Business
Stock Markets Plunge as Tech Selloff Wipes $1.8 Trillion from S&P 500
Massive market selloff affecting millions of Americans’ retirement accounts and investment portfolios, with tech sector leading decline
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Markets Plunge $1.8T, US-Iran Gulf Strikes, and 5,300-Year-Old Sourdough
Markets lose $1.8 trillion in tech selloff, US and Iran exchange Gulf strikes, and scientists bake bread with ancient yeast.
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Politics & World
US and Iran Exchange Strikes in Gulf as Ceasefire Tensions Mount
Direct US military engagement with Iran represents major escalation in ongoing conflict with…
Sources: BBC World, Al Jazeera, NPR News
Business
Google Signs $30 Billion Deal to Use SpaceX Computing Power for AI
Massive $30 billion deal highlights explosive growth in AI computing demand and strengthens SpaceX…
Sources: CNBC Top News, TechCrunch, Interesting Engineering
47%
The share of US adults who got news from TikTok this year, up from 22% in 2023 according to Pew Research. The platform’s rapid growth as a news source comes as Congress debates a potential ban over national security concerns.
Source: Pew Research
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Worth a longer read
How Ukraine Has Turned the Tide
How Ukraine’s innovative drone warfare and strategic adaptations have shifted momentum against Russian forces.
Foreign Policy · Seth Stodder
How courts are coping with a flood of AI-generated lawsuits
Why courts are struggling to handle the surge in AI-generated legal filings and fraudulent lawsuits.
MIT Technology Review · Michelle Kim
Trump Administration Tries to Shift Blame for Ebola Response
How the Trump administration is deflecting responsibility for its delayed response to the Congo Ebola outbreak.
The Intercept · Nick Turse
- Monday
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference begins Monday with expected AI announcements and iOS 18 preview.
- Tuesday
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies before Congress Tuesday on monetary policy and inflation outlook.
- Wednesday
Euro 2026 soccer tournament kicks off Wednesday in Germany with opening ceremony and first matches.
- By Friday
Supreme Court expected to issue final decisions of the term by Friday, including cases on social media regulation.
Etcetera
- Scientists bake sourdough using 5,300-year-old yeast from Ötzi the Iceman
- Fire salamanders glow under UV light after 250 years of study
- How a raunchy love charm became an innocent nursery rhyme
- The candy shop where you can taste history
- What determines royalty among honeybees beyond diet
- Where the term ‘Brexit’ actually comes from
- 8 sounds every ‘90s kid instantly recognizes
- Was Walt Disney really frozen beneath Disneyland?
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On this day · June 6
The Historybook- 1944D-Day Allied forces launch massive invasion of Nazi-occupied France at Normandy
- 1968Robert F. Kennedy is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles
- 1984Tetris is first published by Soviet programmer Alexey Pajitnov
- 2005The Supreme Court rules medical marijuana users can be prosecuted under federal law
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Quote of the day
“We will accept nothing less than full victory.”
— General Dwight D. Eisenhower, D-Day Order of the Day, 1944
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