• ☝️ A mysterious moving spiral formation was spotted in the night sky above Hawaii earlier this month; astronomers say they believe it’s connected to a top-secret US military GPS satellite that launched from a SpaceX rocket earlier this month.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

• 💰 The International Monetary Fund raised its growth prediction for the world’s economy to 2.9% on Monday; that’s up from the 2.7% projection in October of last year.
• 🛢️⛽ Exxon Mobil reported a record $55.7 billion in profits for 2022, the third highest of any company so far behind Apple and Microsoft (Alphabet is projected to post higher profits as well).
• 🖥️ Paypal is laying off 7% of its workforce, or ~2,000 employees.

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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• 🌵📺 King of the Hill is coming back after Hulu ordered a new season yesterday; the creators, Mike Judge (Silicon Valley) and Greg Daniels (The Office), and original cast are all attached. | Paramount will fold Showtime into its Paramount+ offering starting later this year; the new service will be called, believe it or not, “Paramount+ With Showtime.”
• 🏆 The Academy Awards said yesterday Andrea Risenborough’s Best Actress nomination for To Leslie will stand; the announcement follows a backlash to an actor-led campaign for Risenborough’s nomination.
• 🏈The Denver Broncos have a new head coach: Sean Payton; the team needed to make a trade with the Saints to secure the rights to hire him. | The Houston Texans hired a new head coach: former 49ers defensive coordinator DeMeco Ryans.

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

• 🐻 Most Bigfoot sightings in the US and Canada were probably black bears walking on their hind legs, according to a new peer-reviewed study.
• 🌌 A large team of international scientists recently published the most precise map of all the known matter in the universe.
• 🪐 NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover has stored its 10th and final sample of Martian rocks that the space agency eventually plans to bring back to Earth for further study.

EVERYTHING ELSE

• 🚌 Washington, D.C., this week became the largest US city to pass a law making public buses free for all riders; the measure will take effect by this summer.
• 🏛️ Rep. George Santos (R-NY) announced yesterday that he’s temporarily stepping down from his assignments on two committees – Small Business and Science, Space, and Technology – “to take time to properly clear my name”; Santos faces multiple investigations into fabrications he made while campaigning for office.
• ⚖️ Alec Baldwin was charged with involuntary manslaughter by New Mexico prosecutors yesterday. (Background)

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