Suno pulled an advertisement featuring Mary J. Blige after saying she never authorized it and that the company had struck the deal with someone falsely presenting themselves as her official representative.
FC Barcelona's Nike Kobe 3 Low Protro releases September 4 at $200, Team USA opens the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup against China in Berlin, and OpenAI's Astra becomes the first model to cross its Critical cybersecurity threshold.
The Converse SHAI 001 Lace Up "Cheetah" drops today at $120, college football Week 1 opens tonight with Colorado at Georgia Tech at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN, and Uber is cutting 3,300 jobs as it pivots toward robotaxis.
JENNIE's first adidas Originals collaboration releases today in Korea at $150, Mariano Navone put Novak Djokovic out of the US Open in the first round, and Coyote vs. Acme opened to $15.5 million three years after Warner Bros. shelved it.
The Salehe Bembury x PUMA Velum 2 NITRO releases today at $160 in Terracotta and Alloy, Aaron Donald unretires on a one-year, $20 million deal with the Rams, and Amazon closes Mechanical Turk on September 30.
Westside Gunn's Saucony Grid Jazz 9 "Awesome God" releases at $225, Chris Sale strikes out 11 in a 1-0 shutout to sweep the Dodgers, Alabama Shakes return after 11 years, and a judge voids the Pentagon's supply-chain-risk label on Anthropic.
Atlanta takes a five-game NL East lead into Citizens Bank Park at 6:05 p.m. ET, with Zack Wheeler starting for Philadelphia. Carlos Rodon faces Robbie Ray in San Diego, and Jacob deGrom draws the Rays in Texas.
Atlanta brings a four-game NL East lead into Philadelphia for a four-game series, with Chris Sale facing Cristopher Sanchez at 6:40 ET on ESPN. Sixteen MLB games on the slate, including Brewers at Reds and a 9:40 ET Yankees-Padres window.
FC Barcelona's Nike Kobe 3 Low Protro releases September 4 at $200, Team USA opens the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup against China in Berlin, and OpenAI's Astra becomes the first model to cross its Critical cybersecurity threshold.
Beyoncé's B'Day 20th anniversary reissue anchors a hip-hop-heavy week, alongside new projects from French Montana & Max B, Nemzzz, Karrahbooo, Dizzee Rascal, Mykki Blanco, and Rebecca Black.
OpenAI is ending Cursor's access to its models on November 12, weeks after SpaceX closed its $60 billion acquisition of the AI coding tool. OpenAI says it cannot trust SpaceX to honor its terms of service; Cursor says OpenAI models are only about 5% of its traffic.
Jack Harlow's first New Balance T500 arrives September 4 at 10 a.m. ET for $130 in an all-brown Black Coffee finish, style code U5005JD. It is named for Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed both Louisville's Cherokee Park, where Harlow grew up, and Central Park in the city he lives in now.
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