In The Know from 1440 Daily Digest
Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Taylor Swift wins top honor of Video of the Year for “Anti-Hero” as part of a night’s best nine awards at MTV Video Music Awards | VMA television viewership up 37% from 2022
> US Senate subcommittee subpoenas Saudi public investment fund, seeking documents related to LIV Golf partnership with the PGA Tour
> NFT project “Stoner Cats,” backed by celebrities such as Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission, required to pay back NFT buyers
Science & Technology
> Scientists develop AI model capable of detecting multiple health conditions, including Parkinson’s disease, from retinal scans
Stable Audio, a generative AI platform capable of creating original audio from text descriptions
> Vaccine-maker Moderna says its mRNA-based flu shot successfully generated an immune response against common influenza strains in clinical trials; vaccine may be available next year
> Stem cells responsible for vertebrae development also secrete a protein facilitating tumor metastasis, suggesting the reason many cancers tend to spread near the spine
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 +0.1%, Dow -0.2%, Nasdaq +0.3%); August inflation up 3.7% over last year compared to 3.2% in July, with gasoline prices driving over half of the increase | Chip designer Arm prices initial public offering at $52 per share, valuing the company at approximately $56B; shares to start trading on the Nasdaq exchange today
> Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and other tech CEOs meet with 60 US Senators to discuss artificial intelligence and potential regulations
> Founder and former CEO Howard Schultz steps down from Starbucks board of directors role
Politics & World Affairs
> Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) says he will not seek reelection next year, partly citing his age; the 76-year-old, who was a former presidential candidate and a governor, ends his term in January 2025
> Hurricane Lee heads toward the coasts of New England and eastern Canada as it moves northwest over the Atlantic Ocean as a Category 2 storm; Lee is expected to bring flooding and rain to the areas by Friday
> Hunter Biden’s attorneys sue former Trump White House aide over alleged role in distributing private emails and photos purportedly from his laptop | Former President Donald Trump waives right to speedy trial in Fulton County, Georgia, election interference case
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