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Saturday, July 12

In The NEWS


Sports, Entertainment, & Culture

> American Amanda Anisimova upsets No. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka to advance to tomorrow's Wimbledon women's final against Iga Swiatek; men's semifinal matches are set for this morning (More)

> "The Office" spinoff "The Paper" sets Sept. 4 premiere on Peacock (More) | "The Young and the Restless" leads all series in nominations for the 52nd Daytime Emmy Awards with 19; see complete list of nominees (More)

> Paul McCartney announces 19-date North American tour beginning Sept. 29 (More) | Screen Actors Guild ends nearly yearlong strike with video game companies over use of AI replicas (More)


Science & Technology
> xAI releases Grok 4, the latest version of its flagship large language model; CEO Elon Musk says model was trained on the company's Colossus supercomputer (More) | Large language models explained (1440 Topics)

> New bionic knee, which integrates directly into bone and muscle tissue, restores natural movement in patients with above-the-knee amputations; users in clinical trial report device feels like a natural extension of the limb (More, w/video)

> DNA analysis of Greenland sled dogs—the world's oldest known breed, known as "Qimmeq"—reveals Inuit communities arrived as early as 1,200 years ago; estimate is hundreds of years earlier than previously thought (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close up (S&P 500 +0.3%, Dow +0.4%, Nasdaq +0.1%); S&P 500, Nasdaq reach new records (More) | Bitcoin notches new all-time high above $113K, up roughly 21% since the start of this year (More)

> Italian candy maker Ferrero, owner of brands including Nutella, Kinder, and Ferrero Rocher, to buy cereal maker WK Kellogg in roughly $3.1B deal; WK Kellogg shares close up nearly 31% on the news (More)

> Tesla to hold annual shareholder meeting Nov. 6 amid investor pressure; comes four months past deadline under Texas law, where Tesla is incorporated (More) | Ford recalls over 850,000 cars in the US due to potential fuel pump failure (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Secret Service suspends six agents without pay for up to 42 days, nearly one year after assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania (More) | Suspect in second assassination attempt on Trump at a Florida golf course seeks to represent himself in his trial, scheduled to begin in September (More)

> Gaza hospital accuses Israeli military of killing at least 15 people, including seven children, waiting in line to receive nutritional supplements; Israel says it targeted militants (More) | Hamas says it will release 10 hostages amid ceasefire negotiations; did not say when release would occur and whether hostages were among 22 living or 28 dead hostages still believed to be held captive (More)

> France and the UK reach deal to address migration, other issues; so-called "one in, one out" agreement will see the UK deport some migrants arriving by boat in exchange for accepting those with UK family connections (More)


SOURCE:  1440 NEWS

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