Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Netflix to invest $1B over the next four years in original content from Spain; Netflix announced a similar move for Mexico in February (More) | Netflix explained (1440 Topics) | HBO Max to launch next month in 12 new countries (More)
> Screen Actors Guild set to end nearly yearlong strike with video game companies as two sides reach tentative agreement over use of AI replicas (More)
> Two members of BTS complete military service, with remaining members set to finish mandatory enlistment in June, reuniting the K-pop supergroup for first time in three years (More) | Rapper Macklemore's home robbed while his three children were inside with a nanny (More)
Science & Technology
> Meta to form "superintelligence" team focused on building the world's most advanced AI platform; term refers to artificial general intelligence that surpasses human ability (More) | ... and Meta names Scale AI CEO to lead team (More)
> IBM announces plans to build a fault-tolerant, large-scale quantum computer by 2029; located in New York, system would have 20,000 times the computing power of existing quantum technologies (More) | Quantum computing explained (1440 Topics)
> Scientists map neurons in the brain affected by alcohol consumption, identify brain circuit involved in binge drinking; may lead to new therapies to treat alcohol abuse (More) | Addiction explained (1440 Topics)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.6%, Dow +0.3%, Nasdaq +0.6%) as traders continue to eye US-China talks (More) | World Bank downgrades 2025 global growth forecast to 2.3%, down from 2.8% in 2024; downgrades US growth forecast to 1.4%, also down from 2.8% in 2024 (More) | Credit scores: Tomorrow's Business & Finance newsletter explains the mysterious number (Sign up here)
> Federal appeals court allows President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs on imports to remain in effect while it reviews a lower court ruling that blocked the tariffs on grounds that Trump overstepped his authority (More)
> Google offers buyouts to US-based employees across the company, including within unit housing Google’s search, ads, and commerce divisions (More) | Paramount to lay off 3.5% of US workforce; comes as Paramount awaits FCC approval for Skydance Media's acquisition of the company (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Secretary of State Marco Rubio reportedly orders end to US Agency for International Development's international workforce by Sept. 30; State Department to adopt responsibility for all foreign assistance programs (More) | US Rep. LaMonica McIver (D, NJ-10) indicted on federal charges over clash with law enforcement at immigration center in New Jersey (More)
> Russia launches over 300 drones and missiles at Ukraine, killing at least eight people per Ukrainian authorities (More) | European Union imposes new sanctions on Russia after ceasefire talks collapse (More) | See war updates (More)
> Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro takes the stand before country's Supreme Court over alleged plot to overturn 2022 election results to stay in power; Bolsonaro denies all allegations against him and his aides (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
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