The death toll from Friday's airstrike on a Beirut suburb rises to 31, Lebanon health minister says

TechCrunch Elon Musk threatened with SEC sanctions for failing to appear in court Elon Musk, the CEO of X and various other companies with the letter "X" in their names, is in regulators' crosshairs after skipping testimony this month in an investigation related to Musk's takeover of Twitter. In a filing today, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said that it intended to seek sanctions against Musk after Musk skipped a court-ordered appearance in a Los Angeles courthouse on September 10. Per the filing, Musk didn't notify the SEC that he wouldn't be appearing until just three hours before his testimony was set to begin.

Adam Neumann's startup Flow opens co-living community in Saudi Arabia Flow, Adam Neumann's co-living startup, opened a compound with 238 apartments in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh, and Forbes has some details. The opening included an Aztec-themed hot chocolate ceremony and tote bags with the words "holy s- I'm alive" on them. The rent for the furnished units starts at $3,500 a month and includes hotel-style services such as laundry and housekeeping and amenities like pools, co-ed gyms (unusual in Saudi Arabia), and bowling alleys.

Grok's image generator, Black Forest Labs, is raising $100M at a $1B valuation, say sources While OpenAI pursues yet another monster fundraise, it is not stealing all the oxygen in the room: AI startups building promising foundational models can still open doors, and checkbooks. Multiple sources tell us that Black Forest Labs — a startup that's building generative AI image models and came out of stealth two months ago with $31 million in funding — is closing new funding. Black Forest is not just any AI startup: The company was co-founded by the engineers who built the technology behind Stability AI.

Yahoo Life Shopping The newest Stanley releases to check out this month, all in one place Whether you want pumpkin spice for fall or you're still in your Barbie era, there's a cup to keep you happy and hydrated.

Here are the hottest product announcements from Apple, Google, Microsoft and others so far in 2024 No surprise that Apple's annual September event included a brand new iPhone. This one, dubbed iPhone 16, was "designed around Apple Intelligence, from the ground up," CEO Tim Cook said at the time, though news out of the event was that buyers of the new models will have to wait a bit before all of the AI features are available. Along with the base 16 model, Apple also released the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max, both of which feature the new A18 Pro chip.

Yahoo Sports Shohei Ohtani reaches 50-50... and then some, plus the most compelling series coming up Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman break down Shohei Ohtani's historic night that saw him establish the 50-50 club, look at some compelling upcoming series and give their picks for The Good, The Bad and The Uggla for the week.

Yahoo Personal Finance Saving your first $1,000 is a major milestone. But you may not be sure what to do next. Here are several ways to put $1,000 in savings to good use.