• ☝️ The reported birth of a rare white buffalo calf in Yellowstone National Park fulfills a Lakota prophecy that predicts better times are ahead, according to members of the Native American tribes, who also say the calf represents a warning that more must be done to protect the environment.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

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• 💰 US markets closed mixed yesterday (S&P: +0.2%; Dow: -0.2%; Nasdaq: +0.3%); the S&P 500 and Nasdaq set record closing highs for the fourth straight day.
• ✅ Elon Musk's Tesla compensation plan was approved by shareholders, in a vote that could pave the way for Musk to receive ~$45 billion in stock he was ordered to forfeit by a judge. | ⚖️ A group of Tesla shareholders sued Musk and the board over Musk’s decision to start xAI, which they describe as an AI competitor of Tesla.
• 🍎🤖 Apple isn’t paying OpenAI as part of its new partnership, which isn’t expected to generate meaningful revenue for either party at its outset, per Bloomberg; Apple is also reportedly planning future revenue-sharing agreements with its AI partners.

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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• 🐉 HBO renewed House of the Dragon for a third season; the move comes ahead of the GoT spinoff’s Season 2 premiere this Sunday. | 🚲 Kendall Toole, a popular Peloton instructor, is leaving the home workout company.
• 🏊 Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas lost her challenge to overturn the rules of World Aquatics that prevent transgender women from competing in women’s divisions.
• 🏟️ Taylor Swift’s three nights of sold-out concerts in Edinburgh, Scotland, last weekend triggered earthquake readings up to ~4 miles from the venue, per the British Geological Survey. | 🎮 Valve Corporation, which owns PC gaming platform Steam, is facing an ~$837 million lawsuit accusing it of overcharging 14 million UK residents.

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

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• 🔍 Israeli and Caltech scientists discovered a method to create self-assembling and self-healing glass, per a new study published in Nature Communications.
• 🦕 A new species of pterosaur – a flying reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs ~100 million years ago – was recently discovered by an avocado farmer/museum curator, featuring a wingspan of 15+ feet.
• 🌌💥 NASA confirmed a “once-in-a-lifetime” explosion in space called a nova event – which will appear to viewers on Earth as if a new star formed – is expected to occur sometime this summer. | 🙏 Ed Stone, who led NASA’s Voyager project from 1972-2022, passed away at the age of 88.

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MISCELLANEOUS

• 🌧️ Flooding across South Florida worsened yesterday, with many areas receiving 4-8 inches of rain in addition to roughly a foot of rain on Wednesday.
• 🌿 Michigan has overtaken California as America’s top-selling cannabis market by volume, per new data from market intelligence firm BDSA.
• 🇺🇦 President Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a 10-year bilateral security agreement at an ongoing international summit; G7 leaders also agreed to give Ukraine a $50 billion loan backed by frozen Russian assets.

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