• ☝️ MIT physicists recently captured the first images of individual atoms freely interacting in space, confirming a long-predicted hypothesis that had never been directly observed.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

• 🪙 Bitcoin hit a new all-time high yesterday, breaking its January record; the cryptocurrency was trading at ~$110,200 as of 9:15 pm ET.
• 📱 OpenAI is buying iPhone designer Jony Ive’s AI devices startup for $6.5 billion.
• 👟 Nike plans to raise prices on a range of items as soon as this week. | The checkmark retailer also announced it will start selling items directly on Amazon for the first time since 2019.

SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

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• 🎢 Universal’s Epic Universe opens in Orlando today; it’s Florida’s first new major theme park in 25 years.
• 🏆 The 2025 Sports Emmys were unveiled at a ceremony in NYC; winners include Lady Gaga, Charles Barkley, and Peyton Manning. | 🧑‍⚖️ Chris Brown was released from a UK jail on ~$6.7 million bail; his trial over an alleged 2023 nightclub attack will begin next month.
• 🏀 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was named NBA MVP last night; the OKC Thunder guard beat out Nuggets C Nikola Jokić. | 🏈 Even NFL owners can’t stop the tush push: The QB-sneak play popularized by the Eagles will remain legal after narrowly surviving yesterday’s owners vote.

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SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

• 🪐 Jupiter used to be twice as big as its current size and had a magnetic field that was ~50x as strong, per a new study.
• ⚡ The world’s most powerful laser has been developed by University of Michigan researchers; it can reach 2 petawatts of power—100x the global electricity output—for a small fraction of a second.
• 🤖 Google debuted a real-time language translation tool for Google Meet, powered by AI. | Alphabet-owned Waymo has surpassed 10 million paid robotaxi trips, a figure that’s doubled over the past five months.

US, WORLD & POLITICS

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• 🙏 Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) passed away at 75 following a battle with cancer.
• 🌍 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visited President Trump at the White House yesterday; their meeting featured a tense exchange over what Trump says are threats to white farmers in South Africa.
• 🏛️ The Pentagon said it has taken possession of a luxury jet plane from Qatar to use as President Trump’s Air Force One; the move has drawn concerns from lawmakers across the aisle. | The DOJ announced the dismissal of pending police reform agreements in Minneapolis and Louisville following the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.

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