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👋 Good morning. If you thought this week was weird, buckle up:

• AI is helping athletes dodge torn ACLs…

• Congress is trying to define Bitcoin in English…

• USPS just made love letters a luxury item…

• And YouTube is teaching your videos to talk.

Also: stamp prices are up, crypto’s on the Hill, and your next workout might come with a biomechanical AI coach yelling “Fix your gait!”

Let’s merge.

What’s Merging Today:
• 🤖 Movetru predicts injuries with AI
• 💌 Stamp prices jump (again)
• 🏛️ Crypto bills hit Congress
• 🦟 Lasers target flying mosquitos
• 🎨 Canva adds Claude AI

MERGE MINDBLOWERS

🧠 Your brain can hold a petabyte of data
That’s 1 million gigabytes—about the same as the entire internet in the mid-2000s. And somehow you still forget why you walked into the kitchen.

🦿 MIT made a material that heals like human skin
It’s self-healing, stretchy, and can "feel" pressure—aka, robotic skin that repairs itself like Wolverine. Built for the next generation of prosthetics and soft robots.

🌍 99% of the Earth’s gold is buried in its core
There’s enough gold at the planet’s center to cover the surface in a 1.5-foot layer. Too bad it's 1,800 miles down—and 9,000°F.

🦠 Your body runs on ancient viruses
8% of your DNA comes from viral infections your ancestors survived. Some of those viral leftovers now help you grow a placenta. Evolution’s weird.

🧊 Ice is technically a mineral, and there are 20+ types
We think of ice as frozen water—but scientists have discovered more than 20 types of ice, some denser than steel, with bizarre molecular structures found on alien worlds.

TODAY IN AI

Movetru lands $1.6M to make sports injuries a thing of the past

UK-based startup Movetru just raised £1.2M (~$1.6M USD) to build the future of athletic performance—without the injuries. It’s like a smart coach in your pocket, trained in biomechanics, and obsessed with your knees.

Here’s the play-by-play:

• 🦿 The product: A wearable sensor + AI app that provides real-time feedback on body mechanics, movement patterns, and injury risk.

• 🧠 The brains: AI models trained on 50,000+ movement data points to detect subtle biomechanical red flags—before you even feel them.

• 🏋️ Who's using it: Professional athletes, rehab specialists, and performance coaches across Europe.

• 💰 The investors: Two Magnolias, IAG Capital, and Techstart Ventures—plus NI Football League’s Andrew Doyle joined the cap table.

Why it matters:
Injury prevention isn’t just about pain—it's about billions in lost productivity, sidelined seasons, and shattered careers. Movetru is tackling it early with wearable intelligence. This is FitTech meets FinTech-level opportunity.

TODAY IN TECH

USPS hikes stamp prices again—forever stamps now 78¢

The Postal Service just bumped prices... again. First-class stamps went from 73¢ to 78¢ on July 14, marking the 7th increase since 2021.

What’s changing:

• 💌 Forever stamps: Now 78¢ (was 73¢)

• 📨 Postcards: Up to 59¢

• 📦 Priority Mail & Ground Advantage: 5.4% to 7.6% increase

• 📉 Flat-rate envelopes & boxes: More expensive across the board

Why the rate hike?

• 🧾 USPS is trying to shed $160B in projected losses over 10 years

• 📉 Mail volume continues to fall (shocker), so rates go up to keep the lights on

• 📈 The agency plans twice-yearly increases until at least 2027

Why it matters:
The hike hits e-commerce sellers, event planners, and anyone with a mailbox. It’s also a sign of what happens when aging infrastructure meets inflation: postage pain and fewer love letters.

TODAY IN BUSINESS

Capitol Hill goes crypto this week—3 major bills in motion

Welcome to “Crypto Week” in Congress—three major bills are up for a vote, with big implications for blockchain, stablecoins, and the digital dollar. Depending on what passes, the crypto world could get its first real roadmap from D.C.

What’s on the table:

• 🧾 The CLARITY Act: Defines which digital assets are commodities vs. securities—aka, who regulates what.

• 🕵️ The Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act: Would ban the Federal Reserve from issuing a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), citing privacy concerns.

• 🧠 The GENIUS Act: Aims to build a regulatory framework for generative AI in fintech, including trading bots and automated asset managers.

Key context:

• 💸 Lawmakers are feeling pressure from voters and Wall Street to stop lagging behind crypto innovation.

• ⚖️ The bills are expected to pass the House, but will face a tougher battle in the Senate.

• 📊 Bitcoin rallied ~4% in anticipation of a more “friendly” regulatory environment.

Why it matters:
If passed, these bills will shape how U.S. companies build, market, and trade crypto—no more guessing games. Regulation is finally catching up, and those who’ve been operating in the Wild West may need to law-up or pack up.

MERGE TOOLS

AI tools worth your time

📈 VoiceType.com 
From emails to documents, VoiceType helps you write 9x faster with 99.7% accuracy. Trusted by 650,000+ users.

🌐 PandaExtract 
Collect text, emails, images, and links from websites through an intuitive, no-code Chrome extension.

📊 SEOJuice 
Automate internal SEO linking across your entire site with AI that researches keywords, inserts links, and saves you hours.

📆 Smart Calendars AI 
Create calendar events by speaking naturally, snapping photos, or extracting them from digital content.

🤖 Kimi K2 AI 
Solve complex programming challenges while keeping conversations natural, snappy, and productive.

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WHAT ELSE IS MERGING

Beyond the feed

🎨 Canva + Claude = AI-powered design assistant
Canva just teamed up with Anthropic to integrate Claude AI directly into its platform. The result? Instant summaries, creative help, and design tips that actually understand context—so now your Canva doc has a brain.

🦟 Laser turrets are now killing mosquitos
A company called Photon Matrix built what’s basically an Iron Dome for bugs—using AI-powered lasers to shoot down mosquitos mid-air with sniper precision. Your backyard just got a Star Wars upgrade.

📹 YouTube’s testing voiceovers for silent videos
Watching muted videos? YouTube’s got your back. Their new AI feature can automatically narrate silent content—adding context and voiceover in real time. Silent scrolling is about to get loud.

🇷🇺 Trump suggests lifting Russia sanctions
In a head-turning move, Trump floated ending U.S. sanctions on Russia if he's re-elected, saying it could help “end the war quickly.” Critics say it plays right into Putin’s hands. Allies are… concerned.

✈️ Delta sidesteps tariffs with engine swap jiu-jitsu
Instead of paying new tariffs on Airbus jets, Delta’s repurposing engines from old planes and installing them on new ones. It’s a legal workaround—and a masterclass in “Nah, we’re good” energy.

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