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

DoorDash Doubles Down on Robot Couriers

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You may have already noticed Serve’s delivery robots zipping around your city if you live in LA, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta or Miami.

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Energy

Nuclear Is Here To Save AI. But What About Your Energy Bills?

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A nuclear boom is directly downstream from the AI boom, with $350 billion in nuclear spending in the US planned by 2050, per Bloomberg.

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Finance

Equifax Fires Back at FICO in Credit Score Wars

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VantageScore 4.0 credit scores will be available for $4.95 per report, with no added fees, through 2027, Equifax announced on Tuesday.

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla Steers Toward Mass Market … Sort Of

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The new Model Y, dubbed the Model Y Standard, essentially fills the void of the expired tax credit with a starting price of $39,990.

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Consumer

Constellation Brands’ Star Dims as Inflation Chokes Consumers’ Beer Budgets

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Just 54% of US adults said they consume alcohol in a recent Gallup poll, marking the lowest level in the survey’s roughly 90-year history.

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Consumer

McDonald’s Plans to ‘Do It All for You’ (Again) With Massive Restaurant Expansion

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The company is on a mission to open 10,000 new locations over the next four years, bringing its worldwide total to 50,000.

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla Grabs One for the Road With Windfall from Expiring EV Tax Credit

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In fact, the EV credit expiration sparked a record one sales quarter, with the company delivering 497,099 vehicles worldwide.

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Autos

Carvana Whizzes Through Green Light From Jefferies Upgrade

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Car vending machines are all the rage this year, with shares in the firm behind the novel notion, Carvana, soaring this year.

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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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