PRESS DIGEST-Financial Times - Aug 9

Headlines - UK electoral register hacked by 'hostile actors', watchdog reveals - Disney's ESPN moves into US sports betting with $2 billion Penn Entertainment deal - Wall Street groups fined $555 million by regulators over messaging violations - Google and Universal Music negotiate deal over AI 'deepfakes' - Goldman Sachs' John Rogers steps down as chief of staff Overview - Hackers obtained the details of tens of millions of British voters in a "complex cyber attack" on the Electoral Commission that went undetected for more than a year, the elections watchdog admitted on Tuesday.

The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Headlines

- UK electoral register hacked by 'hostile actors', watchdog reveals - Disney's ESPN moves into US sports betting with $2 billion Penn Entertainment deal

- Wall Street groups fined $555 million by regulators over messaging violations - Google and Universal Music negotiate deal over AI 'deepfakes'

- Goldman Sachs' John Rogers steps down as chief of staff Overview

- Hackers obtained the details of tens of millions of British voters in a "complex cyber attack" on the Electoral Commission that went undetected for more than a year, the elections watchdog admitted on Tuesday. - Disney is pushing into the U.S. sports betting industry, tying its ESPN cable network to the casino and online gambling company Penn Entertainment in a $2 billion deal.

- Nine Wall Street companies, including Wells Fargo and BNP Paribas, have agreed to pay a total of $555 million in fines over messaging violations in the latest round of record-keeping charges filed by US regulators. - Alphabet's Google and Universal Music are in talks to license artists' melodies and voices for songs generated by artificial intelligence as the music business tries to monetise one of its biggest threats.

- John Rogers, Goldman Sachs' chief of staff and one of the bank's most influential executives, is stepping back from his role. (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

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