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🌑☄️ MOONSTRIKE? ASTEROID COULD BLAST LUNAR DEBRIS INTO EARTH’S SATELLITE NETWORK.
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ROBOTAXIS
🚖🤖 MUSK MAKES $19B IN A DAY OFF ROBOTAXIS. Elon Musk just got $19 billion richer in 24 hours after Tesla’s robotaxi launch in Austin sent the stock soaring 8%. Riders paid $4.20. Musk cashed in.
—> 💸 HOW RICH? Musk’s net worth now sits at $385 billion. That’s:
💰 $139B more than Mark Zuckerberg
💰 $155B more than Jeff Bezos
💰 More than the GDP of over 150 countries
💰 Roughly equal to every U.S. college endowment combined
—> 🛞 THE LAUNCH: Tesla’s new self-driving taxi service lets users hop into a driverless Model Y for a flat $4.20. Safety riders are still on board, but the wheel’s untouched. Videos show cars navigating traffic, dodging pedestrians, and dropping off passengers — all hands-free.
—> 🧠 THE TECH: Musk says both the AI chip and self-driving software were built completely in-house by Tesla. This is the first step toward the Cybercab, a purpose-built robotaxi with no steering wheel or pedals, expected by 2027.
The goal of Tesla’s robotaxi program is full self-driving mobility at scale — a future where you can summon a driverless electric car anywhere, anytime, for a cheap flat fee — no steering wheel, no pedals, no human driver at all.
Source: Business Insider | Bloomberg Billionaires Index | CNET
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MUSK’S ROBOTAXI PLANS
Here’s the big picture:
—> 🧠 The Vision: Elon Musk wants Tesla to become the Uber + car manufacturer + AI company in one — using its own cars, its own AI, and its own chipsets to run a global robotaxi network.
—> 💰 The Business Model: Tesla owners could opt in to let their cars join the robotaxi fleet while they’re not using them — meaning your Tesla could make money while you sleep. Musk has called this “an appreciating asset.”
—> 🌆 The Endgame: Fewer people own cars. Cities fill with self-driving EVs. Transportation becomes cheaper, cleaner, and fully automated. Musk’s words: “A ride cheaper than the bus.”
—> 🏗️ The Tech: It relies entirely on Tesla Vision — no LiDAR, no HD maps, just cameras + neural nets. The goal is AI that can drive in any city, without pre-mapping.
—> 🚨 The Catch: Safety, regulation, real-world complexity, and reliability are still huge barriers. But if it works? Tesla’s valuation — and Musk’s wealth — could go even more parabolic.
Source: Reuters
SPACE
🌑☄️ MOONSTRIKE? ASTEROID COULD BLAST LUNAR DEBRIS INTO EARTH’S SATELLITE NETWORK. Scientists say a “city-killer” asteroid could hit the Moon in 2032 — and the fallout might threaten satellites, GPS, and space infrastructure orbiting Earth.
—> 🪨 THE ASTEROID: Known as 2024 YR4, it’s 60 meters wide — enough to wipe out a city if it struck Earth. Impact risk for Earth is near zero, but the odds of it slamming into the Moon? 4.3%, and rising.
—> 💥 THE IMPACT: If it hits, the explosion would release energy equal to a large nuclear blast, carving a 1km crater into the lunar surface and ejecting up to 100 million kilograms of debris. Some of that would be pulled toward Earth — fast.
—> 🛰️ THE THREAT: Even centimeter-sized rocks traveling at 25,000+ mph could shred satellites like bullets, experts warn. With thousands of new satellites expected by 2032, Earth’s orbital network could face catastrophic interference — from GPS to global comms.
—> 🌠 THE SPECTACLE: While satellites sweat, Earth’s night sky could light up with a record-breaking meteor shower — possibly the most dazzling in 5,000 years. Scientists say meteors could spike 1,000x above normal if the asteroid hits the near side of the Moon.
—> 🧪 THE TEST: This isn’t just a space show — it’s a chance to test planetary defense systems in real time. Think NASA’s DART mission, but lunar. If we ever needed to deflect something headed for the Moon… could we?
Source: The Guardian | Daily Galaxy
HEALTH
🧠💉 OZEMPIC FOR YOUR BRAIN? NEW STUDY LINKS WEIGHT-LOSS DRUG TO LOWER DEMENTIA RISK. Semaglutide — the blockbuster ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy — may do more than curb cravings. It could protect your brain.
—> 🧪 THE FINDING: In a study of 1.7 million patients, people with type 2 diabetes who took semaglutide had a 40–50% lower risk of developing vascular dementia compared to those on other diabetes meds like insulin or metformin.
—> 🔬 THE SCIENCE: GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic help reduce inflammation, improve glucose control, and promote weight loss — all of which are tied to brain health. “Semaglutide hits multiple risk factors at once,” said lead researcher Dr. Rong Xu.
—> 🧠 THE LIMIT: The protective link was strongest for vascular dementia — not Lewy body or frontotemporal dementia. And this was an observational study, so we’re talking correlation, not causation (yet).
—> 🧬 THE NEXT STEP: Novo Nordisk is already running two clinical trials testing semaglutide for Alzheimer’s. And Xu’s team now wants to test newer GLP-1s like tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound) for even stronger brain effects.
—> 🚨 THE QUESTION: Could your future dementia defense be hiding in a weight-loss shot?
Source: Medical News Today | Gizmodo
ONE MORE THING
📉🧑💻 JAMIE DIMON’S ADVICE TO GEN Z: LEARN TO CODE, SHOW UP, BE DECENT. As Gen Z stares down a job-market bloodbath, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has a message: there are still jobs — if you’ve got the right skills and the right attitude.
—> 💬 THE ADVICE: “We all have needs for cyber, we all have needs for coding, we all have needs for programming... and for financial and program management,” Dimon said at the CEO Workforce Forum. Translation: if you want to beat the AI layoffs, study something useful.
—> 🎓 WHAT SCHOOLS GET WRONG: “Too much focus in education has been on graduating college… It should be on jobs,” Dimon said. He wants schools judged not on degrees, but on whether grads actually get hired.
—> 🤖 WHY IT MATTERS: Gen Z is graduating into a job market where AI is replacing entry-level workers — and even tech CEOs admit it. But Dimon says coding and project management still lead to job offers. Don’t believe the hype — believe the hiring charts.
—> 🧠 BE MORE THAN YOUR MAJOR: Dimon told WSJ he doesn’t care what you studied — he’s looking for “smart, ethical, decent people.” You don’t need to be perfect. But you do need to show up ready to work.
—> 🚨 THE TAKEAWAY: In a world of AI, vibes won’t get you hired. Skills might. Character will.
Source: Fortune
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