Brian Boyle

brian@thedailyupside.com

Brian Boyle (he/him) is a senior 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.

Media & Entertainment

2024: The Year Streamers Cracked Live Programming

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For years, traditional cable had one trump card against the upstart streamers devouring their business: live programming. Not anymore.

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Media & Entertainment

2024: The Year YouTube Became TV

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YouTube may have started off as a platform for small screens, but now it’s increasingly dominating the living room TV.

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Media & Entertainment

2024: The Year Legacy Media Gave Up on Cable

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In 2024, legacy media giants like Disney and NBCUniversal finally had enough with cable — and started making their own off-ramps.

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Economics

A Government Shutdown May Be Looming. What Does That Actually Mean?

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Will a shutdown happen? Maybe not. But what if it does? What would a holiday season shutdown actually mean?

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International Economics

Does a Popular Internet Router Pose a National Security Threat?

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If similar cases are a guide, the US has given equal weight to both known and hypothetical threats to national security.

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Inflation & Prices

The Fed Marches into a Murky New Era

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Inflation is definitely looking like a “two-handle” problem. That’s investor-speak for a rate below 3% but above the Fed’s 2% target.

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Economics

The Mental Health Crisis is Slamming Workplaces

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Consensus opinion seems to be that a mental health crisis is plaguing the world. And it turns out, good mental health makes wealth.

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Finance

Sixth Street Gives Affirm a Big Boost

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Private credit and buy-now-pay-later firms are teaming up to cut banks out of the consumer finance supply chain.

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Consumer

Walmart-Backed Fintech Scores Big Funding Round

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Besides being your one-stop-retail-shop for everything, Walmart would like to be your virtual banker, too.

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Consumer

After Blocked Merger, Albertsons Sues Kroger

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A day after antitrust enforcers successfully blocked Albertsons’ planned sale to Kroger, the former filed a lawsuit against the latter.

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Inflation & Prices

Inflation Ticks up Slightly in November, CPI Report Says

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Another month, another frustratingly sticky inflation report. Still, a rate cut seems certain when the Federal Reserve meets next week.

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International Economics

Is China’s Export Economy Starting to Slip?

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The world’s factory is slowing down and it might have nothing to do with the tariffs promised by the Trump 2.0 administration.

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Big Tech

Google Announces Breakthrough in Quantum Computing

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Quantum computing is potentially revolutionary technology that could, among other things, end classical computing as we know it.

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Media & Entertainment

Appeals Court Upholds TikTok Ban

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A federal appeals court upheld the “TikTok Ban” that would force China-based ByteDance to sell its app next month or face exile from the US.

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Energy

OPEC+ Once Again Moves to Cut Production

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The global oil cartel announced it would be extending its ongoing production cuts through the first few months of next year.

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Artificial Intelligence

Google, OpenAI Race to Bring Generative Video to Market

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Media & Entertainment

Life After Warner Bros. Has Been Great for AT&T

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Has CEO John Stankey, who took the position in 2020, effectively turned the corner on his turnaround plan at AT&T?

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Semiconductors

Intel’s CEO Resigns After Failed Turnaround Effort

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If the artificial intelligence revolution has ushered in a boomtime for chipmakers, no one seems to have told Intel.

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Social Media

Elon Musk’s X Just Got More Valuable, Fidelity Says

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Ignore the high-profile exodus of users to BlueSky and Meta’s Threads. Elon Musk’s X, née Twitter, might be doing just fine.

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Inflation & Prices

The Fed’s Preferred Inflation Gauge Just Ticked Back Up

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The last mile is always the hardest. For the Federal Reserve, the last mile in its race to tame inflation just got even harder.

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