Welcome to the 38th edition of The Daily Zap — A Daily Newspaper (Kind of 🙏). Here, you'll get links to all of the latest news and updates mostly from the last 24 hours, divided in Sections (much similar to pages on a newspaper).

Let's unfold!

~Bitcoin News of the Day~Bitcoin News of the Day

Bitcoin Adoption Reaches Critical Low in El Salvador Despite Government Push

• A new survey shows the lackluster state of bitcoin adoption in El Salvador, even when President Nayib Bukele’s government has rallied to support it. The “Country’s Path” survey, carried out by the Center for Citizen Studies, Disruptive Magazine, and Francisco Gavidia University, examined the answers of over 1,200 citizens on several relevant topics for the country, including bitcoin.

Global Trade & ~EconGlobal Trade & ~Econ

World Economy Fault Lines Shift From Prices to Politics and Debt

• The global economy is heading toward year end with unexpected tailwinds as slowing inflation clears a path for an unlikely soft landing. But while the economics side of the equation is looking up, political hurdles lie ahead.

~Politics_and_Law~Politics_and_Law

House task force releases damning interim report on the first assassination attempt against Trump

• Based on 23 interviews with local law enforcement officials and thousands of pages of documents from various authorities, the bipartisan task force concluded “the tragic and shocking events of July 13 were preventable and should not have happened.”

~Stacker_Sports News~Stacker_Sports News

Yankees and Dodgers meet in World Series for 12th time in matchup of Broadway and Hollywood

• Two of baseball’s most successful teams face each other starting Friday at Dodger Stadium, the Yankees coming off their 41st American League pennant and the Dodgers their 25th National League championship. New York is seeking its 28th World Series title but first since 2009, the Dodgers their eighth and second in a five-year span.

~Tech & ~Science~Tech & ~Science

Microsoft to let clients build AI agents for routine tasks from November

• Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab will allow its customers to build autonomous artificial intelligence agents from next month, in its latest push to tap the booming technology amid growing investor scrutiny of its hefty AI investments. The company is positioning autonomous agents - programs that need little human intervention unlike chatbots - as "apps for an AI-driven world" that can handle client queries, identify sales leads and manage inventory.

~History with Mystery~History with Mystery

Stop Blaming Rats: The Real Black Death Causes

• Typically considered an outbreak of the bubonic plague, which is transmitted by rats and fleas, the Black Death wreaked havoc on Europe, North Africa and Central Asia in the mid-14th century. It killed an estimated 75 million people, including 30 to 60 percent of Europe’s population. According to the traditional narrative, the crisis reached England in the spring of 1348 and began assailing its capital by late summer. Scores of Londoners developed painful swellings that oozed blood and pus before suffering fevers, chills, vomiting and severe aches and pains that often heralded their imminent deaths.

~Entertainment World~Entertainment World

Fake news YouTube creators target Black celebrities with AI-generated misinformation

• Many of the video titles and voiceovers have pushed fake narratives that stem from recent rape and sex trafficking lawsuits against Combs, including a high-profile case settled between him and entertainer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura. Other videos have implicated figures like Jakes in the allegations against Combs without evidence and used manipulated media to depict the celebrities engaging in lewd acts and exaggerated displays of emotion in video thumbnails.

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