Peter Nowak

🔥 It’s Tuesday, January 21st – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

📱 Following a voluntary shutdown on Saturday night, TikTok’s US service was restored around midday Sunday.

🚀 Early Thursday morning, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket achieved a monumental milestone – its first time reaching orbit since the Jeff Bezos-owned company’s founding in 2000.

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🔥 It’s Friday, January 17th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🤝 Israel and Hamas agreed to a preliminary ceasefire deal, in a step that could mark the beginning of the end for the 15+-month war in Gaza.

🎮 Portable gaming must’ve driven into a question mark box – because it’s about to get a power up. Nintendo announced its long-awaited Switch 2 gaming console yesterday morning.

🤖⚡ Researchers are increasingly trying to figure out ways to make robots consume less energy – or in human terms, perform less house work and take more naps (don’t we all).

🚫🔴 Fruit by the Foot and Ringpops have been put on notice. The FDA officially banned Red No. 3, an additive used to give foods and drinks a bright, cherry-red color.

🔥 It’s Thursday, January 16th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🐭🎮 After filing for bankruptcy in 2020, Chuck E. Cheese, the birthday-and-pizza-party host extraordinaire, is mounting a modern comeback.

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🧠 Computer-brain interface company Neuralink has successfully implanted a third brain chip into a human patient, according to CEO Adrian Dittmann Elon Musk.

🥃 Things aren’t going as sweet as Tennessee whiskey for those in the industry, following a Covid lockdown-driven run-up of sales.

🔥 It’s Wednesday, January 15th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

📝 The DOJ published a long-awaited report from special counsel Jack Smith laying out the details of his investigation into President-elect Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

🌏♨️ 2024 had the highest average global temps on record for a 2nd consecutive year, and was the first to meet or exceed the 1.5°C limit set by the Paris Agreement, per several new reports.

💰 After reaching a recent peak, tipping at US restaurants is on its way back down the mountain.

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🇮🇳 The Hindu festival of Maha Kumbh Mela, a once-every-12-yr religious event described as the world's largest gathering of humanity, kicked off yesterday in northern India.