Peter Nowak

🇺🇸 The Trump administration’s 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico, and additional 10% tariff on Chinese products, officially took effect this morning.

🔥 It’s Tuesday, March 4th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🌕 Blue Ghost, a lunar lander built by Texas-based space startup Firefly, early yesterday pulled a Simone Biles and stuck its landing on the Moon.

💥 The Israel-Hamas ceasefire is facing an uncertain future, after Phase 1 of the deal expired on Saturday without signs of progress towards the second phase.

🍵 Matcha – made of finely ground powder long-revered in Japan for its health benefits and energy-boosting properties – has become so popular globally that its fragile supply chain can’t keep up.

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📺 YouTube behemoth MrBeast is on a mission to raise a dollar for every one of his subscribers hundreds of millions of dollars in a deal that would value his company at ~$5 billion, per a new Bloomberg report.

🚁 The NFL, MLB, NCAA, and NASCAR have come out in support of the Disabling Enemy Flight Entry and Neutralizing Suspect Equipment (DEFENSE) Act, a recently introduced bipartisan bill that gives state and local law enforcement the authority to disable drones above large sporting events.

🔥 It’s Friday, February 28th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🏛️ House Republicans approved a budget proposal this week in a 217-215 vote, with one Republican joining all Democrats in opposition to the proposed spending and tax cuts included in the bill.

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🤖 Get ready to experience the digital equivalent of meeting a new person. At a live event yesterday, Amazon unveiled its revamped Alexa+ voice assistant featuring generative AI. 

🏬 Joann, the 80-years-old go-to plug for fabric and crafts-minded individuals, is closing all ~800 of its stores in the US, the retailer announced this week, reversing an earlier bankruptcy plan that would have left some stores open.

📝 The nature vs. nurture debate just got some new data. Human health and aging is significantly more impacted by living conditions and lifestyle choices than genetics, according to a new study published in Nature Medicine.

🔥 It’s Thursday, February 27th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

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🤖⌨️ A free version of Gemini Code Assist, Google’s enterprise-focused AI coding tool, is now available for solo developers, the tech giant announced yesterday, as it ramps up efforts to compete with Microsoft in the developer tools space.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 Monday marked exactly three years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, kicking off an ongoing war with major global implications.

🏖️ Resorts featured in The White Lotus can count on waving hello to more new visitors. The widespread popularity of HBO’s hit TV show is spurring a huge surge in tourism to those locations, in a phenomenon travel agents have dubbed the “White Lotus Effect.”