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What to watch for today
More fallout from a massive global cyberattack. At least 200,000 people in 150 countries were hit over the weekend by a virus that holds files hostage for $300 in bitcoin. A security researcher managed to slow the malware (called “WannaCry”), but cybersecurity experts and Europol are worried about what will happen when people get to work on Monday.
Macron cracks on. Newly inaugurated French president Emmanuel Macron will name his pick for prime minister and travel to Berlin to meet with German chancellor Angela Merkel. In his first speech as president on Sunday (link in French), Macron said “the world and Europe need France more than ever.”
Trump’s travel ban gets (another) day in court. Seattle’s 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear the Trump administration’s appeal of a Hawaii judge’s injunction against a revised executive order that suspended visas for people from six predominantly Muslim countries. The 9:30am PST hearing will be shown live on CSPAN.
Over the weekend
China kicked off its “Silk Road” summit… Leaders from 29 countries gathered in Beijing to discuss China’s economic plan (paywall) to prioritize infrastructure connectivity and free trade across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. Chinese president Xi Jinping pledged $124 billion to the “One Belt One Road” initiative, and called on summit attendees to “uphold and grow an open world economy.”
…which North Korea countered with a missile. A ballistic missile launched Sunday flew 700 km (430 miles) in 30 minutes, before dropping into the sea 60 miles south of Russia. The provocation comes just days after Moon Jae-in was sworn in as the new president of South Korea, vowing improved relations with Pyongyang. North Korea’s delegation at the Silk Road summit, meanwhile, is laying low.
Apple invested $200 million in Corning. The 166-year-old glassmaker was chosen as the first recipient of money from Apple’s $1 billion Advanced Manufacturing Fund, which aims to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US. The funds will go to research, equipment, and glass-processing, though analysts say they could also lead to developments in augmented reality and wireless charging.
Portugal won the Eurovision Song Contest. Salvador Sobral’s performance (video) of “Amar Pelos dois (Love for Both)” was notably less flashy than his competitors’. Sobral later told reporters he wasn’t sure how the voting worked: “I think that you have to be a mathematician or something to know what’s going on.”
Heineken launched a non-alcoholic beer. “Heineken 0.0” made its debut (paywall) at the Spanish grand Prix in Barcelona and will soon enter Russia, Israel, and 17 other markets across Europe. Heineken’s biggest competitor, AB InBev, is aiming to make a fifth of its beer low- or zero-alcohol by 2025.
Quartz obsession interlude
Gideon Lichfield with a guide to 21st-century propaganda. “What has changed is, of course, the internet, and the many new ways it creates for falsehoods to reach us. The power of populism today lies in its ability to combine 20th-century propaganda techniques with 21st-century technology, putting propaganda on steroids.” Read more here.
(And read more here about Quartz’s new propaganda obsession.)
Matters of debate
The internet isn’t dividing us. You’re more likely to come across someone with different political views online than you are offline.
Trump was right to fire James Comey. No administration wants an FBI director who doesn’t recognize limits on his power.
American prom will never die. Teens can just continue to subvert and enrich some of its more unsavory traditions.
Surprising discoveries
The kill switch for Friday’s cyber-attack cost $10.69. A 22-year-old threat-intelligence researcher managed to slow the virus down (paywall) by registering a single domain.
A dinosaur fossil found in Canada still has traces of its scales. The nodosaur specimen—including 20-inch shoulder spikes used to deter predators—has been called “the Rosetta stone for armor.”
“Michael” is losing favor in America. Fewer than 14,000 US babies were named Michael (paywall) last year, the lowest level since 1940.
The Russian embassy serves Costco-brand vodka. When hosting at home, though, ambassador Sergey Kislyak offers his guests Ukrainian pepper vodka.
Barbers used to pull teeth. That’s part of why dental insurance in the US is still generally separate from health insurance.
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