Peter Nowak

🌍 The world’s longest-serving death row inmate was acquitted by a Japanese court; European space agencies opened a practice facility for Moon-bound astronauts; and more.

🗳️ The 2024 election officially kicked off this month – but the real work begins after polls close on Nov. 5, when election officials in all 50 states start counting up the ballots.

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🔥 It’s Friday, September 27th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

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🐙🐟 Octopuses have long been thought to prowl solo along the ocean floor – but a new study found some members of the species serve as “CEOs” at the head of a hunting group of fish.

🌍 Swiss police made several arrests after a controversial suicide pod was used for the first time; Thailand’s king signed a landmark same-sex marriage bill into law; and more.

🔥 It’s Thursday, September 26th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🤖 Google recently paid Character.AI $2.7 billion to license its tech – and to bring co-founder Noam Shazeer, regarded as the godfather of generative AI, back to work for the tech giant again.

🏘️ A growing number of Americans are joining the “yes, in my backyard” (YIMBY) movement, which aims to boost affordable housing by changing regulations around single-family homes.

🌏 China rolled out a major stimulus package aimed at boosting its economy; a Russian missile touted as the “world’s deadliest weapon” apparently failed a recent test; and more.

🤖📱 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has approached former Apple design guru Jony Ive’s company, LoveFrom, about building the ChatGPT-maker’s first consumer device.

🔥 It’s Wednesday, September 25th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

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🌎 The 79th UN General Assembly kicks off today in NYC amid rising global tensions; Australia’s two biggest supermarket chains are being sued over fake discounts; and more.

🔥 It’s Tuesday, September 24th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

♻️ First, we had Bella, Edward, and Jacob. Now the world has Intel, Apollo, and Qualcomm.

🚨📉 Overall crime in the US declined in 2023 compared to a year earlier, with significant decreases for murder and rape in particular, per the FBI’s annual comprehensive crime report.

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🇺🇸🏥 The US ranks dead last compared to peer countries on overall healthcare performance, despite spending significantly more money on such services in terms of GDP, per a new report.