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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch : Bluesky says it had over 9M users as of September 6, after adding 3M new users in the week or so since Brazil blocked X, and that video support is “coming soon”   —  Bluesky keeps growing: The company announced that as of Friday morning, it had added 3 million new users, bringing its total user count to more than 9 million.

Former President Trump painted a gloomy picture of a potential Harris presidency during a campaign speech on Saturday, claiming that Israel would be "doomed" under Harris' watch and that the upcoming November election "may be our last." Speaking to a crowd in Mosinee, Wisconsin, Trump promised to "prevent World War III," after speaking to the crowd about topics ranging from Social Security reform to implementing tariffs.  "I will end the chaos in the Middle East and I will prevent World War III," Trump said at the podium. "And I'm the only one that can do it. I will prevent World War III." "And if I don't win this election, Israel, with comrade Kamala Harris at the helm of the United States, is doomed." he continued. "Israel is doomed." HARRIS CAMPAIGN AGREES TO ABC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE RULES WITH SOME 'ASSURANCES': REPORT Acknowledging that the claim was a "tough statement," the R...

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch : Payroll startup Warp, part of YC's W23 batch, disavows a racist post from an affiliate X account, amid claims its affiliates on X are posting “engagement bait”   —  Warp is under the spotlight following controversial posts from an account tied to the company.

Zheping Huang / Bloomberg : Hero Games' Daniel Wu reflects on his studio's 20% stake in Game Science, the creator of China's biggest PC game Black Myth: Wukong, which has sold 18M+ copies   —  - China's biggest PC game reached 18 million sales in two weeks  — Beijing endorsement of ‘Wukong’ seen as positive for industry

Chris McKay / Maginative : Replit launches Replit Agent, an AI agent that can build entire apps from scratch based on prompts, available in beta to Replit Core and Teams subscribers   —  Replit has launched an AI agent capable of building entire applications from scratch.  This isn't just another copilot coding assistant …

EXCLUSIVE : Former President Trump reacted to Judge Juan Merchan’s decision to delay sentencing in New York v. Trump until after Election Day, telling Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview that he "did nothing wrong" and that the case "should be dead."  Trump spoke exclusively with Fox News Digital after Merchan granted the former president’s request to have his sentencing delayed until after the presidential election in November.  Trump's sentencing date is now scheduled for Nov. 26. The original date was set for Sept. 18. "The case was delayed because everyone realizes there was no case and I did nothing wrong," Trump told Fox News Digital. "It is a case that should never have been brought."  Trump said "the public understands that and so does every legal scholar that has looked at it and studied it."  "I greatly respect the words ‘if necessary’ being used in this decision because there should be no, ‘if necessary,’...

Former President Donald Trump held a nearly hourlong press conference on Friday, when he denied wrongdoing in any of the cases against him and briefly criticized his legal team, who were lined up behind him. Trump, in particular, went after his three separate cases in New York, and the Georgia elections probe being conducted by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. He accused the Department of Justice (DOJ) of, in many cases, working with officials prosecuting him. The former president and 2024 Republican nominee is in his hometown to appeal a jury's verdict in writer E. Jean Carroll's civil case that found Trump liable of sexual abuse and defamation – and levied a $5 million penalty. "This is a disgraceful case, and disgraceful in particular, because it's about a former President of the United States who is now leading in the polls to be the president again," Trump said. "And this is being worked with the DOJ, Department of Justice – as are all o...