• ☝️ The winners of the 2024 Sony World Photography Awards were announced last week; French photographer Juliette Pavy was named the overall winner for her series entitled “Spiralkampagnen: Forced Contraception and Unintended Sterilisation of Greenlandic Women.”

BUSINESS & MARKETS

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• 💰 US markets rose across the board (S&P: +1.2%; Dow: +0.7%; Nasdaq: +1.6%).
• 🚘 Tesla reported a 9% drop in revenue last quarter, marking its largest year-over-year decline since 2012; the EV maker also said it would accelerate the launch of new models, including more affordable ones; Tesla shares rose 10+% in after-hours trading.
• 🏢 The Biden administration announced a new law that will increase the threshold at which executive, administrative, and professional employees are exempt from overtime pay starting July 1.

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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• 👟🏀 Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark will sign a $28 million deal with Nike that spans eight years and includes her own signature shoe, per multiple reports.
• 🕵️ The board game Clue has new film and TV adaptations in the works, after Hasbro reached a new rights deal with Sony.
• 🏙️ Metropolis, a 135-minute epic from director Francis Ford Coppola (who made The Godfather trilogy), is on track to sell to French distributor Le Pacte, per Variety.

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

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• 🥽 Meta announced plans to partner with external hardware companies – including Lenovo, Microsoft, and Asus – to build mixed-reality headsets using the company’s Horizon operating system.
• 🏥 Hospitalized older women are slightly less likely to die or be readmitted to the hospital if they’re treated by female doctors, according to a new study.
• 🏃 Transgender female athletes exhibit greater handgrip strength – an indicator of overall muscle strength – but lower jumping ability, lung function, and relative cardiovascular fitness compared to women assigned female at birth, per a new study funded by the International Olympic Committee.

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MISCELLANEOUS

• 🎓 Columbia University announced that classes at its Morningside main campus will remain virtual for the rest of the semester (through next Monday), citing student safety amid protests over the Israel-Hamas war.
• 📰🇷🇺 WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich’s appeal against his detention in Russia was rejected by a Moscow court, meaning Gershkovich, a US citizen, will remain behind bars through at least June 30.
• ✅ The Senate voted 79– 18 last night to pass a package that combines $95 billion of foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan with other national security measures, including a potential TikTok ban; it now heads to President Biden's desk for signature.

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