new things you can do with them with the help of AI.

A group of New York House Republicans is moving to ensure that the alleged plotters of the 9/11 terror attacks cannot score a deal to avoid the death penalty. "The Justice for 9/11 Act will ensure that no future plea deal will be offered to these terrorists by requiring a trial and ensuring the death penalty remains on the table," Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., said late last week. "Anything less is a disservice to all those who made the ultimate sacrifice on that day and in the months and years since." Lawler’s district sits just north of New York City, where nearly 23 years ago, two hijacked passenger planes flew into the World Trade Center’s twin towers. It killed more than 2,600 people, and its effects have continued to impact the lives of first responders who developed cancer as a result of their life-saving rescue efforts. LAWMAKERS, FAMILIES OF 9/11 VICTIMS REACT TO PLEA DEAL WITH TERRORISTS: 'SLAP IN THE FACE' Several hundred more people were killed ...

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch : TikTok adds group chats, with support for up to 32 people, available to all users over 15 years old   —  TikTok looks to be taking on popular messaging services like Meta's WhatsApp and Apple's Messages, as the company announced on Monday that it's adding group chats to its platform.

Schools in the United Kingdom will begin to teach students how to spot fake news and extremist content in the aftermath of riots that spread across the country last week. Schools across the U.K. will look to revamp their curriculum to help children identify and dismiss extremist content by "embedding" critical thinking lessons in subjects such as English and math, according to a report by The Telegraph. "It’s more important than ever that we give young people the knowledge and skills to be able to challenge what they see online," Bridget Phillipson, the U.K.'s secretary of state for education and minister for women and equalities, told the Telegraph. UK GOVERNMENT WARNS 'THINK BEFORE YOU POST' AMID THREATS TO ARREST CITIZENS FOR OFFENSIVE RHETORIC ON SOCIALS "That’s why our curriculum review will develop plans to embed critical skills in lessons to arm our children against the disinformation, fake news and putrid conspiracy theories awash on so...

Charlie Wells / Bloomberg : Some longtime users of LinkedIn lament the barrage of performative content from hustle-culture influencers and AI-generated “thought leadership” on the site   —  Longtime users irked by personal content lament that the job-hunting website has become more like Facebook.

Vice President Harris was mocked online for requiring campaign rallygoers to present a government-issued ID upon entry, despite the Democratic presidential nominee opposing voter ID laws.  Ahead of Harris’ rally alongside vice presidential running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in Arizona on Friday, her campaign sent out an email advising that only confirmed RSVPs will be admitted.  The email said those on the RSVP list must present a matching government-issued photo ID in order to be admitted to the venue, KTAR reported.  The exact site of the Phoenix-area campaign event, first announced on July 30, was not revealed until Thursday. The email specified the event would take place at Desert Diamond Arena, located 15 miles northwest of downtown Phoenix, with attendees being admitted Friday between 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., according to KTAR. The campaign reportedly said the Arizona Democratic Party would send out "non-transferrable invitations" by email on Thursday aftern...