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.

Technology

Budget Carrier Frontier Joins Fleet of Airlines Offering Starlink-Powered Wi-Fi

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In its IPO prospectus, SpaceX said that Starlink accounted for just over 60% of its $18.7 billion in revenue last year.

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Artificial Intelligence

Will Apple’s Lawsuit Crush OpenAI’s Smartphone Dreams?

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Apple is accusing the ChatGPT developer of stealing trade secrets and hardware designs to bolster its development of an AI-fueled smartphone.

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Technology

Can SK Hynix Escape Chipmaking’s Cyclical Curse After Nasdaq Debut?

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One big question remains: Can the company break free from the memory sector’s historically cyclical nature?

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Big Tech

Apple Edges Closer to Dethroning Nvidia After $30B Broadcom Chips Deal

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Apple shares climbed nearly 1% on the news, bringing it closer to reclaiming the throne as the biggest US company by market cap.

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Industrials

Bulls Dominate Wall Street’s Analysis of SpaceX

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Opinions ranged from “bullish” to “extremely bullish” among the four big banks that led the SpaceX IPO, as each initiated coverage on Tuesday.

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Industrials

Lockheed Martin Places $3.5B Bet on Undersea Warfare Tech

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On Monday, the defense contracting giant announced a $3.5 billion acquisition of naval-defense company Ultra Maritime.

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla’s Delivery Rebound Fails to Crush Negative Narrative

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Even with the big sales resurgence, Tesla likely won’t touch its annual deliveries peak set in 2023, when it sold 1.8 million cars.

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Healthcare

Psychedelic Nation? Psilocybin Treatments Offer New Hope for People Prozac Hasn’t Helped

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Psychedelic medications, backed by the White House, may alter the prognosis for people with treatment-resistant depression, but risks remain.

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Banking

Morgan Stanley Weighs $1.3 Billion Dallas Bet

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The Dallas City Council approved an economic incentive package that would grant the bank up to $18.5 million in economic development grants.

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Banking

Who’s Ahead in JPMorgan’s Game of Thrones?

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The race to succeeed Jamie Dimon at JPMorgan Chase has apparently narrowed to just two candidates, Doug Petno and Troy Rohrbaugh.

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Big Tech

Google Gains Spot on Dow Jones While Losing Street Cred in AI

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Google shares have been hammered recently as two top artificial intelligence researchers spurned the company to join OpenAI and Anthropic.

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Technology

Quantum Strategy Helps IBM Steer Around Tech Wreck

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IBM shares rose 5% on Tuesday, thanks largely to a pair of executive orders signed that helped funnel it toward a quantum-fueled future.

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Media & Entertainment

‘Toy Story 5’ Box Office Haul Highlights Hollywood’s Hot Streak

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The domestic box office has pulled in nearly $4.5 billion so far this year, the highest mark for the period since 2019, according to Rentrak.

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Energy

Uranium Deal Powers Up Nuclear Fission Firm Oklo

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Oklo struck a multiyear purchasing agreement with Centrus Energy for a difficult-to-source fuel for its new-age nuclear reactors.

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Personal Finance

Micro-Retirement vs. Money Fire: How Gen Z Workers Pull Off Unpaid Sabbaticals

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Taking an extended break mid-career is the new goal for many young workers, but experts warn it can be more expensive than it looks.

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Big Tech

Apple Joins the High-Tech Price-Hike Club

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Samsung, Dell, Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft have all recently announced price hikes to their consumer electronics.

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Autos

Carvana Revs Up Push into New Auto Market

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According to Cox Automotive data, Americans spent $655 billion buying new cars in 2025, compared with $524 billion spent on buying used cars.

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Consumer

Yum Brands Slices Up Pizza Hut in $2.7 Billion Sale

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Unlike KFC and Taco Bell, the latter of which is on a Diablo Sauce-level hot streak, Pizza Hut’s revenue and profit figures declined in 2025.

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Media & Entertainment

Fox Places Big Bet on Streaming with $22 Billion Roku Deal

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Folding The Roku Channel into Fox would create a media conglomerate capable of competing for eyeballs, and ad dollars, with the best of them.

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Media & Entertainment

Amid World Cup Mania, FanDuel Parent Drops Dual Listing

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Flutter told Barron’s last week that it expects to manage 100,000 bets per minute at peak times during the World Cup.

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