BUSINESS & MARKETS
- 📈 US markets rose across the board (S&P: +0.7%; Dow: +0.4%; Nasdaq: +1.0%).
- 🍔 McDonald's reported disappointing Q4 revenue, dragged down by weaker-than-expected sales at its US restaurants following an E. coli outbreak; shares rose ~5% on strong forward guidance.
- 🤖 An Elon Musk-led consortium of investors has reportedly offered $97.4 billion to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI.
SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT
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- 🏈 The Aaron Rodgers era in New York is reportedly over. | 🤔 What's next for the Jets at QB without Rodgers?
- 👕 Ye, formerly Kanye West, is selling a t-shirt emblazoned with a swastika on his website; as of Monday morning, it was the only product available on yeezy.com. | 📵 Ye's X account has also been either banned or deactivated following a series of antisemitic and racist posts.
- 🎙️ Fox has acquired Res Seat Ventures, a podcast and digital media company; Res Seat partners with shows hosted by talent that includes a slew of former Fox and cable news stars such as Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson, and Bill O’Reilly.
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SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH
- 🦷🐷 Tufts University researchers successfully grew human-like teeth in pigs, a step towards potentially regrowing teeth in people.
- 🦐🥊 Mantis shrimp have a sound-filtering “phononic shield" that protects them from shock waves created when they deliver the world's fastest punch; the finding could inspire new protective gear for athletes and/or soldiers.
- 🌎 Earth’s inner core – a ball of iron and nickel ~1,500 miles wide – has noticeably changed shape in recent decades, per a new study.
MISCELLANEOUS
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- 🚫🪙 President Trump ordered his administration to cease all production of the penny by the US Mint.
- 📝 The FBI has reportedly discovered ~2,400 records tied to President John F. Kennedy's assassination that were never provided to a board tasked with reviewing and disclosing the documents.
- 🌍 Hamas said it’s postponing this week’s release of Israeli hostages due to what the group claims are Israeli violations of their joint ceasefire deal.
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