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All values as of 6 AM ET / 3 AM PT, other than S&P500 and NASDAQ close (4 PM ET / 1 PM PT).

All times are ET.

1. WWDC keynote today at 1 PM ET to focus on "Apple Intelligence" (AI), Siri, visionOS 2

Apple.

Siri's new AI features will be opt-in and integrate with most of Apple's native apps.
iPhone 15 Pro or higher required for iOS's new AI features.
Email and message reply suggestions should be a nice new feature.
OpenAI partnership should be announced.
Locking apps behind FaceID could be coming.
visionOS 2 shouldn't be revolutionary but rather fill in gaps from the 1st version.

2. Binance hits 200M users, as BNB token nears all-time high

CoinGecko.

From 170M users in 2023, 140M in 2022.
- 562M people globally use crypto.
CZ's 4-month sentence started on Tue.
- $38.5B net worth.

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4. Median of 64% rate their economies negatively across 34 countries

Pew Research Center.

5. GameStop stock -39% as company announces 75M stock sale, Roaring Kitty draws 600K live viewers on YouTube

Google Finance.

Would raise $2.1B in cash at current prices.
Roaring Kitty's YouTube stream brought no news.
Net sales -29% to $0.882B for the 1st quarter ending May 4.
- Net loss of -$32.3M, from -$50.5M.
- Cash position of $1.083B.
- Results were pre-released, being originally scheduled for Tue.

6. Interesting videos, posts, and memes

Vivek and Vinay Prasad on How the FDA is Crowding Out Alternative Institutions

OpenAI Whistleblower Speaks | Interview

A conversation with Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis

Prospera - MUST VISIT Private/Bitcoin City w/ Erick A. Brimen

7. Other headlines

AI

Harvey, AI for lawyers, in talks to raise $600M at $2B+.
NVIDIA pushing national governments to invest in AI chips.
Microsoft's Recall AI feature in Windows 11 to be opt-in.
Perplexity AI: news summary tool has "rough edges."

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Tech

Norway sovereign fund to vote against Elon's Tesla pay package.

Tech & law

NY passes bill banning social media algorithms for those under 18.
Google antitrust trial to be decided by judge, not jury.

Biotech

FDA expands approval of GSK's RSV vaccine to high-risk 50-59-year-olds.
Donanemab shouldn't be banned by FDA: CSO of Alzheimer's foundation.
Buck Institute, Sens AI collaborate on brain aging study.
Longevity Summit Dublin runs this week: a look at.

Business

Unemployment rate edges up to 4.0%, as U.S. adds 272K jobs.

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Crypto

Friend Tech to move from Base L2 to Friendchain blockchain.
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U.S. politics

Trump's probation virtual interview set for today.
Degrowth movement promoted by NYT to "save the world."

World

EU elections change little in European Parliament.
Macron calls for snap elections in France after Le Pen outperforms.
4 hostages rescued by IDF in Gaza.
Gantz quits Israeli government after Netanyahu doesn't meet demands.
Iran OKs 6 pro-Khamenei candidates to run for president.
Putin to visit North Korea, Vietnam in coming weeks.
Russia sending young Africans to fight in war.

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