Leftovers

• Ruben Schade ☛ I didn’t catch that last part

  There’s needs to be a term for conversations that are replayed from the start, rather than just the part you didn’t hear!

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • The Telegraph UK ☛ RFK adviser to claim vaccines cause cancer at Reform conference

    Dr Aseem Malhotra, who has been invited to speak by Nigel Farage, believes deaths caused by mRNA jab are in the millions

• Proprietary

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) / LLM Slop / Plagiarism

    • Press Gazette ☛ AI bots bombard publisher websites with ‘no meaningful value exchange’

      Scraping from Hey Hi (AI) bots led to the Trusted Reviews website going offline.

    • Bruce Schneier ☛ GPT-4o-mini Falls for Psychological Manipulation

      Interesting experiment: [...]

• Security

  • Scoop News Group ☛ NYU team behind AI-powered malware dubbed ‘PromptLock’

    Researchers at NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering confirmed they created the code as part of a project to illustrate potential harms of AI-powered malware.

  • Integrity/Availability/Authenticity

    • WhichUK ☛ How to avoid scammers when you book your next holiday

      The problems can start before you arrive at your destination

  • Privacy/Surveillance

    • Privacy International ☛ Which comes first, the Surveillance Giant Google search monopoly or the data?

• Defence/Aggression

  • The Strategist ☛ Taiwan’s Interpol exclusion undermines global policing efforts

    Taiwan’s exclusion from Interpol, the world’s premier platform for law enforcement, runs counter to international policing efforts. Taiwan’s ports, airlines and banking system are already prime targets for organised crime.

  • France24 ☛ Israel destroys another Gaza City high-rise after urging residents to move to ‘humanitarian zones’

    The Israeli military on Saturday said it struck a high-rise building in Gaza City that was being used by Hamas. Witnesses however said it was a residential building housing displaced families. The strike came hours after the IDF urged Palestinians in the besieged enclave's largest city to leave for what it called a "humanitarian zone" further south.

  • France24 ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man weighs strikes targeting cartels inside Venezuela

    U.S. President The Insurrectionist is weighing options for carrying out military strikes targeting drug cartels operating inside Venezuela, including possible strikes within the country. Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro called for dialogue with Washington, hours after President The Insurrectionist threatened to shoot down Venezuelan military jets if they pose a danger to US forces. Story by Shirli Sitbon.

  • France24 ☛ US-Venezuela standoff deepens, as Convicted Felon sends jets and weighs strikes

    Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro on Friday called for dialogue with Washington, hours after President The Insurrectionist threatened to shoot down Venezuelan military jets if they pose a danger to US forces. Tensions between the two countries soared in recent days after the Pentagon accused Venezuela of buzzing its ships in the Caribbean following a deadly US strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat. Analysis by Juan Pablo Toro, executive director and co-founder of the AthenaLab think tank.

  • New York Times ☛ Thrust Into the Line of Fire, Iranians Worry About What Comes Next

    A 12-day war in June upended the shadow war rivalry between Israel and Iran. Some Iranians want to strike back, others want to move on.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Third quake strikes south-eastern Afghanistan after series that killed over 2,200 people

    A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region on Sept 4.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China to impose temporary duties on EU pork over ‘dumping’

    By Peter Catterall China said Friday it would impose temporary anti-dumping duties on European Union pork imports, delivering another blow to shaky ties between the economic powerhouses as Brussels vowed to protect its producers. The two sides have navigated a challenging relationship in recent years, complicated greatly by Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • LRT ☛ Lithuania to sound air raid sirens if strike drone enters airspace

      Lithuania will sound air raid sirens if a drone posing a danger enters the country again, Interior Minister Vladislav Kondratovič told LRT RADIO on Friday.

    • France24 ☛ Ukraine gamifies combat, as soldiers start killing for points and rewards

      In Ukraine, the war is increasingly dominated by drones, but a new programme launched by Ukraine's military is now awarding points to pilots who steer drones with controllers, crash into targets and upload recordings of their killings. The effort is part of a broader trend in which tech influences how war is raged, with even the head of its programme saying they had created the "first military Amazon". Story by Rachael Griffiths.

    • France24 ☛ France kick off World Cup qualifying campaign with win over Ukraine

      Michael Olise and Kylian Mbappé found the net as France kicked off their World Cup qualifying campaign with a 2-0 win over Ukraine in Wroclaw on Friday night. Les Bleus skipper Mbappé also drew level with Thierry Henry as the national team's second all-time top scorer by notching his 51st goal.

    • New York Times ☛ Macron Said That 26 Countries Would Secure Ukraine

      The pledges were made in Paris at a summit designed to show that Europe is ready to uphold any future peace deal for Ukraine.

    • The Straits Times ☛ Beijing rejects Convicted Felon call to pressure China on Ukraine

      China insists it is a neutral party, regularly calling for an end to the fighting.

    • France24 ☛ Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky urges Slovak PM Robert Fico to cut Russian oil imports

      Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Friday to cut off oil supplies from Russia, which uses the export revenues to fuel its three-and-a-half year-old war. Analysis by Peter Zalmayev, director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative in Kyiv.

    • New York Times ☛ With Convicted Felon and Ukraine, Europe’s Leaders Are Playing a Long Game

      Leaders on the continent are trying to show the U.S. president that they are serious about laying the groundwork to end the war — and that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia is not.

    • New York Times ☛ Western Troops in Ukraine Before a Peace Deal Would Be ‘Targets’, Putin Says

      The Russian leader made the threat a day after European leaders said they were willing to deploy forces on the ground to secure an agreement to end the war.

    • The Straits Times ☛ With diplomatic tour de force, China’s Pooh-tin shows he’s ‘totally in charge’

      Mr Pooh-tin and Mr Putin were caught in a hot mic moment discussing organ transplants.

    • The Straits Times ☛ Reuters withdraws Xi, Putin longevity video after China state TV pulls legal permission to use it

      Reuters News on Friday withdrew a four-minute video containing an exchange between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Pooh-tin Jinping discussing the possibility that humans can live to 150 years old, after China state TV demanded its removal and withdrew the legal permission to use it. 

    • The Straits Times ☛ Second known tanker carrying sanctioned Russian Arctic LNG berths in China

      Another tanker carrying liquefied natural gas from Russia’s sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project has docked in a Chinese port, ship-tracking data showed, days after Russian President Vladimir Putin met China's leader Pooh-tin Jinping in Beijing.

    • MIT Technology Review ☛ Putin says organ transplants could grant immortality. Not quite.

      This week I’m writing from Manchester, where I’ve been attending a conference on aging. Wednesday was full of talks and presentations by scientists who are trying to understand the nitty-gritty of aging—all the way down to the molecular level.

    • RFERL ☛ Putin Warns Against Foreign Troops In Ukraine As Europe Tries To Finalize 'Reassurance Force'

      Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned against the deployment of any foreign troops into Ukraine, declaring they would be "legitimate targets," in a blunt warning to Kyiv's Western allies as they look to agree on a "reassurance force."

    • RFERL ☛ Russia Launches New Drone Strikes After Putin Warns Foreign Troops In Ukraine Will Be 'Legitimate Targets'

      Ninety-one Russian drones struck Ukraine overnight the night after Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a stark warning, declaring that any foreign troops deployed to Ukraine would be targeted.

    • Atlantic Council ☛ Why China and Russia are unlikely to move the Power of Siberia-2 pipeline forward

      While questions remain over the mega pipeline project, Russia has already secured significant export volumes via smaller projects, largely from Chinese buyers.

    • Defence Web ☛ G20 Summit puts paid to Exercise Mosi III this year

      The South African Department of Defence (DoD) on Thursday 4 September announced it had put a hold on a third planned naval exercise with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Russian Federation, originally set down for November this year.

    • France24 ☛ French counter-espionage memo alerts defense companies on spying by Russia

      This week, France's security agency sent a memo to defense companies warning them to be on the lookout for potential foreign spying, notably from Russia. Among the signs, they tell employers to watch out for are if one of their employees starts a new romantic relationship, particularly with a foreigner. Analysis by Philip Ingram, former British military intelligence officer and journalist specialising in security issues.

    • LRT ☛ Lithuania’s national opera ends work with Italian conductor over alleged Russia ties

      The Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre has ended its cooperation with Italian conductor Gianluca Marcianò over concerns about his possible involvement in upcoming performances in Russia.

    • LRT ☛ US to cut military aid to Russia’s neighbours – Lithuanian defmin not officially informed

      The United States plans to end military assistance to European countries near Russia, according to multiple media reports. Though European countries have been informed about planned cuts to US support, Lithuania has not yet received any formal written notice, said the Defence Ministry's Director of Policy, Vaidotas Urbelis.

    • RFERL ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man Signs Order To Label Countries Wrongfully Holding US Citizens As Terror Sponsors

      US President The Insurrectionist signed an executive order that could designate countries that have wrongfully detained US citizens as state sponsors of terrorism, including Iran, Afghanistan, Russia, and China.

    • RFERL ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man Says He Believes Belarus To Release Hundreds Of Political Prisoners In 'Near Future'

      US President The Insurrectionist, who surprised many by speaking to Belarus ruler Aleksandr Lukashenko last month, said he believes the Eastern European nation will be releasing many of the hundreds of political prisoners it is holding

• Civil Rights/Policing

  • CS Monitor ☛ Malcolm X sought a solution to racism. His words ring powerfully today.

    In “Nobody Can Give You Freedom,” Kehinde Andrews analyzes Malcolm X’s speeches and lays out his political theories.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Workers strike at Coca-Cola’s Hong Kong plant to protest dismissal of driver involved in traffic accident

    More than 180 workers at Swire Coca-Cola have gone on strike, demanding that the company reinstate a driver whom the union said was “hastily” dismissed from his job after a traffic accident.

• Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

  • SANS ☛ From YARA Offsets to Virtual Addresses, (Fri, Sep 5th)

Monopolies/Monopsonies

• Public Knowledge ☛ Google Search Remedies: A Missed Opportunity for Tech Accountability [Ed: Failing to say they have Microsoft inside their Board]

  The long-awaited decision falls short.

• Patents

  • Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Mea Culpa: Convicted Felon Administration Moves Swiftly on Tariffs Appeal

    In my prior posts about the Federal Circuit's V.O.S. Selections decision, I suggested the Convicted Felon administration may "slow-walk the petition for certiorari while continuing to disrespect the judgement made by both the trial and appellate courts." I was wrong. Rather, the administration has already petitioned for certiorari and requested expedited consideration, filing just days after the Federal Circuit's August 29 decision. The petition frames this as an existential economic crisis, with Treasury Secretary Bessent declaring that tariffs are critical to save an America at "the brink of a major economic and national-security catastrophe."

  • Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Hyatt v. Stewart: Why Petrella and SCA Hygiene Don’t Save Long-Delayed Patent Prosecutions

    The Federal Circuit’s new opinion in Hyatt v. Stewart affirms a bench-trial judgment that the USPTO may invoke prosecution laches to defeat four of Gilbert Hyatt’s pre-GATT civil actions under 35 U.S.C. § 145. The panel treated the availability of prosecution laches in § 145 as settled by Hyatt v. Hirshfeld (“Hyatt I”), 998 F.3d 1347 (Fed. Cir. 2021), and rejected Hyatt’s renewed argument that the Supreme Court’s recent decisions on laches (Petrella and SCA Hygiene) foreclose an equitable time-bar in patent-issuance litigation. The court also affirmed the district court’s prejudice findings and dismissed Hyatt’s cross-appeal for lack of Article III injury with respect to claims on which the Board had reversed the examiner.

  • JUVE ☛ CMS bolsters Dutch team with litigator from NautaDutilh [Ed: How is hiring of one person considered newsworthy?]

    For a long time, Dutch law firm CMS Derks Star Busmann played little role in Dutch patent monopoly litigation. Although the firm has an eleven-strong IP team, it rarely appeared in patent monopoly litigation at the District Court The Hague. Now it has hired patent monopoly litigator Jeroen Boelens.

• Trademarks

  • TTAB Blog ☛ TTABlog Test: Is BATTLE ROYALE GOLF Merely Descriptive of Golf Games?

    The USPTO refused to register the proposed marks BATTLE ROYALE GOLF, in standard character and logo form, for "Equipment sold as a unit for playing golf games; Outdoor activity game equipment sold as a unit comprising of carrying case, sticky golf balls and playing surface mat for playing games" [GOLF disclaimed] on the ground of mere descriptiveness under Section 2(e)(1). Applicant conceded that "'battle royale' is a popular film genre," but argued that the Office "never produced any evidence that golf games are 'multi-player action skill games,'" or that the golf players compete to be the last player or team standing. How do you think this came out? In re Collis ECommerce Ltd. Serial Nos. 97722010 and 97722016 (August 25, 2025) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Martha B. Allard).

• Copyrights

  • Public Knowledge ☛ Public Knowledge Urges Supreme Court To Keep America Connected

    Public Knowledge filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case Cox v. Sony. The brief argues that the Court should not treat broadband providers as copyright monopoly police.

  • New York Times ☛ Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors

    The settlement is the largest payout in the history of U.S. copyright monopoly cases and could lead more Hey Hi (AI) companies to pay rights holders for use of their works.