• 👆 You’re looking at some of the 60 photographs selected as finalists for the 22nd annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

• 📉 US markets took a dive yesterday (S&P: -2.7%; Dow: -2.1%; Nasdaq: -4.0%). | 🚘 Tesla shares fell 15%, their worst single-day performance since September 2020.
• 🏬 Hudson’s Bay, the Canadian department store chain founded in 1670, is reportedly preparing for a bankruptcy filing within days.
• ✈️ Delta Air Lines cut its Q1 forecast, citing weaker US travel demand; shares closed down ~5%.

SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

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• 🎬 Ne Zha 2 has surpassed $2 billion at the Chinese box office, becoming the first film ever to reach that figure in a single market; the animated film is now 6th all-time at the global box office.
• 🏈 NFL free agency’s legal tampering period kicked off yesterday; see all the major deals so far.
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SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

• 🍏📅 Apple has reportedly delayed its updated version of Siri that can understand personal context and take action inside of apps.
• 🦈 The megalodon, a massive prehistoric shark long-imagined to be shaped like a great white, may have had a longer, sleeker shape more similar to a large whale, per new research.
• 💻 Cybersecurity researchers found a backdoor in a low-cost, Chinese-made Bluetooth chip that’s used in millions of US “Internet of things” devices; the flaw could potentially be used for cyberattacks.

MISCELLANEOUS

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• 🧑‍🎓 Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia student who helped lead last year’s pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the university, was arrested by federal immigration authorities “in support of President Trump’s executive orders prohibiting anti-Semitism,” per a DHS spokesperson; a federal judge halted Khalil’s planned deportation in response to a legal challenge from his lawyers.
• ⚖️🏳️‍🌈 The Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to a Colorado law that bans “conversion therapy,” or attempting to make minors questioning their sexuality or gender identity align with heterosexual/cisgender norms; similar bans are on the books in 20+ states.
• 🏛️ Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced 83% of the US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) programs will be canceled. | 💥🚢 A Portuguese container ship collided with a US-flagged oil tanker anchored off the eastern coast of England; both vessels caught fire and were abandoned by their crews.

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CLICKBAIT

• 🦷👁️ Surgeons implant teeth in patients’ eyes to restore vision