• ☝️ NASA’s Curiosity rover found pure elemental sulfur on Mars, an “unexpected” discovery that could rewrite the red planet’s geological history.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

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• 💰 US markets rose across the board (S&P: +1.1%; Dow: +0.3%; Nasdaq: +1.6%); Big Tech shares regained some ground after falling last week. | 📉 CrowdStrike shares fell 13% as the fallout from its globally felt outage continues. (More: CrowdStrike’s outage reveals the fragility of our tech ecosystem)
• ✈️ Speaking of… Delta Air Lines canceled 800+ flights yesterday; CrowdStrike’s outage has thrown a system into haywire that enables the airline to track its personnel and assign them to flights. | ✈️ Boeing received orders for up to 70 airplanes at the Farnborough International Airshow.
• 🍔 McDonald's is extending its $5 value meal into August in most US markets; execs said 93% of the company's restaurants voted to continue the promotion.

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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• 🚴 Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia won his third Tour de France title.
• 🎤 Singer/rapper Sean Kingston and his mother were indicted on six federal charges related to a $1 million wire fraud scheme; they both face up to 20 years in prison if convicted. | 🎶 Eminem‘s latest album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, dethroning Taylor Swift’s 12-week reign at the top.
• 📲 Reddit is partnering with the NFL, NBA, MLB, PGA Tour, and NASCAR to bring more video content to the site. | 🏀📺 Warner Bros. Discovery has reportedly exercised its right to match Amazon’s new NBA media rights deal; Amazon previously agreed to pay the NBA $1.9 billion/year from 2025-2036.

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

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• ⚛️🌊 Scientists recently discovered “dark” oxygen being produced 13,000+ feet below the Pacific Ocean by small mineral deposits called polymetallic nodules; the finding could challenge current theories about how life first emerged on Earth.
• 🦧 Wild chimpanzees engage in snappy, turn-taking conversations similar to humans, where they wait a fraction of a second for their turn to “speak,” per a new study.
• 🌾🛢️ Energy and agriculture firms are boosting spending on canola oil – a popular shelf-stable cooking fat – due to its growing role in the nascent renewable fuel market.

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MISCELLANEOUS

• 🏛️ Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testified before the House Oversight Committee yesterday; lawmakers from both parties grilled Cheatle, who was many times evasive, over the Secret Service’s security failures ahead of the assassination attempt against former President Trump.
• ✈️ An unidentified US Navy pilot became the first American woman to "engage and kill an air-to-air contact," the service announced.
• 🇮🇱 Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyau arrived in Washington yesterday for his first visit to the US capital in four years; Netanyahu will visit the White House today, and address Congress tomorrow.

CLICKBAIT

• 🤔🎓 Has your alma mater gotten harder to get into?