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A group of grocery store owners sued Mayor Mamdani and his administration Monday over a plan to open five city-funded grocery stores across the city offering heavily discounted prices to consumers, arguing the plan is discriminatory. The Multicultural Business Coalition argued in two lawsuits that the program, a key piece of Mamdani’s affordability agenda, would hurt Latino and Asian supermarkets. The city should have done a study on the potential impacts on nearby stores, the suits claim. “Many minority members of the MBC cannot compete with the municipal grocery stores, and therefore, will be put out of business resulting in…

Everyone is buzzing about Instinct, an AI personal assistant still in private access, not only for its incredible capabilities, but also for its potential privacy concerns. The agent, a veritable taskmaster, has been praised as feeling “like magic” and being one of the “most exciting launches” since OpenClaw. However, some testers have also raised concerns about the AI agent’s security model and its worrisome terms of service. To be fair, Instinct is still in private testing for now, so these concerns haven’t yet scaled to the wider public at this time. Created by a small team led by former Sierra…

Here are the companies making headlines in midday trading. Nucor , Steel Dynamics — The steel manufacturing stocks climbed after trade negotiations between the U.S. and Canada collapsed on Friday . Shares of Nucor and Steel Dynamics were up roughly 2%. Canada is set to target the U.S. steel industry in its retaliatory tariffs that will start on Sept. 8. Expedia Group — The travel booking site’s stock gained more than 4% after Evercore ISI lifted its price target to $430 from $375. The firm, which sees nearly 34% upside from Friday’s close, kept its rating at outperform. Hims &…

Anime piracy has been a major part of the online anime community for years. Before legal streaming became widely available, many fans turned to illegal websites to watch their favorite series for free. These platforms became popular because they offered large anime libraries, subtitles, and easy access. However, piracy sites have faced increasing pressure from copyright owners and legal actions. The recent shutdown of several major piracy platforms, including HiAnime, shows piracy is coming to an end. An anime website that was active for 15 years has now disappeared from the internet, becoming the latest major piracy platform to shut…

Bitget CEO Gracy Chen isn’t convinced that Bitcoin’s recent rally to $79,000 marks the end of the bear market.She is keeping a significant portion of her portfolio in stablecoins and watching for a drop of more than $25,000 from current prices as a potential level to buy back into Bitcoin. “I would say $50K is the number that I’m looking at for my personal Bitcoin buyback sort of price,” Chen tells the Trade Secrets show.That being said, Chen isn’t claiming to have any special insight into where Bitcoin’s notoriously unpredictable price is headed. She also thinks its possible Bitcoin could…

Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Alibaba — U.S.-listed shares of the Chinese technology company were off by 2% after the company announced it was issuing $10.2 billion of new shares to non-U.S. investors . Alibaba said all of the money it raises will be used to fund its AI projects, particularly on its AI infrastructure. Chipmakers — After falling 5.5% last week, the iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) was down almost 2% on Monday. Marvell Technology declined almost 3.5%, while Advanced Micro Devices and Intel fell about 2%. Memory stocks — A slew of memory storage companies…

Ontario’s gambling regulator has imposed a $70,000 penalty on Booming Games Limited after prohibited auto-play functionality remained available on multiple slot games for several months.The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) said its investigation found shortcomings in the supplier’s configuration, testing and monitoring of games offered to players in the province. The affected games appeared on a licensed operator’s platform, although the operator itself was not identified.Booming Games received its Ontario licence in early 2024 and supplies titles including Buffalo Hold and Win, Cash Pigs and The Wild Wings of Phoenix to licensed operators. The company will not appeal the…

An indie horror game called Lord of Chaos is free to keep on PC for a very limited time. What makes Lord of Chaos an interesting pick is its blend of different genres, as it combines “cozy vibes” with a horror story. PC gamers who enjoy games with good music might also want to check out this freebie, as its soundtrack is quite unique. August has had its fair share of free-to-keep promotions on PC so far. Right now, for example, gamers can look forward to the Lenovo Legion Gaming Community giveaway, which will give them free Steam keys for…

US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) inflows surged last week after months of uneven flows, with investors pouring nearly $2 billion into the products amid a surge in Bitcoin’s price.Bitcoin ETFs recorded $1.92 billion in net inflows during the week ending Friday, marking their strongest weekly performance in nearly 10 months, according to SoSoValue data.ETF analyst Nate Geraci said Sunday that spot Ether ETFs also attracted about $700 million. He added that Bitcoin and Ether funds each posted their strongest weekly inflows since October 2025.The renewed ETF demand came amid Bitcoin jumping more than 20% last week, briefly surging past…

A newly released Steam game is already a huge success less than a week after its launch, with How to Fish attracting more than 200,000 players. The indie Steam game has seen strong early reviews since its release on August 20. Steam has become a haven for indie games looking to reach a wider audience, with many of the most popular independently-developed games coming to the marketplace. Games like Stardew Valley, Hades, and Hollow Knight have achieved monumental success on the platform, selling millions of copies and revolutionizing their respective genres. Steam also regularly promotes its large quantity of indie…