• ☝️ You’re looking at an excerpt from the American Photography exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam; the display explores the American spirit through photographs spanning over seven decades.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

• 📈 US markets rose across the board (S&P: +0.2%; Dow: +0.2%; Nasdaq: +0.1%).
• 💰 X is in talks to raise capital at a $44 billion valuation, according to Bloomberg. | 🚛 Nikola, an electric truckmaker once valued above Ford, filed for bankruptcy.
• 📱 Apple unveiled the iPhone 16E, its newest budget phone (starting price: $599); it features the A18 chip, making it Apple Intelligence capable; it’s also the first iPhone to contain a modem developed by Apple itself.

SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

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• 🎸 Paul Simon announced a four-month tour across 20 North American cities; Simon previously retired from touring in 2018 due to hearing loss. | 🍿China's Ne Zha 2 has earned $1.69 billion at the box office, passing Inside Out 2 as the highest-grossing animated film ever.
• 📲 Instagram users gained access to a range of new DM tools yesterday, including the ability to translate messages across 99 languages.
• ⚖️ Seven men were charged for their alleged roles in burglaries of pro athletes' houses; federal prosecutors say they were part of a South American crime group and are connected to thefts at the homes of Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Joe Brrrrr-ow, Bobby Portis, and more.

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SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

• 💻⚛️ Microsoft announced a new quantum computing breakthrough the company hopes will unlock the ability for quantum computers to solve industrial-scale problems.
• 🧊 The world’s glaciers have lost ~5% of their mass since 2000, with the pace of melting rising to its highest level on record in recent years, per a new study.
• 🌎☄️ The odds of asteroid YR4 2024 hitting Earth 7+ years from now increased to a record-high 3.1% on Tuesday before falling to 1.5% yesterday, per NASA. (Why the odds keep changing)

MISCELLANEOUS

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• 📝 The US government formally placed eight Latin American gangs on a list of terrorist organizations, including six Mexican drug cartels.
• 🗽🚦 The Trump administration terminated federal approval of New York City’s recently implemented congestion pricing plan. (Dive deeper: Congestion pricing has arrived in NYC) | 🏛️ President Trump said there’s a possibility that 20% of the money saved by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will be sent to American citizens.
• 🇺🇸🇺🇦 President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have exchanged recent barbs, including Trump accusing Zelensky of starting the Russia-Ukraine war and calling him a “Dictator without Elections.” | 🇧🇷 Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro was charged with plotting to seize power and overturn his 2022 election loss.

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CLICKBAIT

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