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• 🇬🇧 UK PM resigns
• 🤖 Nvidia solves AI water issues?
• 📲 The terrifying world of TikTok

…and much more.

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"The wise warrior avoids the battle.”

–Sun Tzu (544 B.C. – 496 B.C.)

The United Kingdom’s revolving door at prime minister is spinning once again. PM Keir Starmer announced plans to resign yesterday, clearing the way for the sixth prime minister in the past seven years at the head of the world’s fifth-largest economy.

Anatomy of a fall

Starmer was elected PM in summer 2024 with the second-largest parliamentary majority since World War II, after his left-leaning Labour party swept into power. But pressure has been building for months amid dire poll ratings and a series of political missteps.

• Starmer drew controversy early on for accepting valuable gifts, including designer spectacles and Taylor Swift concert tickets.
• The rest of his tenure featured a series of policy U-turns in the form of failed attempts to cut welfare spending, expand employment rights, enact mandatory digital IDs for citizens, and more.
• He also faced backlash over his appointment of Peter Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to the US despite allegedly knowing that he failed his initial security vetting, and had extensive ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

The final straw proved to be a recent trouncing for the Labour party in May local-election results, which saw the party lose power across dozens of city councils in its worst loss of the post-WWII period.

What’s next for the UK gov’t?...Starmer says he plans to stay on as a caretaker PM until a new Labour leader is chosen in the next few weeks. Former Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is widely seen as the leading candidate to replace Starmer at the head of the Labour Party, with a decisive victory in last week’s special election for Parliament cementing his front-runner status.

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Woody and Buzz’s latest team-up has box offices across America looking more alive than a toy chest when Andy leaves the room.

Disney's Toy Story 5 earned ~$160 million at the domestic box office last weekend, marking the second-biggest debut ever for an animated movie—and putting Hollywood on pace for its best annual performance since before the pandemic.

• The toy-filled sequel joins a growing list of big-budget winners this year, including Project Hail Mary, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Michael, and The Devil Wears Prada 2.
• Meanwhile, low-budget horror flicks Obsession ($333+ million in global ticket sales) and Backrooms ($301 million) have seen instant success after releasing last month.

A reel good run, by the numbers

The domestic box office has earned ~$4.5 billion so far this year, its highest total at this point since 2019. Moviegoers have purchased ~312 million tickets this year, up 7% from the same point last year, while ticket prices have only risen 3%, suggesting the box office boost is more from attendance than inflation.

• While many industry insiders don't expect ticket sales to consistently return to the $11+ billion level seen before Covid, this year’s annual total is projected at a respectable $9 billion-$10 billion.

Looking ahead…Hollywood's biggest swings of 2026 are still on deck, with Supergirl, Minions & Monsters, live-action Moana, The Odyssey, and Spider-Man: Brand New Day all on the docket in June/July alone.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

• 🎥🤖 Google invests ~$75 million in independent movie studio A24 as part of a new AI research partnership between the two companies.
• 🙏 Alan Greenspan, the former influential Fed Chairman who served five terms from 1987-2006, died at 100 years old.
• 🚰 Nvidia says its next-gen AI hardware can run at temperatures up to 113°F, hotter than previous systems, with the potential to largely defuse water-use concerns surrounding AI chips.

SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• 🏀 Michigan head coach Dusty May agrees to become head coach of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks; May was 62-15 in two seasons with the Wolverines, and won a national championship two months ago. | Wizards G Trae Young agrees to four-yr, $212 million max contract with Washington after opting out of previous deal.
• ⚾ Oklahoma wins third College World Series in program history—and first since 1994—with 13-2 victory over North Carolina in Game 3 of the finals.
• 🚨 Nancy Guthrie case: A second note sent to media outlets following the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, 84-year-old mother of TODAY show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, indicates she had died, per multiple reports. | 🙏 Clive Davis, the Grammy-winning record producer and music executive who signed/developed talents including Janis Joplin, Carlos Santana, and Bruce Springsteen, died at 94 years old.

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SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

• 🦋 Scientists discover Heliconius butterflies can live up to ~25 times longer than close relatives, likely because their pollen-heavy diets help slow the aging process.
• 🧠 New shingles vaccine linked to a ~24% lower risk of developing dementia, in new five-year study covering 500,000+ patients.
• 🛰️ Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope arrives at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, kicking off final stage before liftoff later this summer; after traveling ~1 million miles in space to L2, the scope will reveal billions of new galaxies, exoplanets, and more for study.

US, WORLD & POLITICS

• 🇮🇷🇺🇸 US-Iran talks: Iranian officials agree to invite International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors into the country, VP JD Vance announces following first round of US-Iran nuclear talks in Switzerland; Iran still claims the Strait of Hormuz is closed due to ceasefire violations in Lebanon, while US officials say the strait is currently open.
• 🏛️ Senate votes 85-5 to approve bipartisan bill aimed at lowering housing costs; measure would remove some regulatory barriers to construction and limit institutional investors from buying certain single-family homes, among other things; it now heads to the House.
• 🚘 NHTSA opens special crash investigation into last Friday’s fatal wreck involving a Tesla Model 3 that crashed into a house, after the driver told authorities he was using a driver-assistance program.

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🤔 Did you know? Niagara Falls will cease to exist in ~50,000 years at its current level of erosion. The waterfall’s rim is wearing down at an average rate of ~1 foot/year due to the massive force of the water, and will eventually erode the remaining 20 miles to Lake Erie.

📰 Worth a read: The terrifying world the TikTok algorithm won't show you

🖱️ What we’re clicking:

• AI images are tricking scientific journals
• These 4 words can make you more influential at work
• “Ugliest shark on the planet” finally caught on film

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