• ☝️ A glowing undersea creature previously dubbed the “mystery mollusk” has finally been identified 25 years after it was first discovered; the newly named Bathydevius caudactylus was found to be a type of sea slug, per a new study describing it as “the most comprehensive description of a deep-sea animal ever made.”

BUSINESS & MARKETS

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• 💰 US markets closed down across the board (S&P: -0.3%; Dow: -0.9%; Nasdaq: -0.1%). | 💰 Activist fund ValueAct has amassed a ~$1 billion stake in Meta, per multiple reports; Meta is the largest company to ever be targeted by a major activist.
• 🪙⚖️ FTX sued rival crypto exchange Binance for ~$1.8 billion in a suit that also names former Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao; Binance denies the allegations.
• ✈️ Boeing delivered 14 planes in October, its lowest monthly total since 2020; the company’s previously striking machinists are all back to work as of Tuesday, but production is expected to take weeks to ramp back up.

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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• 📺 Netflix said its ad-supported tier has surpassed 70 million subscribers two years after launch; over half of all new Netflix sign-ups are for ad-supported plans.
• 🏟️ The Tampa Bay Rays’ domed stadium, which suffered severe damage from Hurricane Milton, can be repaired in time for the 2026 MLB season, per a new assessment; the Rays now have to find a temporary home for 2025. | 🏈 Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott will undergo season-ending surgery on his injured hamstring.
• 🎤 My Chemical Romance announced a 10-date “The Black Parade” tour across North America from July-September 2025.

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

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• 🌎 Denisovans, a newly discovered hominin group that lived 25,000-250,000 years ago, passed on some of their genes to modern humans via at least three distinct interbreeding events, per a new study.
• 👓📦 Amazon is reportedly developing smart glasses for delivery drivers in an effort to increase efficiency in the last 100 yards of delivery.
• 📡👽 A 2023 project from the SETI Institute that simulated an alien-like signal from outer space has finally been decoded by a father-daughter team.

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MISCELLANEOUS

• 🌍 COP29, the UN’s 29th annual summit on climate change, takes place in Azerbaijan over the next two weeks. | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⛪ Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, head of the Church of England, resigned yesterday; the move followed an investigation that found Welby in 2013 failed to tell police about serial physical and sexual abuse at a Christian summer camp as soon as he became aware of it.
• ⚖️ A federal judge temporarily blocked a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments be displayed in all public school classrooms. | ⚖️ A Delphi, Indiana, man was found guilty on all charges in the 2017 murders of two teen girls, a crime which drew national attention.
• 🏥📉 The number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the US fell 2% last year, indicating America’s ongoing STI epidemic may be slowing, per new CDC data.

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