Why the Titanic sub likely imploded

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• Emily Oster is one of the most polarizing health experts — and she’s just getting bigger.
• The betting odds are rolling in for a cage fight between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.
• Technology is giving cars more nagging problems than ever.

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SCOTUS, Santos, & Republicans

• In a scathing dissent, Justice Neil Gorsuch compared the Navajo Nation’s plight to the experience of “any American who has spent time at the Department of Motor Vehicles.”
• We just learned the identities of the two bail guarantors keeping George Santos out of jail — his father, his aunt, and a third person who never came forward.
• Employees blasted Microsoft’s low morale and decision to pause raises ahead of a cloud meeting, leaked messages show.

Titanic submersible

• Submersibles are designed to withstand crushing underwater pressures, like those 12,500 feet below the surface, Insider’s Jenny McGrath and Jessica Orwig report. Down there, the pressure is about 400 times greater than at sea level.
• Any damage or defect to the hull of the vehicle could result in a leak. That would trigger the vessel to implode immediately under those pressures, per HITC.
• An implosion is basically the exact opposite of an explosion. Instead of pressure from within moving outward, you have pressure from outside rushing in. The vessel would have been crushed in a matter of milliseconds.
• The implosion would have been a quick death for those on board. Science writer David Pogue — who previously reported on OceanGate and the Titan sub for CBS — said those aboard would have died immediately.

EV tech, billionaire cage fight, & more

• Emily Oster is one of the most controversial health experts in the US. She’s only getting bigger. The Brown economist has a cult-like following among upper-middle-class parents — and her novel approach to data has turned her into a celebrity. But the antipathy she inspires is just as strong, particularly as some epidemiologists, physicians, and public-health experts bristle at an economist encroaching on their turf.
• Technology is giving cars more nagging problems than ever. The overall quality of new vehicles is deteriorating, according to JD Power. Problems have increased in features, controls, displays, and infotainment — and door handles have become increasingly problematic, particularly in EVs.
• Investment banking has gotten so bad, even lawyers are making more money these days. Partners at big law firms now average upward of $3 million a year in compensation, per the WSJ. Pay for investment bankers, meanwhile, has stagnated — as lackluster dealmaking has meant weak bonuses.
• Russian troops still build battlefield defenses like they did in World War II. Intricate fortifications are being built by engineers in one of the stronger branches of Russia’s military, according to experts. Ukrainian troops now have the tough task of fighting their way through.
• Meet a Gen Xer who secretly works three full-time remote jobs — and makes $344,000. Joseph, a network engineer from Texas, was doing only four or five hours a week of “actual work” with his first gig, so he sought out another – and then another. He was able to pay off his mortgage, according to docs viewed by Insider, and is saving for his kids’ education.
• COVID-related phone scams are once again on the rise. The robocall-blocking company Hiya told Insider that it received hundreds of incident reports from its users who described scammers trying to obtain the information on the back of their Medicare cards. What to know.
• Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg. After the SpaceX founder said that he’d be up for a cage fight against the Meta founder, the betting odds have already started rolling in on who’s the favorite. More here.

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