Peter Nowak

🪳 Trillions of periodical cicadas have begun to emerge in the Southeast and Midwest US, marking a rare synchronized event that last occurred in 1803.

✍️📵 President Biden signed into law a bill forcing Chinese tech giant ByteDance to sell TikTok within the next 9-12 months or face a US ban, kicking off what’s sure to be a protracted legal fight.

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🌐🤖 If you’ve recently had to solve an Einstein-level physics problem to log into social media, it’s not just you – Captchas, the tech created to stop bots from disrupting websites, are getting harder.

🌍 The European Space Agency welcomed five new astronauts; Apple recorded its worst quarter for iPhone sales in China since 2020; and more.

⚖️⛺ SCOTUS heard arguments in a case that will decide whether cities can prevent homeless individuals from sleeping outside on public property, even when shelter space is lacking.

💼 The FTC voted 3-2 for a nationwide ban against noncompete agreements, which prevent workers from taking positions with competitors for a period of time after they leave a job.

🔥 It’s Wednesday, April 24th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🚅 Construction officially began yesterday on Brightline West, a new $12 billion high-speed passenger line connecting Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area.

🔍 For years, Amazon has been gathering intel on its competitors via an internal project codenamed “Project Curiosity,” according to a new report.

🧠 A far greater number of animals have the capacity for consciousness than humans previously thought, per a new declaration signed by over three dozen leading researchers.

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🔥 It’s Tuesday, April 23rd – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

India began the world’s largest democratic election in history; the US vetoed a resolution that would have paved the way for Palestine to join the UN; and more.

🏛️ Following several months of debate, the House approved four standalone bills that include $95+B in foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, as well as a potential TikTok ban in the US.

🚁 Autonomous drone delivery is poised to explode in the US.

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🔥 It’s Monday, April 22nd – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🎶 The Tortured Poets Department is now available on all music streaming platforms.

🪙 What you should know about bitcoin’s halving event, which is expected to take place today or tomorrow.