Our daily voyage around the world

🇳🇱 Netherlands-based Ocean Cleanup says it could clear the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within a decade. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a mass of ~79,000 metric tons of trash (2x the size of Texas) floating between California and Hawaii, which researchers say is growing exponentially. Ocean Cleanup CEO Boyan Slat on Friday said his company recently developed technology to eliminate the patch by 2034 – but needs more funding to do so, with total costs estimated at $7.5 billion. Since launching in 2013, the Ocean Cleanup has removed ~10,000 metric tons of trash from oceans and rivers around the world.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 Ukraine launched an unprecedented drone attack on Moscow. Russian officials said they destroyed most of the 144 Ukrainian drones deployed across the country yesterday, including 14 in and around Moscow. The strike killed one Russian resident near Moscow and injured at least 12 others, marking the war's first death in the region. Separately, Russia launched its largest post-Soviet navy drills with China yesterday, involving 400+ warships, submarines, and other maritime vessels.

🇪🇺 Apple and Google lost separate major EU court cases yesterday. In Apple’s case, the EU’s top court upheld a 2016 decision that found Ireland had improperly granted Apple tax breaks worth ~$14.4 billion over a period of 20+ years. In its other major ruling, the EU’s top court upheld a $2.7 billion fine against Google for abusing its dominant position in search to favor the company’s comparison shopping service.