• ☝️ The Solar Orbiter, a joint mission between NASA and the European Space Agency, recently captured the highest-resolution images of the Sun’s surface in history.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

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• 💰 US markets closed mixed (S&P: +0.002%; Dow: +0.3%; Nasdaq: -0.1%). | 📈 Nvidia posted strong quarterly results after the bell; revenue was up 94% year over year; revenue increased 122%, 262%, and 265% in the three previous quarters, respectively.
• 🚨 American Airlines' new gate lice-shaming technology has been rolled out to 100+ airports in the US as of yesterday. | 🚗 Jaguar is undergoing a rebrand.
• ⚖️ Bill Hwang, founder of the now-defunct Archegos Capital Management, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for fraud and market manipulation; prosecutors said his firm's collapse wiped $100 billion in market value.

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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• ⚾🏆 Tigers starter Tarik Skubal was unanimously named AL Cy Young, while Braves starter Chris Sale earned the NL Cy Young; both awards are their first. | 🏀 UConn women’s head coach Geno Auriemma became the winningest coach in NCAA D-1 basketball history, with his 1,217th career victory.
• 📽️ Rust, the Western movie starring Alec Baldwin, made its world premiere at a film festival in Poland; it featured a dedication to cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who Baldwin fatally shot in an on-set accident in 2021.
• 🔄📲 Instagram will soon allow users to reset their recommendation algorithms.

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

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• 🥽 Microsoft is bringing Windows 11 to the Meta Quest 3 mixed-reality headset starting next month.
• ⛰️ A hiker in the Italian Alps accidentally discovered traces of a 280 million-year-old ecosystem, including footprints, plant fossils, and even the imprints of raindrops.
• 🎓 Ranga Dias, the physicist who claimed to have discovered a room-temperature superconductor with his colleagues but was later found by investigators to have committed data fabrication, has exited his role at the University of Rochester.

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MISCELLANEOUS

• 🪥🦠 Batches of Tom’s of Maine toothpaste were made using bacteria-contaminated water, per a recent FDA inspection; the agency also found a "mold-like substance" at the company’s toothpaste manufacturing firm.
• 🌀 A “bomb cyclone” storm has brought heavy rain and wind across the Northwest US since Tuesday, killing at least two people and causing widespread power outages; it’s expected to last through Friday. | 🇺🇸🇺🇦 The US temporarily closed its embassy in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv yesterday, warning Russia might launch a "significant" missile attack.
• 🏛️ The bipartisan House panel investigating sexual-assault allegations against former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) was deadlocked along party lines over whether to release its report on Gaetz, President-elect Trump’s nominee for attorney general. (From the Left | From the Center | From the Right) | ⚖️ Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg sent a letter suggesting he postpone sentencing in President-elect Trump’s criminal hush money case until after his White House term, but opposing Trump’s push to dismiss the case entirely. (From the Left | From the Center | From the Right)

CLICKBAIT

• 🐬 A dolphin in the Baltic Sea has been talking to himself – and researchers think it's a sign he's lonely.