Compared to previous versions of the games, there seemed to be a crisis the Paris Olympics is facing on promoting the competitions, the general preparations and contingencies the French government is facing, and the moral integrity of the global athletic system.

The person behind the social media handle DogPack404, only identified as Dawson, has been issued two cease and desist orders from MrBeast, the social media brand headed by embattled YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, after accusations of fraudulent practices.

Shares of the big tech company Meta jumped by about 7% in extended trading on July 31 after exceeding Wall Street expectations on revenue and profit for the second quarter of 2024.

Jimmy Donaldson, known for his YouTube screen name ‘MrBeast,’ admitted to the ‘inappropriate language’ he uttered in his early career, but stayed silent regarding the allegations regarding fraudulent corporate practices and questionable work ethics surrounding him and his team.

Microsoft said that it would increase its spending on developing its artificial intelligence infrastructure despite a slowed growth in its cloud business.

Intel announced that it was making thousands of jobs redundant in order to reduce costs and to be able to afford an ambitious effort to rebound from an earnings slump and recent weak market share performances.

McDonald’s reported that its global sales dipped by 1% for the second quarter, the first time it has done so in over three years.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin are in Manila this week to announce a $500 million defense funding to help the Philippines in its deterrence against China.

Delta Airlines has hired David Boies, prominent attorney and chair of law firm Boies Schiller Flexner, in order to seek damages from CrowdStrike and Microsoft after an outage this month that caused millions of computers to crash, including those in airports.

MrBeast, the 300-million-subscriber YouTube channel and media company behind it, has been under fire in recent days due to double allegations directed at its founding co-presenters, Jimmy Donaldson and Ava Kris Tyson, regarding its questionable work ethics and predatory sexual behavior, respectively.

The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) began its trading week strong after stocks based in the United States finished last week on the red, with investors continuing to bet that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would start cutting interest rates by September.

Melinda French Gates, the ex-wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, said that the new generation of billionaires like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Jack Dorsey, and Bill Ackman are more vocal than financial in their efforts to make social changes.

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) said that it was preparing for an era of steady interest rate hikes by claiming victory over deflation, according to a major review of past policy that recognized a paradigm shift over consumer behavior.

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman’s firm Pershing Square announced that it was postponing its initial public offering, saying that there was an ‘enormous sensitivity’ to the size of the transaction.

The payments company Lemon Squeezy announced that it has been acquired by competitor and industry giant Stripe for an undisclosed amount.

American Airlines agreed to allot $4.2 billion worth in pay and benefits to its flight attendants after agreeing on a tentative deal.

Hundreds of newspaper journalists of Australian commercial media outlet Nine began its nationwide five-day strike to oppose a pay offer from company management while the media firm is set to broadcast the Paris Olympics.

SpaceX said that it identified and fixed the problem that caused a failure in its Falcon 9 rocket in a launch earlier this month after announcing it has filed a mishap report to the FAA.

Manhattan-based diamond dealer Manashe Sezanayev has been charged for alleged fraudulent practices against fellow jewelry merchants.

Maersk Line agreed to a settlement offered by the US Labor Department in relation to an alleged retaliatory termination of a container ship seaman who revealed questionable practices and potential safety concerns onboard the company’s vessels.

The Australian Federal Court dismissed a class action lawsuit that claimed German pharmaceutical and chemicals company Bayer’s glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup could cause a type of blood cancer, which gave the firm a respite after facing similar cases in the United States.

Biotech executive Jacob VanLandingham pleaded guilty to a fraud charge after allegedly improperly using welfare funds intended to develop a concussion drug in the largest public corruption case in the history of the state of Mississippi.

The Australian Parliament’s Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts heard evidence from a number of live music industry stakeholders, including Arts Queensland and QMusic.

Commercial spaceflight company Axiom Space announced this week that they have welcomed retired British astronaut Tim Peake into its professional astronaut pool.

HMD, the Finnish phonemaker more known for the redevelopment of the Nokia mobile phone series, announced the launch of its Better Phone project, with an aim to make mobile devices safer and friendlier for children and teenagers.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the company would be delaying the launch of its long-awaited robotaxi service on Oct. 10, around two months after the planned date.

A Pennsylvania-based federal judge ruled to decline calls to block bans on noncompete agreements issued by the Federal Trade Commission, which was a divergence from an earlier decision at a Texas counterpart earlier this month.

Switzerland became one of the world’s first countries to mandate making its government website softwares to become open source with the implementation of the Federal Law on the Use of Electronic Measures for the Fulfillment of Government Tasks.

The Federal Trade Commission has ordered eight companies to provide information the agency said was offering products and services that use personal data to set prices based on a shopper’s individual characteristics.

The messaging app Telegram has reached 950 million active users and is expected to have a billion by the end of this year.