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.

Big Tech

Amazon Still Wants an Alexa in Every Home. Hence, Her M-AI-keover

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With new leadership, the company is looking to revive its entire hardware line — and dig itself out of a giant money hole

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Markets

Wall Street Braces for Government Shutdown Chaos

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Fitting for 2025, a government shutdown is all but guaranteed to deliver even more uncertainty into the macroeconomic mix.

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Media & Entertainment

Disney’s Kimmel Problem is Far From Over

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Lame duck Disney CEO Bob Iger will likely have his hands full with pressure from regulators and investors in his remaining days on the job.

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Energy

Is Nuclear Startup Oklo Losing (Market) Power?

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One of the year’s hottest stocks, Oklo, shed a fifth of its value amid an insider selloff, prompting Goldman Sachs to caution investors.

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Media & Entertainment

What’s Going On With the PGA-LIV Merger?

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Industrials

Boeing Sees Clearing Skies Ahead as Jetliner Sales Soar

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In fact, Boeing’s been soaring through somewhat smoother skies ever since the calendar turned over to 2025.

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Energy

What’s the Meme-ing of Plug Power’s Winning Streak?

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Shares of Plug Power, a hydrogen tech provider, have exploded in the past week, climbing roughly 50% through the past five trading sessions.

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Big Tech

Is Google’s Ad Tech Biz Ripe for the Breaking?

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Tying its various advertising tech services together has allowed Google to snare roughly 20% of each dollar that moves through its platforms.

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla Grapples With Threats on All Fronts

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And yet, last week, Tesla scored a couple key brownie points from Wall Street analysts. So why the optimism?

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Semiconductors

Nvidia Gives Intel a $5 Billion Helping Hand

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Unfortunately for Intel, the deal does not provide a direct lifeline to its floundering chipmaking foundry business.

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Healthcare

Eli Lilly Upstages Novo Nordisk in Obesity Pill Face-Off

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Both companies have been desperate to innovate beyond their current injectable GLP-1 weight-loss drugs for a while now.

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Real Estate

A Rate Cut May Be The Push The Housing Market Needs

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An interest rate cut would mean a lot of things: one undoubtedly good one would be a housing market more welcoming to buyers.

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Economics

What To Expect After The Fed Cuts Rates

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The Federal Reserve is poised to cut interest rates this week, but whether the era of “higher-for-longer” rates is over is another matter.

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Big Tech

Apple May Still Be a Hitmaker After All

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Apple’s latest generation of iPhones were debuted with modest aplomb last week. Presales show the company has plenty to be confident about.

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Finance

Can a Fed Rate Cut Boost the Magnificent Seven to New Heights?

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In a note last week, JPMorgan’s Andrew Tyler wrote that macro conditions could turn a widely-expected rate cut into a “sell the news” event.

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Consumer

Big Tobacco Isn’t Up in Smoke Just Yet

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So far this year, a basket of six global tobacco stocks have produced an average total return of 43%, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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Industrials

Caught Between Painful Present and Optimistic Outlook: Copper’s Tariff Price Odyssey

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Demand for copper, already one of the most commonly used metals in the world, has surged amid the AI computing boom.

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Economics

Is Work-From-Home Still the New Normal For Corporate America?

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The return-to-office orders have taken on new weight amid a softening labor market and broader economic anxiety.

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Artificial Intelligence

Oracle’s AI-Powered Sales Growth Threatens Elon Musk’s Reign as World’s Richest Man

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Oracle said its remaining performance obligations is now sitting at $455 billion. That’s up 359% from where it stood just a year ago.

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Indicators

Dismal Jobs Numbers May Not Mean What You Think

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Morgan Stanley analysts think the US economy has been in a “rolling recession” since 2022 — and it may already be almost over.

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