• ☝️ History repeats itself: Los Angeles Dodgers 1B Freddie Freeman – who’s hobbled with a sprained ankle – channeled Kirk Gibson on Friday night, hitting a walk-off grand slam in the 10th inning of Game 1 of the World Series (video); the Dodgers also won Game 2 over the Yankees, with the series now heading back to New York for three games (if needed).

BUSINESS & MARKETS

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• 💰 US markets were mixed last week (S&P: -1.0%; Dow: -2.7%; Nasdaq: +0.2%). | 💪 Nvidia briefly surpassed Apple as the world's most valuable company on Friday; the chipmaker ended the day with a market cap of $3.47 trillion (compared to Apple's $3.52 trillion). | 📈 Tesla shares rose 3% on Friday, continuing their upward climb following the company’s Q3 earnings report.
• 🚀 Boeing is reportedly exploring a sale of its space business. | ✈️ Spirit Airlines revealed plans to cut costs and raise cash (by selling planes) amid bankruptcy rumors.
• 🤖🚗 Waymo has way mo' money: The Alphabet-owned robotaxi developer/operator raised $5.6 billion to expand its robotaxi service.

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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• 🍿 Venom: The Last Dance earned $51 million at the domestic box office in its opening weekend; the figure is $14 million below projections, and the lowest domestic opening of the Venom trilogy.
• 🤖📰 Meta signed a multi-year deal with Reuters to use its news content in Meta’s AI chatbot; it marks Meta’s first news deal of the AI era.
• 🎮 Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 arrived on XBox, PlayStation, and PC on Friday; it’s the first game of its size to be available on Microsoft Game Pass at release.

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

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• 🧑‍🚀 A NASA astronaut was briefly hospitalized for an undisclosed medical issue after returning from a nearly eight-month stay onboard the ISS.
• 🤖💻 Google is reportedly developing an AI model that would be able to carry out tasks for users by taking over their computers.
• 🧠 The human brain can parse and process certain full sentences in as quickly as 125 milliseconds, or roughly the blink of an eye, according to a new study.

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MISCELLANEOUS

• 🍔🦠 The ongoing E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders has spread; at least 75 people are now sick across 13 states.
• ⚖️🖱️ Three major industry trade associations are suing the FTC to block its newly adopted “click-to-cancel” rule.
• 🇷🇺🚀 Elon Musk, whose SpaceX is a major US government contractor, "has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022," per a Wall Street Journal report. | 🇨🇳📲 Chinese hackers targeted former President Trump, his running mate Sen. JD Vance, staff members of VP Harris, and other US political leaders in a recent breach of Verizon's phone networks, per a New York Times report; it’s not yet clear what data, if any, was obtained.

CLICKBAIT

• 🤔🐘 Can an elephant sue to leave a zoo? Colorado’s top court must now decide.