💬 Quoted… “We just want the gorillas to be able to be gorillas.”

On Monday, the Toronto Zoo asked its patrons to stop showing the gorillas photos and videos on their phones. The gorillas, according to the zookeepers, become enamored by the phones and stop wanting to do much else.

• And this isn’t an isolated incident; zookeepers in Chicago and Louisville have reported similar issues in recent years. At the Louisville Zoo, a female gorilla named Jelani would make a finger swiping motion when ready to see a new photo.

📈🎮 Stat of the Day: Activision Blizzard’s stock rose ~10% yesterday after a US district judge rejected the FTC’s attempt to block Microsoft's $69 billion purchase of the gaming giant. All eyes now move to UK regulators.

🤯 Did You Know?.... It would take just 0.3% of solar energy generated by the sun shining in the Sahara Desert to power the whole of Europe – which, as Larry David once said, is pretty, pretty, pretty good. Several projects are currently underway to capture some of the desert’s energy and transport it to Europe via high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission lines and submarine cables.

📖 Worth a Read: The economics of making it rain → (The Hustle)