Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> The 2024 Paris Olympics kick off today with men's soccer and rugby sevens; see full schedule of events (More)
> Saturday's WNBA All-Star Game hauled in 3.44 million viewers, the third highest telecast ever for a WNBA game and more than four times the viewers of 2023's All-Star Game (More)
> The 81st Venice Film Festival's (Aug. 28-Sept. 7) full lineup announced, including world premieres of sequels to "Joker" and "Beetlejuice" (More)
Science & Technology
> Meta launches Llama 3.1, the newest version of its flagship large language model and the largest open-source model available; platform was trained on more than 400 billion parameters (More) | What are AI training parameters? (More)
> Preliminary data suggest Sunday was Earth's warmest day on record since scientists began tracking global averages in 1940; worldwide surface air temperature notched 62.76 degrees Fahrenheit (More) | Global average surface temperature 101 (More)
> Scientists discover sex-based differences in the brain circuitry linked to different rates of neurological and mental health conditions between males and females (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -0.2%, Dow -0.1%, Nasdaq -0.1%) in continued turn from tech stocks (More) | Tesla shares fall 8% in after-hours trading after earnings report reveals profit fell for second consecutive quarter (More)
> Israeli cybersecurity company Wiz rejects $23B Google takeover amid antitrust concerns, will instead launch initial public offering; deal would have been Google's biggest-ever acquisition (More)
> US existing home prices reach record high in June for second consecutive month, with median home price soaring to $426.9K; home sales declined to lowest levels since December (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> President Joe Biden to deliver Oval Office address tonight at 8 pm ET on his decision to end his 2024 reelection bid (More) | Watch the address here (More) | Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at first campaign rally in Milwaukee since securing enough delegate pledges to win the Democratic nomination (More)
> Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigns following House Oversight Committee testimony surrounding assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump (More) | House leaders announce a bipartisan task force to investigate Trump assassination attempt (More)
> Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) announces he will resign next month following conviction on corruption charges (More) | See previous write-up (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
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