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, Meta Wear AI-mbitions on Their Wrists

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Both Amazon and Meta have already flirted with the smartwatch space, only to ultimately abandon their initial ambitions.

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Electric Vehicles

Crowded by EV Rivals, Tesla Preps For Critical Earnings Report

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For what feels like the third or fourth time in a row, Tesla is gearing up for what may be the most important earnings call in its history.

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Industrials

Gates-Backed ‘Green Steel’ Startup Clears Key Milestone

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Heavy industrials remain one of the most significant drivers of greenhouse gas emissions, and also one of the toughest to eliminate.

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Blockchain

MicroStrategy Bolsters Its Bitcoin War Chest

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The timing of Strategy’s latest Bitcoin gains was hardly a surprise: last week also marked “Crypto Week” on Capitol Hill.

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Finance

Block Stock Pops in S&P 500 Debut

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Block’s membership in the index comes as it transitions into an all-in-one finance platform that offers debit cards and loans to clients.

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Artificial Intelligence

ChatGPT Crushing All Rivals in Chatbot Race

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT is lapping rival tech offerings in user adoption, downloaded over 900 million times on devices.

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Media & Entertainment

Gaming Platform Roblox Adds Age-Verification to Safeguard Kids

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The new guardrails may help the platform stay one step ahead of a growing crop of age verification laws cropping up across the country.

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Energy

Westinghouse Lays Groundwork to Build 10 New Nuclear Reactors

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Westinghouse has changed hands a bit since completing its last nuclear reactors, both at Plant Vogtle in Waynesboro, Georgia.

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Semiconductors

Nvidia Cashes in on Looser Export Controls

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Nvidia says the only way for the US to stay ahead of China in the Great AI Race is to keep selling AI-powering chips to China.

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Big Tech

Meta Investors Want Zuckerberg to Reimburse the Company

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In a trial that kicks off this week, a group of Meta investors are suing Zuck for concerns surrounding the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

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Technology

Zuckerberg Shells Out Lavishly for Superintelligence Super Team

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Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg continued his run of poaching AI talent from competitors with salaries that would make Lebron James blush.

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Healthcare

WeightWatchers Returns With a Plan for the New GLP-1 World

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Weight Watchers went bankrupt in May, but now it promises it’s trimmed the fat off its books and is ready to rejoin the Nasdaq.

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Industries

Delta Air Lines Projects Clearer Skies Ahead

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There were some rough skies for a couple months there, but Delta seems to think it has now punched through to the other side.

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Social Media

Linda Yaccarino Ducks Out of X’s New Grok Era

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Just over two years after taking the job, X (formerly Twitter) CEO Linda Yaccarino on Wednesday announced she’d be stepping down from her role.

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Markets

Improving S&P 500 Outlook Signals Revival of TINA Trade

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The TINA trade has hit some snags in recent years, with bonds looking like a pretty swell alternative in an era of high interest rates.

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Media & Entertainment

Bidders Bet NYC Casino Will Become World’s Biggest

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Applications for the city’s three casino licenses were due to the New York State Gaming Facility Location Board last week.

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Consumer

Walmart Gate-Crashes Amazon’s Annual Sales Bash

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History suggests that a little competition will be good for not just Walmart and Amazon, but the retail sector as a whole.

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Semiconductors

Chipmakers Emerge as Big Winners in ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

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When it comes to competing on the world’s semiconductor stage, US lawmakers are not content to let the chips fall where they may.

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Energy

Amping Up: Harnessing Innovation and Efficiency to Modernize the US Power Grid

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The current surge in energy demand is virtually unprecedented since the mass effort to electrify America immediately following World War II.

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Energy

OPEC+ Wants to Pump Its Way Back to the Top

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After roughly two straight years of production cuts to prop up falling prices, the oil cartel’s newest problem is a shrinking market share.

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