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BUSINESS & MARKETS

• 📊 US markets rose across the board as the Fed opted to keep interest rates steady (S&P: +0.4%; Dow: +0.7%; Nasdaq: +0.3%). | Alphabet and Apple shares sank after Eddy Cue, Apple’s services chief, said he believes that AI search engines will eventually replace standard search engines like Google.
• 💰 Israeli spyware giant NSO Group was ordered to pay ~ $170 million to Meta’s WhatsApp for hacking accounts.
• 📝 Used car retailer Carvana reported record Q1 sales. | The NY Times added 250,000 digital subscribers last quarter; now boast 11+ million digital-only subscriptions.

SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

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• 📺 Netflix is overhauling its TV home screen for the first time in 12 years. | CBS ordered another Yellowstone spinoff, titled Y: Marshals, which is centered around Luke Grimes’ character.
• 🦣 Meet the Utah Mammoths: The state’s NHL franchise has officially rebranded away from “Utah Hockey Club” following a 13-month name selection process.
• ⚽ The UEFA Champions League final is set; Inter Milan will face Paris Saint-Germain on May 31 to determine the winner of Europe’s top club competition.

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SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

• ⚛️ Google signed a deal with nuclear energy developer Elementl Power to build three sites for advanced reactors.
• 🦖 The T. rex may have first evolved in North America, rather than Asia as previously assumed, according to new research.
• 🩹 Chinese researchers developed a smart “band-aid” for human organs aimed at improving drug delivery systems.

US, WORLD & POLITICS

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• 🎓 Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters occupied part of Columbia University’s main library yesterday; after several hours, ~60 protesters were led out of the building by authorities, per NBC News.
• ✝️ The Vatican’s conclave to elect a new pope ended Day 1 with black smoke emerging from the Sistine Chapel, meaning the cardinals’ first ballot was unsuccessful.
• 🌎 The US is reportedly stepping up its intelligence-gathering efforts on Greenland, which President Trump has repeatedly said he wants to acquire for the US. | The Trump admin plans to overhaul federal regulations that would have limited how many US-made AI chips certain foreign countries could buy starting May 15. (Dive deeper: The tussle over US chip export controls)

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