Top Stories — Monday, September 8, 2025
What is trending in the USA today? Here is Breaking News:
- American Pilot Ethan Guo Is Released After Being Stuck Off Antarctica — nyt News
- Jake Paul's Betr Picks app gets complete overhaul with arcade games and NFL promotions — Fox Business
- Microsoft cloud service impacted in Middle East due to damaged fibers in Red Sea — Fox Business
American Pilot Ethan Guo Is Released After Being Stuck Off Antarctica
Source: nyt News • Published: 9/7/2025, 11:47:09 PM
A 20-year-old American pilot and content creator who had been stranded at a Chilean base on King George Island off Antarctica for more than two months after the authorities detained him there was released this weekend, according to one of his lawyers.
The pilot, Ethan Guo, was 19 when he started a fund-raising campaign for cancer research that involved trying to fly solo to all seven continents, documenting his efforts on social media.
He was detained on June 28 and effectively stranded after the authorities accused him of landing his cherry-red and white single-engine Cessna on King George Island without authorization.
After his release, he arrived in Punta Arenas on the Chilean mainland and then traveled to Santiago with his Chilean lawyer, Jaime Barrientos, according to a statement on Sunday from Sean Croft, one of Mr. Guo's lawyers in New York.
Mr. Guo left the Chilean base on a Navy ship, the Almirante Viel, Mr. Croft said.
"He is in good spirits and is looking forward to returning to the United States as soon as possible," Mr. Croft said. It was not immediately clear if he was released on Saturday or Sunday.
Mr. Guo's release came nearly a month after a Chilean judge approved a deal to dismiss his case under the conditions that Mr. Guo pay $30,000 to a children's cancer charity and that he does not re-enter the country for three years.
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Jake Paul's Betr Picks app gets complete overhaul with arcade games and NFL promotions
Source: Fox Business • Published: 9/7/2025, 10:37:13 PM
The 2025 NFL season is here, and Jake Paul is here to help bettors win money.
Paul launched Betr Picks in 2023 to get sports fans to dive into player props, and it has undergone a complete overhaul.
The app now has a new user interface, more sports offerings and projections, and a 10,000x payout multiplier.
Jake Paul during a pre-fight press conference held at the Apollo Theatre in New York. (Ed Mulholland/Sportsfile via Getty Images)
To celebrate the, in Paul's words, "completely revamped" app, each Betr Picks user has a $10 free bet to use during the first two weeks of the NFL season, while new users can get a 50% deposit match up to $200.
"We've been able to beat out DraftKings and FanDuel, which is, I think, a testament to our product and our userbase, and targeting a different audience in the space. Just really excited with what we've built," Paul told FOX Business in a recent interview.
The app also now has its own "Betr Arcade," where, if a bettor needs a break from sports, he or she can play mobile games to win real money.
Jake Paul during the Battle of the Giants press conference at The Anthem on Aug. 22, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Cooper Neill / Getty Images)
"These are really fun, skill-based mobile games that you could play in the app against one of the hundreds of thousands of other users that are in the Betr ecosystem, and you could play for real money," Paul's business partner, Joey Levy, said.
For Levy, there's almost no better (or Betr) partner than Paul, given the combination of being a creative genius and being, arguably, the face of a sport.
"It's not just the tens of millions of followers that Jake has on social media, but also the marketing brainpower that is really what has helped enable us get to the place we are today… We were recently named the top four fantasy pick operator in the United States, which is a multibillion-dollar market, and we accomplished that in less than two years…" Levy said.
"Today, it's as good as it's ever been before by a significant margin, I'd say. And now we have all of these additional products that none of our other fantasy pick-'em competitors."
Jake Paul fights Tyron Woodley in a rematch of an eight-round cruiserweight bout at Amalie Arena on Dec. 18, 2021, in Tampa, Florida. (Mike Ehrmann / Getty Images)
The app's improvements come weeks after it was announced Paul will be fighting Gervonta "Tank" Davis in an exhibition match.
Read the full story at Fox Business.
Microsoft cloud service impacted in Middle East due to damaged fibers in Red Sea
Source: Fox Business • Published: 9/7/2025, 10:15:08 PM
Microsoft's cloud service is suffering disruptions due to undersea fiber optic cable cuts in the Red Sea, the company announced Saturday.
Microsoft's Azure is the second largest cloud services provider in the world, following Amazon's AWS. The company warned that users may experience higher latency when data traffic is sent through the Middle East due to the cuts.
"We do expect higher latency on some traffic that previously traversed through the Middle East. Network traffic that does not traverse through the Middle East is not impacted. We'll continue to provide daily updates, or sooner if conditions change," Microsoft said.
The company did not offer an explanation for how the cables were damaged. Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the issue.
In this photo illustration, a Microsoft Azure logo is seen on a smartphone screen with a Microsoft logo in the background. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via / Getty Images)
The Red Sea has seen significant economic disruption in recent months due to interventions by Houthi rebels in Yemen. The terrorist group has declared solidarity with Hamas and has vowed to continue attacking trade vessels so long as Israel's war in Gaza continues.
Houthi fighters raise Lebanese Hezbollah and national flags during a rally held in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa. (Mohammed Huwais/AFP via / Getty Images)
The U.S. military and the Israel Defense Forces have launched intense air strikes against Houthi installations in Yemen. The official slogan of the Houthi movement (Ansar Allah) reads, "Allah is Greater. Death to America. Death to Israel. Curse on the Jews. Victory to Islam."
A Houthi military helicopter harasses the Galaxy Leader cargo ship in the Red Sea. (Houthi Military Media/File/Handout via / Reuters Photos)
Microsoft has not indicated that Saturday's fiber cuts are due to sabotage.
Fox Business' Benjamin Weinthal contributed to this report
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