- โ๏ธ The Olympic Rings โ weighing a collective 30 tons โ were unveiled on the Eiffel Tower on Saturday, in a ceremony marking 50 days until the start of the Summer Games in Paris.
BUSINESS & MARKETS
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- ๐ฐ US markets fell across the board on Friday (S&P: -0.1%; Dow: -0.2%; Nasdaq: -0.2%). | ๐ผ The US economy added 272,000 jobs in May, above the 180,000 expected by economists; unemployment came in at 4%, up from 3.9% in April.
- ๐ฑ Keith Gill, aka Roaring Kitty, hosted his first livestream in three years on Friday. | ๐ฎ GameStop shares dropped ~40% on the day following the companyโs earlier announcement that sales fell in the first quarter and that it was selling more stock.
- ๐ Appleโs annual Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off this morning; the tech giant is expected to announce new AI features and Siri upgrades in its upcoming iOS 18.
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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT
- ๐ฟ Bad Boys: Ride or Die earned a better-than-expected $56 million in its opening weekend at the domestic box office; the film earned $104.6 million globally.
- ๐พ French Open: Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz defeated Alexander Zverev in five sets to win the menโs championship, marking his third Grand Slam overall; on the womenโs side, Polandโs Iga Swiatek defeated Jasmine Paolini to win her third straight French Open.
- ๐ NBA Finals: The Boston Celtics defeated the Dallas Mavericks 105-98 last night to take a 2-0 series lead. | ๐ Stanley Cup Finals: The Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers 3โ0 on Saturday to take Game 1. | ๐ Caitlin Clark was left off Team USA's women basketball roster for the upcoming Paris Olympics.
SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH
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- ๐ Fresh water and dry land โ two key ingredients for the creation of life โ existed on Earth at least 4 billion years ago, or 500 million years earlier than previously thought, per a new study.
- ๐ MIT scientists developed a razor-thin silk fabric that dampens noise by ~75%; it can be incorporated into curtains to sound-proof homes and offices.
- ๐บ๏ธ Researchers developed the first comprehensive map of the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a massive offshore fault running from California to Canada that could eventually cause โThe Big Oneโ (a mega-earthquake that reshapes the US West Coast).
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MISCELLANEOUS
- ๐ Stanford is reinstating the SAT or ACT as a requirement for undergraduate admission, joining several other top schools that recently made a similar decision.
- ๐ข The Port of Baltimore is expected to fully reopen within the next few days, after the last piece of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge is removed from the water.
- ๐ซ๐ท French President Emmanuel Macron unexpectedly dissolved the lower house of parliament and announced new upcoming elections; the move came after Macronโs party lost to the opposing conservative party this weekend in an election to determine Franceโs EU representatives. | ๐ฎ๐ณ Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sworn in for a third term.
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