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🇺🇸🗳️ Scenes from Election Day: Long lines, false bomb threats, and an arrest at the US Capitol. A series of bomb threats were reported yesterday at polling locations in Arizona and Georgia. The FBI says “noncredible” bomb threats in several states appear to trace back to a Russian email domain. Separately, a man was arrested at the US Capitol after showing up with a torch and a flare gun yesterday, prompting police to shut down the building. And when it comes to voting: exit polls show the most important issues for voters were the economy, immigration, and the future of democracy.

🇯🇵📦 Japan announced a new “conveyor belt road” for packages. The Japanese government’s plan involves creating a sealed-off, three-lane corridor alongside the highway connecting Tokyo and Osaka, which will ferry large wheeled boxes back-and-forth between the two major cities. Officials say the project – which starts testing in 2027-2028 and aims to come online by the mid-2030s – represents a potential solution to Japan’s shrinking labor force, which has led to a shortage of truck drivers.

💰 Nvidia founder/CEO Jensen Huang (pictured above) now runs the world’s most valuable company. Nvidia overtook Apple as the most valuable public company at market close yesterday ($3.43 trillion vs. $3.40 trillion), following a ~3% stock bump. Nvidia shares have almost tripled in 2024, with the company remaining at the forefront of chipmaking for tech giants pursuing AI dominance – who will collectively spend a record $200+ billion this year on AI.