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Good Morning! On this date in 1883, William “Buffalo Bill” Cody opened his legendary Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show in Omaha, Nebraska. The show was wildly popular, featuring displays including Pony Express rides, attacks on a stagecoach, cowboy tricks, sharpshooting, roping, and riding. A human intern out-sorted a humanoid robot by 192 packages in a 10-hour live-streamed showdown yesterday, finishing with blisters on his fingers. The robot, of course, just kept going. More on the contest below. It got us wondering: what's the one job you'd never trust a robot to do? Reply and tell us. We read every response. Could one of the most common foods in your kitchen actually help guard your brain against Alzheimer’s? Two major studies uncovered a fascinating connection that researchers believe points to one key nutrient in this everyday food. On The Flyover Podcast, Ayla Brown unpacks the science behind the findings and what this could mean for your daily routine. Listen here. Today’s sponsor, Mode Mobile, is a pre-IPO tech company that is worth looking into. After Apple’s announcement of Starlink integration, Mode believes the opportunity to expand its EarnPhone technology globally has just grown significantly. Investors still have a chance to buy shares in the company’s current offering before the price changes next week. |
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 Trump Drops IRS Suit to Get $1.8B Fund
President Trump dropped his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS on Monday in exchange for the Justice Department creating a $1.776 billion fund for people who claim they were wrongly targeted under the Biden administration. A five-member commission appointed by the attorney general will run the new Anti-Weaponization Fund, and Trump can remove any member. The money comes from the Treasury's Judgment Fund, a taxpayer-backed account used to pay government settlements. Trump can't receive payouts himself, but Jan. 6 defendants potentially could. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, who previously represented Trump in criminal matters, signed the deal, which expires in December 2028. |
Energy Merger Will Create World's Biggest UtilityEnergy companies NextEra and Dominion announced a nearly $67 billion merger Monday that will create the world's largest regulated electric utility, serving 10 million customers across Florida, Virginia, and the Carolinas. The companies say scale is the point: larger combined operations mean more efficient construction and financing, which they argue will eventually lead to lower bills for customers amid surging demand for AI data centers. The combined company will operate under NextEra's name, though Dominion's brand will remain in place for its local operations in Virginia and the Carolinas. The all-stock deal is expected to close in 12 to 18 months. |
Human Beats Robot in 10-Hour Factory ChallengeA human intern named Aime outpaced a humanoid robot from Figure AI in a live-streamed 10-hour parcel-sorting challenge in California, finishing with 12,924 packages to the machine's 12,732, a margin of 0.4 seconds per package. You can see the video finish here. Aime was taking California-mandated meal and rest breaks while the F.03 robot ran fully autonomously. It wasn't a runaway. The robot actually took the lead around hour five when Aime took a bathroom break, and Aime later admitted he was about 30 minutes from having to quit, with blisters on his fingers and a forearm he described as "basically broken." Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock congratulated his intern on X, then added this kicker: "This is the last time a human will ever win."
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➤ President Trump said Monday he is calling off a plan to attack Iran today after the heads of three regional powers in the Middle East asked him to “hold off.” (More) ➤ The Supreme Court on Monday turned away challenges from six major drugmakers, including AstraZeneca and Novo Nordisk, that argued Medicare's drug price negotiation program is unconstitutional. (More) ➤ A bipartisan group of senators is pushing legislation to ban sports betting ads targeting minors, as new data show 36% of boys ages 11 to 17 gambled online in the past year. (More) ➤ The Kremlin said Ukraine peace talks can resume after Kyiv launched its biggest drone attack on the Moscow region in a year, killing three people near the Russian capital. (More) Flying together with our sponsor ➤ The $100 Billion IPO Everyone Is Watching. Elon Musk’s Starlink project could become one of the biggest IPOs in history, and investor James Altucher says there may still be a way for regular investors to position early for less than $100. He’s even revealing the free ticker behind his top pick. (More) |
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➤ Former NFL quarterback Tom Brady made his runway modeling debut at a fashion show in Times Square this weekend, walking the catwalk in an all-black leather outfit. (See Video) ➤ NFL owners are expected to award Super Bowl LXIV to Nashville for the February 2030 game, which would be the city's first time hosting the game. (More) ➤ Big Ten coaches are pushing hard for a 24-team College Football Playoff at the conference's spring meetings, an idea that now has support from the ACC and Big 12. The SEC remains a holdout, preferring a 16-team format. (More) ➤ The Florida 3A state baseball championship ended in a chaotic walk-off suicide squeeze—one of the riskiest plays in baseball—with South Walton beating North Broward Prep. (See Video) ➤ Yesterday's Results: NBA | NHL | MLB | NCAAB | Soccer |
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 Daily Market Report 05/18/2026
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NASDAQ
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations |
26,090.73 |
-0.51%
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SPX
S&P 500 |
7,403.05 |
-0.07%
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DJI
Dow Jones Industrial Average |
49,686.12 |
0.32%
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BTC
Bitcoin |
$76,892.25 |
-0.69%
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GOLD
Per Ounce |
$4,565.70 |
0.22%
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SILVER
Per Ounce |
$77.89 |
0.94%
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OIL
West Texas Intermediate Crude |
$101.44 |
-3.78%
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RAMP
LiveRamp Holdings Inc. |
$37.88 |
+27.71%
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Bitcoin, gold, silver, and oil are traded 24 hours a day. ➤ Big Stock Move: LiveRamp shares rose over 27% on Monday after the data collaboration tech company announced an agreement to be acquired by Publicis Groupe for $2.5 billion. (More) ➤ A California jury unanimously ruled Monday that Elon Musk had waited too long to sue, tossing out his lawsuit against OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman and Microsoft after a three-week trial in Oakland. (More) ➤ Long Island Rail Road workers went on strike Saturday, halting service on the nation's busiest commuter rail for the first time in roughly 30 years and forcing hundreds of thousands of New York-area riders to scramble for alternatives. (More) ➤ JPMorgan released its 27th annual summer reading list Monday, with 14 titles covering AI, longevity, geopolitics, and lemon recipes. The book list has become a closely watched guide to what's on the minds of the wealthy. (See List) Flying together with our sponsor ➤ Serious investors don’t guess. They use data. Wallstreet.io gives you access to powerful, easy-to-read charts that surface trends most retail investors miss. From market flows to sentiment shifts, it’s built to help you make smarter decisions, faster. Start your 14-day free trial |
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➤ SpaceX may launch the tallest, most powerful rocket ever built as soon as today. It's a new version of Starship central to NASA's plan to return astronauts to the moon in 2028. (More) ➤ More than 60 Trump allies, including Steve Bannon, signed a letter urging the White House to require mandatory testing and government approval of frontier AI models before they reach the public. (More) ➤ A joint European-Chinese spacecraft launched overnight on a mission to make the first-ever X-ray observations of Earth's magnetic field as it deflects intense solar storms. (More) Flying together with our sponsor ➤ Men are calling this the eye-bag fix they regret not finding years ago. Particle Face Cream is an anti-aging solution engineered specifically for men that reduces eye bags, dark spots, and wrinkles. Over 1,000,000 men use it daily to look younger and sharper. Every day you skip is a day your face falls further behind. Use code FLYOVER20 for 20% off + free shipping, plus a 30-day money-back guarantee. |
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➤ Finland's annual Polar Bear Pitching contest in Oulu asks entrepreneurs to pitch their startup ideas while standing waist-deep in an ice hole cut from the frozen Baltic Sea. (Watch)
➤ Millions of Americans now travel overseas every year for cheaper or faster medical care, and a new guide walks through how to vet a doctor, pay safely, and insure against complications. (See Tips)
➤ Southwest Airlines is no longer letting "human-like" or "animal-like" robots fly, citing battery safety, after a 3.5-foot humanoid named Stewie booked his own seat and went viral earlier this month. (More)
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➤ Swatch closed stores worldwide over the weekend after huge, unruly crowds mobbed shops for its new $448 pocket watch, a collaboration with luxury maker Audemars Piguet. Police were called in several cities, and the watches are already reselling online for thousands. (See Watch) ➤ Alberta police responded to a report of stolen barbecue goods and found the culprit: a red fox with a mouth full of hot dogs, who was released without charges and with a full belly. (See Fox) ➤ Police killed a tiger that had escaped from Germany's Tiger Queen facility on Sunday after it seriously injured a 73-year-old keeper inside its enclosure near Leipzig. (More) Flying together with our sponsor ➤ Indigenous tribe drinks 5 cups Cocoa daily: Has clean arteries, normal blood pressure & blood sugar. Fascinating story about a native tribe from Panama that drinks up to 5 cups of cocoa a day and has 9x lower rates of cardiovascular problems and great longevity. Read about the Kuna tribe's incredible longevity secrets here. |
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 Daily Quote
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"It's a total conspiracy. I swear they don't want us robots peeking at the clouds, seeing what's really up there." — Stewie, a humanoid robot, in a press statement responding to the decision by Southwest Airlines to ban robots from all flights |
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 Today's Trivia
Where did an Air Force accident cause two hydrogen bombs to drop on American soil? Show me the answer |
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| This is a paid advertisement for Mode Mobile Regulation A+ offering. Please read the offering circular at https://invest.modemobile.com/ Mode Mobile recently received their ticker reservation with Nasdaq ($MODE), indicating an intent to IPO in the next 24 months. An intent to IPO is no guarantee that an actual IPO will occur. The Deloitte rankings are based on submitted applications and public company database research, with winners selected based on their fiscal-year revenue growth percentage over a three-year period. Mode cumulative revenue includes full year revenue of businesses acquired in 2025. |
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