Saturday, December 14

In The NEWS


Sports, Entertainment, & Culture

> College football bowl season kicks off tomorrow; see schedule and preview of all 36 matchups (More) | Eighteen-year-old Indian Gukesh Dommaraju becomes youngest-ever World Chess Champion (More)

> Sean "Diddy" Combs accused of rape by three men in separate lawsuits; Combs is currently awaiting trial on felony charges of racketeering and sex trafficking (More) | "Wicked" and "Conclave" lead nominations for the 2025 Critics Choice Awards with 11 apiece (More)

> BuzzFeed to sell "First We Feast," the studio behind popular "Hot Ones" YouTube show, for $82.5M (More) | YouTube TV to raise monthly subscription fee by $10 to $82.99 (More)


Science & Technology
> Google unveils Android XR, a mixed reality operating system for smart glasses and headsets integrating its AI platform Gemini (More) | ... and announces Gemini 2.0, built to support AI agents carrying out tasks for users (More)

> Neanderthals and humans in Eurasia interbred for a window of about 7,000 years beginning roughly 50,000 years ago, genetic analysis suggests; between 1% to 2% of modern Eurasian genes are inherited from Neanderthals (More)

> New study estimates superflares—bursts of radiation from stars equal to trillions of hydrogen bombs—may occur roughly once per 100 years; previous studies suggested events occurred every 1,000 to 10,000 years (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -0.5%, Dow -0.5%, Nasdaq -0.7%), weighed down by better-than-expected inflation report a day earlier (More) | ServiceTitan raises roughly $625M in Nasdaq debut, valuing cloud software firm at nearly $9B (More) | Heard about IPOs, but don't know how they work? Sign up for 1440 Business & Finance (Join here)

> Warner Bros. Discovery shares close up over 15% after announcing it will split its TV business from its streaming studios (More) | Adobe shares close down over 13% in biggest drop since September 2022 after downbeat revenue forecast (More)

> Federal Trade Commission sues Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, accusing the largest US alcohol distributor of offering discounts to large chain buyers like Costco and Kroger while charging higher prices to small businesses (More) | Stanley recalls 2.6 million mugs after 38 people suffer burns from faulty lids (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> President-elect Donald Trump is named Time magazine's Person of the Year, rings the New York Stock Exchange's opening bell; magazine cites Trump's historic comeback and impact on news cycle (More) | Read the interview (More)

> Justice Department internal watchdog report on Jan. 6, 2021, storming of US Capitol finds FBI anticipated potential for violence, failed to canvass informants from field offices or dispatch undercover agents; four informants entered Capitol premises without FBI authorization (More) | Read the report (More)

> UK's health secretary permanently bans puberty blockers for children under 18, extending a temporary ban in place since May; decision follows a review this year finding a lack of evidence to date supporting the treatment, with transgender advocates calling the decision discriminatory (More)

SOURCE:  1440 NEWS

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