Good morning. It’s Tuesday, July 1 — the official start of “Wait, how is it July already?” season. We’ve entered the danger zone of red, white, and way too many social plans. July 4th is looming, which means your group chat is probably 27 messages deep in a debate about beach vs. backyard, and your cousin with the American flag tank top is preparing to overcook meat and underdeliver vibes. Godspeed.

Also, on this day in 1963, the U.S. Postal Service introduced the ZIP Code. Because obviously writing “Chicago, IL” wasn’t specific enough — we needed five extra numbers to make sure Grandma’s birthday card didn't end up in the wrong suburb. 

Here’s to a week of dodging plans, staying cool, and enjoying the last few days before someone asks what you're doing for Labor Day. Let’s get into it.

Today’s stories:

• BlackBerry makes a TikTok-fueled comeback

• New blood type discovered: Gwada Negative

• Antarctica sends signals that break physics

• Nvidia reclaims crown as most valuable

• Pope’s childhood home up for auction

• Startup wants to gene-edit babies

• Europe flooded with tourists again

• Tesla’s Europe sales keep sinking

• Anna Wintour steps back, not out

• 1,000 new U.S. millionaires daily

• Salesforce swaps staff for AI

• Blue screen of death is dead

  and more…

Wall Street kept climbing Monday, with the S&P 500 up 0.52% to a record 6,204.95 and the Nasdaq gaining 0.47% to 20,369.73 — another all-time high. The Dow added 275 points, closing at 44,094.77. The rally came as Canada backed off its digital services tax just hours before it was set to kick in — a move aimed at cooling trade tensions after Trump abruptly ended talks last week. Big tech exhaled, and markets cheered.

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Nvidia Becomes World’s Most Valuable Company (Again)

Nvidia just became the world’s most valuable company again, with shares closing at a record $154.31. The stock crept even higher Thursday, because apparently gravity doesn’t apply to AI chipmakers. After a rocky start to the year — tariffs, China’s DeepSeek AI, mild panic — Nvidia shrugged it all off and skyrocketed. Now one very enthusiastic analyst at Loop Capital has bumped their price target to $250, predicting a $6 trillion market cap. That’s not optimism, that’s financial fanfiction. Still, Nvidia’s riding the AI wave like it owns the ocean. Wall Street’s watching, cheering, and refreshing their Robinhood apps in disbelief.

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Salesforce says AI replaced 50%. Salesforce, San Francisco’s biggest boss, laid off 1,000 people this year and then proudly announced that AI now handles 50% of the workload. Timing, as always, is immaculate. CEO Marc Benioff called it a “positive” shift — bots take the grunt work so humans can chase “higher value” tasks. Unfortunately, many of those humans are now unemployed. Employees and the internet were quick to clap back. Some current staff even said the CEO exaggerated, claiming humans are still very much needed and overworked. While tech execs continue worshiping at the altar of AI, the layoffs keep rolling. 

Tesla tanks in Europe while EV rivals surge. Tesla’s European sales dropped again in May — down 27.9% year-over-year — marking five months straight of decline. Meanwhile, EV sales overall in Europe soared 27.2%. So, people still want electric cars — just not Tesla’s. The shiny new Model Y isn’t helping much. European buyers are turning to cheaper Chinese EVs or just bailing because they’re tired of Elon Musk’s sideshow. Tesla’s market share in Europe shrank to 1.2%, down from 1.8% last year. China's carmakers, EU tariffs and all, are still crushing it. They doubled their market share to 5.9% and sold over 65,000 cars last month. Traditional brands like BMW and SAIC are up too, while Tesla just keeps slipping. In short: EV demand is booming, but Tesla’s party in Europe looks over.

Wealth is booming, unless you're poor. In 2024, the U.S. pumped out 1,000 new millionaires a day. UBS says the country is now the global leader in wealth creation, with China trailing behind at a modest 380 millionaires daily. The number of “everyday millionaires” — folks worth between $1M and $5M — has exploded to 52 million worldwide, four times what it was in 2000. Real estate is the main engine, except in the U.S., where stocks still rule. But don’t break out the champagne yet. The richest 20% in America hold 71% of the total wealth. The bottom 50% get just 2%. Most people didn’t get richer — they just got more used to watching it happen to others.

New Blood Type Discovered

Turns out blood types aren’t just A, B, AB, or O. That’s baby science. We’re now up to 48 official blood type groups, and the latest one belongs to exactly one person. Meet “Gwada negative” — the rarest blood type on Earth, found in a woman from Guadeloupe during some routine tests 15 years ago. Doctors were like “huh, weird antibody,” and then spent a decade poking her DNA until they realized: oh wow, she’s built different. This month, the International Society of Blood Transfusion made it official: new blood type unlocked. She's the only known human with it, and yep — she can only receive blood from... herself. So, science just got humbled again. Your "O negative" isn’t as special as you thought.

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Antarctica is sending weird signals — and science has no clue why. Some scientists spent the last decade freezing their butts off in Antarctica, chasing “ghost particles” called neutrinos — little cosmic things that zoom through everything like they own the place. But instead of neutrinos, NASA’s ANITA experiment picked up weird radio waves coming from the ice — like, through miles of rock. Problem: physics says that shouldn’t happen. Oops. These mystery signals don’t match anything we know, and newer studies couldn’t replicate them. So, either the laws of the universe are broken, or someone’s balloon experiment glitched out. Again. For now, we wait. Bigger detectors, more funding, and maybe a few more frozen toes later — science might figure it out. Or not. Either way, the ice is haunted.

Microsoft kills the blue screen of death. After traumatizing generations of Windows users, Microsoft is finally putting the blue screen of death to rest. You know, that panic-inducing blue wall that showed up right before your laptop bricked itself mid-email? Yeah, that one. Starting this summer, Windows 11 users will be greeted by a black screen of doom instead. The new black screen will match Windows 11’s promises of faster recovery times (as in, two seconds before you’re back to pretending your PC didn’t just have a meltdown). Microsoft says this is all part of a larger effort to make crashes “less disruptive.” R.I.P. blue screen. You were annoying, iconic, and slightly terrifying.

BlackBerry is back (because Gen Z got bored). Apparently, 2025 is the year BlackBerry rises from the tech graveyard, and it’s not because a new model dropped. It’s because Gen Z got nostalgic, ironic, and maybe just tired of their iPhones ruining their lives. There’s no shiny new BlackBerry coming. Instead, a Chinese company called Zinwa is reviving the old ones — like the BlackBerry Classic — slapping in modern guts and calling it the Q25 Pro. It runs Android 13, supports 4G, and costs $400. Or you can DIY the transformation for $300, if you’ve got a Classic in your junk drawer and a lot of free time. Thanks to TikTok, vintage tech is now “detox tech.” Gen Z’s trading apps for buttons, screen addiction for BBM nostalgia.

This startup wants to gene-edit babies. A California startup called Bootstrap Bio is raising money to genetically edit human embryos — yes, for real. The company wants to tweak embryos to eliminate inherited diseases or enhance traits. Translation: make babies with fewer health risks… and maybe designer IQs. It’s called germline editing, and scientists say it’s risky, unproven, and one wrong move could mess up an entire human from day one. Bioethicists are panicking. They’re warning about Frankenstein labs, baby-building as a luxury product, and a biotech eugenics reboot wrapped in VC funding.

Anna Wintour Leaves Vogue Editor Role After 37 Years

Anna Wintour is finally hanging up her bob—at least when it comes to being Vogue’s editor-in-chief. After 37 years of ruling the fashion magazine with iron sunglasses, Wintour told staff she’s stepping down from the role she’s made iconic. But before you clutch your pearls: no, she’s not disappearing. She’s just trading the title for even more global power at Condé Nast. She’ll remain Vogue’s global editorial director and Condé Nast’s chief content queen, just no longer micromanaging U.S. pages herself. Condé Nast is in the middle of a full makeover, restructuring everything and handing out “global editorial director” titles like party favors. No successor. No replacement. Just Anna moving up, not out. Because of course.

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Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home hits the auction block. The Illinois home where Pope Leo XIV grew up is now up for grabs — again. After a wave of hype (and a few price drops), the seller pulled it off the market and said, “Let’s auction this thing.” Paramount Realty extended the bidding deadline to July 17 to give buyers more time to tour the property, read the holy fine print, and dig deep for that $250K reserve price. The three-bed, three-bath house in Dolton isn’t exactly Vatican chic, but it’s now a piece of papal history — and sellers know it. The current owner bought it for just $66K in 2024. Then boom: America gets its first pope, and the listing becomes holy real estate.

Americans flock to Europe, locals roll eyes. Tourists are swarming Europe in record numbers. In 2024, 747 million international travelers arrived, with over 70% hitting Southern and Western Europe. This summer, the trend continues: suitcases everywhere, streets jammed with influencers, and locals reaching their limit. Cheap flights, AI-powered travel planning, and a strong economy in countries like the U.S., U.K., Japan, and China are fueling the chaos. Hotspots like Venice and Barcelona are overwhelmed. Housing, water, and public space are stretched thin, while souvenir shops and gelato stands keep multiplying. Protests are popping up, and cities are scrambling to manage the crush with new infrastructure. Officials stay optimistic, but residents are stuck living inside a never-ending travel reel. The continent still looks like a postcard — just don’t expect any personal space.

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