Saturday, April 12

In The NEWS


Sports, Entertainment, & Culture

> The 2025 Cannes Film Festival (May 13-24) lineup announced, headlined by films from Wes Anderson and Richard Linklater; see full festival lineup (More)

> Film director James Toback ordered to pay $1.68B in damages to 40 women for alleged sexual assault that spanned 40 years (More)

> All-British cast version of "Saturday Night Live" to launch in 2026 on UK broadcaster Sky; "SNL" creator Lorne Michaels will executive produce the show (More)


Science & Technology
> OpenAI adds feature allowing ChatGPT to use past conversations to inform answers, framing the capability as referencing "memories" (More) | DoorDash launches robot delivery in Chicago and Los Angeles (More)

> La Niña, the weather phenomenon driven by cold water in the Pacific Ocean, disappears after a short-lived three months (More) | How El Niño and La Niña influence global climate patterns (More)

> Scientists develop brain cell graft that can be applied without triggering rejection by the immune system; approach may enable new treatments for neurological diseases like Parkinson's (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets tumble (S&P 500 -3.5%, Dow -2.5%, Nasdaq -4.3%) after White House confirms cumulative tariffs on Chinese imports will total 145% (More)

> US consumer price index falls to 2.4% year over year in March from 2.8% in February; excluding food and energy, core inflation rose 2.8% year over year—the lowest rate for core inflation since March 2021 (More) | Egg prices rise to record-high of $6.23 per dozen in March, up roughly 60% from a year ago (More)

> Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, reportedly aiming for $2B fundraising target for her generative AI startup, Thinking Machines Labs, in what could be the largest seed round in history (More) | How generative AI works (1440 Topics)


Politics & World Affairs
> Supreme Court rules Trump administration must begin process of returning Maryland man wrongfully sent to El Salvador prison (More) | See overview of case (More)

> Six people dead after a helicopter crashes into the Hudson River, with rescue crews recovering the bodies of all three adults and three children; authorities are investigating the crash (More)

> House lawmakers, led by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R, LA-4), adopt Senate's budget resolution in a 216-214 vote to begin carrying out President Donald Trump's agenda on taxes, energy, and immigration (More)


SOURCE:  1440 NEWS

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