Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> The 2024 PGA Tour Championship begins today from East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta for the FedEx Cup title and $25M winner's bonus (More)
> Disney India and Mumbai-based conglomerate Reliance's $8.5B merger to go forward after India's antitrust commission approves deal (More)
> "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" kicks off the 81st Venice Film Festival; see full list of the competition's films (More) | Comedian Nikki Glaser tapped to host 2025 Golden Globe Awards (More)
Science & Technology
> Google to allow some users of its Gemini AI platform to resume generating images of people; move comes six months after the feature was pulled due to ahistorical and racially inaccurate depictions (More) | How generative AI works (More, w/video)
> Molecular mechanism behind multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases discovered; study identifies a specific protein that triggers regulatory T cells, which dampen the immune system (More)
> Male fruit flies become oblivious to threats during attempts to mate, new study suggests; research finds the chemical dopamine plays a key role in silencing risk-reward signals (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -0.6%, Dow -0.4%, Nasdaq -1.1%) (More) | Nvidia beats Wall Street estimates, reports 122% year-over-year Q2 revenue growth (More) | OpenAI reportedly in talks to raise funding, potentially valuing it at over $100B (More)
> Telegram founder Pavel Durov charged with crimes in France over illegal activity on app (More) | Two Sigma cofounders to step down as co-CEOs from the $60B hedge fund in bid to resolve long-running feud (More) | Read about their feud (More)
> Super Micro Computer shares close down 19% after company delays annual report filing; comes a day after short-seller Hindenburg Research accuses Super Micro of accounting manipulation (More) | See accusations (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> FBI report finds shooter at Trump rally had researched campaign schedules of both former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, saw Pennsylvania rally as target of opportunity (More)
> Supreme Court maintains temporary injunction on President Biden's $400B student loan forgiveness plan; 8 million people currently enrolled in the plan, known as SAVE, announced last fall (More)
> Houthis agree to allow tugboats to reach Greek oil tanker carrying 1 million barrels of crude oil ablaze in the Red Sea; US Defense Department says the tanker—attacked by Houthi rebels over the weekend—is likely leaking oil (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
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