Brian Boyle

brian@thedailyupside.com

Brian Boyle (he/him) is Lead Reporter at The Daily Upside. His writing has previously appeared in outlets such as Vice, Slate, and The Los Angeles Times, where he was a contributing writer on the opinion section. He lives in Los Angeles.

Energy

Deep Fission Wins Fresh Investor Backing for Nuclear Reactor Burial

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Deep Fission wants to bury a small modular reactor a mile underground and scored $80 million in financing to help it get there.

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International Economics

Why China Is All-In On A ‘Polar Silk Road’

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In a trade war running so hot it’s thawing shipping lanes across the Arctic, China is preparing to deploy a world-class icebreaking vessel.

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Energy

Utilities Soar On Surging Power Demand From Data Centers

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The good times may not last as the dynamic between AI firms and utility companies draws bipartisan scrutiny.

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Media & Entertainment

DraftKings is Taking The Prediction Market Industry Head-On

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In December, DraftKings launched a predictions market platform of its own, turning the disruptors like Kalshi into direct competitors.

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Media & Entertainment

Mattel Struggles As Hasbro Wins With Adults

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Shares of Barbie-maker Mattel plunged 25% on Wednesday following a massively disappointing after-the-bell earnings call the day before.

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Technology

Has The SaaS-pocalypse Been Overblown?

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Consumer

Can An Ex-Walmart Exec Help Rescue Kroger?

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Consumer

Is Coca-Cola’s Unmatched Pricing Power Finally Fizzling?

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Volume growth has flattened out, and even turned negative, in major markets in recent quarters, suggesting a consumer pullback.

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Energy

Will Power-Hungry AI Be the Catalyst for a Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough?

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Has the dawn of the nuclear fusion age arrived? One developer of the powerful energy-generating tech says it will be available in 10 years.

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Big Tech

Google Doubles Down on AI with Moonshot Investment

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Alphabet generated revenue of $113 billion, marking second-straight quarter topping the $100 billion revenue mark.

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Media & Entertainment

Super Bowl Puts Up-for-Sale Seahawks in a Prime Time Showcase Showdown

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Paul Allen bought the Seahawks way back in 1997 for just $194 million. Nearly 30 years later, the franchise is worth some $6.6 billion.

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Consumer

Tyson Customers Flock to Chicken While Beef Flounders

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Thankfully, consumers have simply flocked to chicken in lieu of steak, keeping the company afloat and helping it beat Wall Street’s estimates.

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Media & Entertainment

As Disney’s Bob Iger Runs Out the Clock, Some Protegés ‘Can’t Wait to Be King’

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Whoever gets named to the head job will have the tough job of turning Iger’s late-era ambitions into reality.

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Private Equity

Blackstone Hits Dealmaking ‘Escape Velocity’

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Nobody is happier about the exit uptick than Blackstone executives, whose realized performance compensation reached $1.1 billion in 2025.

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Big Tech

Meta, Microsoft Confront AI Spending Concerns Head-On

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Both companies announced capex projections that blew past consensus expectations, but only Meta seemed to rebuff the Wall Street wariness.

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Industries

UPS Wins by Winding Down Amazon Partnership

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Shares jumped as much as 4% through Tuesday’s trading session, before evening out near the end of the day.

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Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic’s Claude Code Platform Looks Like a Software Killer

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Claude Code promises to create any type of software — from analyzing specific data sets to building websites and editing photos.

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Semiconductors

Supply Shortages Send Intel Stock Sputtering

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The good news is that CFO David Zinsner said that the company expects its supply to rebound through the rest of the year.

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Real Estate

Housing Market’s Blue Christmas: Pending Sales Slide Most Since 2001

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The downturn comes at an interesting time: There are now 47% more sellers than buyers on the market, according to RedFin.

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Artificial Intelligence

Bubble or Boom? Answer Depends on AI Adoption, Microsoft CEO Says

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In PwC’s recent Global CEO Survey, just 12% of top bosses said AI has delivered both cost and revenue benefits for their organizations.

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