• ☝️ A recent set of pictures from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveal a phenomenon known as a light echo, or faint reflections of the light emitted during a star’s supernova explosion.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

• 📉 US markets fell last week (S&P: -1.7%; Dow: -2.5%; Nasdaq: -2.5%).
• 💉 Hims and Hers Health is making a push into at-home blood draws and peptides; the company recently acquired at-home lab testing facility Trybe Labs as well as a US-based peptide facility.
• 🪙 Coinbase said the SEC has agreed to dismiss a two-year-old lawsuit against the company.

SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

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• 🎥 IMAX is projecting a record $1.2 billion in box office receipts in 2025, fueled by a strong domestic movie slate and improved ticket sales in China. | 🎟️ Captain America: Brave New World fell 68% at the domestic box office this weekend, raking in $28.2 million compared to its ~$100 million opening.
• 🏆 See the winners from the 31st annual SAG Awards last night.
• 🏒 Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin scored three goals against the Edmonton Oilers yesterday; he’s now 13 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record of 894.

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SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

• 🤖 OpenAI had 400 million weekly active users as of February, up 33% from December and 100% from August; paid business users have surpassed 2 million.
• 🥽 Apple Intelligence and ChatGPT are coming to the Vision Pro, Apple announced on Friday. | 🚫 Apple disabled iCloud's Advanced Data Protection feature in the UK; the move comes in response to a government request for backdoor access to user data.
• ✈️ NASA released a photo showing a glimpse of the secretive X-37B space plane in orbit; the only other glimpse of the plane reportedly occurred while it was deploying from Falcon Heavy’s upper stage during its December 2023 launch.

MISCELLANEOUS

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• 🧾 The IRS has begun laying off ~6,700 employees classified as probationary, or 6+% of its overall workforce. | 🧑‍⚖️ A federal judge refused to block the Trump administration from moving forward with significantly reducing the federal workforce, following a request from government employee unions. | 🏛️ DOGE leader Elon Musk ordered “all federal employees” to email the department by Monday night listing what they accomplished over the past week; Musk also said “failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.”
• 🏛️ The Senate voted 52-48 to approve a $340 billion budget framework comprised of defense, energy, and border security spending.
• 🇩🇪 Germany elections: The center-right CDU/CSU party is projected to be the largest in Germany’s next parliament, earning 28.5% of the vote; the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party placed second with 20.6% of the vote, its highest total ever.

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CLICKBAIT

• ❄️ The science of snowflakes: How they form and why no two are ever alike.