Elon Musk's super PAC, America PAC, disclosed its first midterm expenditures to the FEC, spending over $800,000 across seven Senate contests and several House races. The largest chunk, more than $247,000, went to Texas to boost Republican Ken Paxton against Democrat James Talarico, with additional funds directed to Maine, Ohio, New Hampshire, Iowa, Michigan and Alaska. The spending, categorized as mail advertising, marks the start of what Musk has reportedly pledged could grow to $120 million in Republican-focused election spending.
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-03
PepsiCo has deployed its MiNegocio+ app to help small mom-and-pop stores in Mexico City order products at any time, using data insights to recommend items based on local customer demand. This shifts routine ordering tasks to the app, freeing PepsiCo's sales representatives to focus on offering strategic business advice to shop owners.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-02
The Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) confirmed it moved gold worth more than 10 billion euros away from vaults in New York and Ottawa between March and August, sending most of it to the Bank of England in London while some was also routed through its Zeist facility. The move reduced New York's share of Dutch reserves from 31.3 percent to about 18.5 percent, with a similar cut in Ottawa's holdings.
nltimes.nl
· 2026-09-02
Apple has updated Apple Maps to display Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' for users in the United States, following Google's earlier change to its maps. The renaming stems from an executive order President Trump signed after US-Canada trade talks collapsed, with Canadian users still seeing 'Lake Ontario' and the rest of the world seeing both names. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Trump personally contacted Apple to push through the naming change.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-02
Apple has begun labeling Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' on Apple Maps for users in the United States, following a Trump executive order that already led Google to make a similar change. The lake retains its original name in Canada and shows both names elsewhere, with the rollout still inconsistent between Apple's desktop and mobile versions.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-01
Apple has updated Apple Maps to display Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' for users located in the United States, following an executive order Trump signed on August 27. Canadian users will still see 'Lake Ontario,' while people outside both countries will see both names listed. Google made the same change last week, citing its policy of following official U.S. government naming databases.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-01
Apple has updated its Maps app to display Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' for users in the United States, following a renaming order from President Trump. The change mirrors a similar update Google made earlier to its own mapping service.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-01
Apple has begun updating Apple Maps to show 'Lake America' instead of 'Lake Ontario' for users in the United States, following a directive from President Trump amid trade tensions with Canada. Canadian users still see 'Lake Ontario,' while users elsewhere see both names. The rollout is gradual, and U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Trump personally contacted Apple about the change.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-01
President Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario as 'Lake America,' prompting the Seneca Nation's president to argue the move breaches a treaty dating back 232 years. The dispute has spilled onto social media, where users are also criticizing mapping services like Google Maps for potentially adopting the new name.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-01
President Trump signed an executive order directing the US Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America,' and the change has already appeared in the database, though the order itself has not yet been formally published in the Federal Register. OpenStreetMap contributors briefly altered the lake's name tag before reverting it, opting instead to add the change as an official_name:en-US tag, mirroring how the platform handled the earlier Gulf of Mexico renaming.
community.openstreetmap.org
· 2026-09-01
President Trump argued that communities blocking data center construction risk falling into economic decline, framing local resistance as a threat to competitiveness. His remarks come as polling shows most Americans are wary of having such facilities built near their homes.
wsj.com
· 2026-08-31
Following an executive order from President Trump renaming Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' amid US-Canada trade tensions, Google Maps updated its US listings over the weekend to reflect the new name. This happened even though the official US Geographic Names Information System database, which Google says it follows, has not yet updated its base map to show the change.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-08-31
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