• ☝️ You’re looking at what scientists believe to be the first-ever images of a newborn great white shark in the wild; the newborn was identified by its odd coloring, which comes from a thin, white film over its body that exists shortly after birth.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

in partnership with Spotted Bear Ranch

• 💰 US markets closed up across the board (S&P: +0.8%; Dow: +0.6%; Nasdaq: +1.1%); the S&P 500 notched its sixth record close in the past seven trading days.
• 🚫🤖 Amazon agreed to terminate its $1.7B acquisition of Roomba-maker iRobot due to regulatory scrutiny; iRobot also announced plans to lay off 31% of employees, and that its CEO will be leaving.
• ⚖️🌱 Bayer was ordered by a jury to pay $2.25 billion in damages to a Pennsylvania man who said he developed cancer from the company’s Roundup weedkiller. | 🚗 Ford is recalling 1.9 million older Explorer SUVs in the US over a piece of trim that could detach from the vehicle.

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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• 🎤🏈 Taylor Swift’s relationship with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has generated an equivalent brand value of $331.5 million for the Chiefs and the NFL, per Front Office Sports.
• 🎙️ SmartLess, the hit podcast hosted by actors Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Sean Hayes, is headed to SiriusXM as part of a three-year, $100+ million deal.
• 🥩 Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion’s rap beef, explained.

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

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• 🚀🌕 Japan’s robotic Moon explorer is back in action; scientists resolved a power issue that forced the spacecraft to shut down hours after landing on the Moon earlier this month.
• 🏹 Ice Age hunters in Europe had at least nine distinct cultures, contrary to previous scientific belief that they had a homogenous society, per a new peer-reviewed study published in Nature Human Behavior.
• 🥬 Lettuce grown in space is more susceptible to dangerous bacteria like salmonella and E. coli, according to new research from the University of Delaware.

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MISCELLANEOUS

• 😴 Philips, a Dutch health technology company, will stop selling its CPAP devices in the US following a 2021 recall of millions of its breathing machines.
• 🪖 The enemy drone that killed three US troops in Jordan this weekend may have been mistaken for an American drone and allowed to enter the military base unchallenged, per a preliminary US government report cited by multiple news orgs.
• 🧾 An ex-IRS contractor was sentenced to five years in prison for leaking the tax records of former President Trump and other wealthy Americans.

CLICKBAIT

• 🤔 Are humans the only animals that keep pets?