Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> "Conclave" is big winner at 2025 British Academy Film Awards, hauling in four wins, including best film; see full list of BAFTA winners (More) | YouTube TV and Paramount reach deal to keep Paramount channels, including CBS and Nickelodeon, on the streamer (More)
> Team USA hockey tops Canada 3-1 in 4 Nations Face-Off round-robin, will advance to Thursday's Final (More) | Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker accused by seven more women of sexual misconduct, bringing total accusations to 16 (More)
> William Byron wins back-to-back Daytona 500 races for NASCAR Cup's season opening victory (More) | Stephen Curry named NBA All-Star game MVP, Mac McClung wins third-straight dunk contest (More)
Science & Technology
> Apple to add its AI-powered assistant platform, Apple Intelligence, to Vision Pro headsets, along with more immersive content, in coming months (More) | Explore the company's nearly 50-year journey (1440 Topics)
> Scientists develop synthetic diamond with 40% more toughness than diamonds found naturally on Earth; material was first observed in a meteorite but proved difficult to replicate (More)
> New study suggests evolution of intelligent life on Earth was much more likely than previously assessed, challenging the current "hard steps" theory (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 0.0%, Dow -0.4%, Nasdaq 0.4%); all three indexes gain on the week, S&P 500 ends near record high (More) | Trump Media, the parent company of Truth Social, reports $400M in losses in 2024, $3.6M in annual revenue (More)
> Uber sues DoorDash, accusing the food delivery platform of anticompetitive practices, including threatening restaurants unless they agree to exclusive partnerships (More)
> Cryptocurrency scams reached at least $10B in 2024, driven by surge in "pig butchering" (More) | How "pig butchering" schemes work (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Israel and Hamas complete sixth prisoner swap; 19 Israelis and more than 1,000 Palestinians have been exchanged since first phase of ceasefire went into effect Jan. 19 (More)
> Justice Department asks judge to drop corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) after seven federal prosecutors, including the top Manhattan official, resign over orders (More) | See previous write-up (More)
> Trump administration directs federal agencies to begin terminating employees still within their one- to two-year probationary periods (More) | Energy Department attempts to rehire nuclear safety experts laid off in broad firings (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
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