👋  Good morning. There’s new data proving something you already knew: The worst person on the plane is the one watching a YouTube video without headphones. Or sitting in on a Zoom. Or fighting with their spouse. According to the survey of 2.5k US adults, conducted by The Points Guy and YouGov, 40% of passengers think airlines should ban phone and video calls altogether with 27% saying the noise is the most annoying passenger behavior. They also weighed in on another hot topic: 51% said it’s OK to recline seatbacks.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

The most interesting business stories of the week

• Even babies are living in an AI-powered surveillance state:  Increasingly, parents are deferring to AI-powered baby monitors that offer 24/7 sleep tracking and analytics to make everyday parenting decisions, like whether it’s time for their little one to take a nap.  Read more
  
  
• Who let the dogs out (to detect cancer)?: The excellently named startup Dognosis trains a team of Labradors, beagles, and other breeds, and uses sensors to interpret signals from the pups for a low-cost cancer screening. Read more
  
• Too hot for clothes? These brands don’t think so: Activewear brands are doubling down on the idea that the best way to stay cool might actually be layering up with “active cooling tech”: textiles and constructions engineered to lower the skin’s temperature. Read more
   
• How Chili's brought back the heat by reviving '90s abundance: As Applebee's and other fast-casual competitors struggle, Chili's has staged a fiery comeback by leaning into retro vibes, celebrating indulgence, and — shockingly — listening to employees and customers.  Read more
  
  

WORTH A CLICK

👵  An oldie but a goodie:  The quiet disappearance of the safe deposit box

🔥  One of our most-read stories this week:  Is this man the future of US manufacturing?

⚒️  A free resource:  How to master short-form video across YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Instagram

AROUND THE WEB

🌎  Whoa: See how shadows fall at any time and place on earth.

🚀  Haha: Launch the hamster.

💤  That’s interesting: Happy 100th birthday to the weekend. We love you.

👊  Game: Browser boxing.

🛥️  That’s cool: Peruse a database of 50k boat names. Good luck finding one better than Bilboat Baggins.

🐄  Aww: A little cow with a pretty cute birthmark.

SHOWER THOUGHT 

Six degrees of separation becomes a lot fewer degrees when you base it on people who have indirectly shared a public toilet seat.  SOURCE