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.

Autos

Can Carvana Pull Off a Comeback?

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Carvana posted stellar results in its latest earnings call, leaving many analysts to wonder if this may be the start of something new.

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Artificial Intelligence

Chipmakers Reaffirm Winner Status in the AI Economy

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Investors are showing a lot of love to the computer chip supply chain. Nvidia, Samsung, and TSMC are all clawing back gains this week.

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Artificial Intelligence

AI Search Startup Perplexity Launches Ad Revenue-Sharing Program

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AI-powered search engine startup Perplexity announced a revenue-sharing program on Tuesday with a handful of media companies.

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Markets

Energy Crisis Spurs Record Payout at Vitol Group

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Vitol Group, the world’s largest independent oil trader, has paid around a record $6.4 billion in share buybacks to its employee-owners.

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Big Tech

Silicon Valley Gears Up for Crucial Earnings Week

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Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta all report earnings this week. Wall Street is dying for any hint that heavy investment in AI is paying off.

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Technology

Online Education Provider 2U Files for Bankruptcy

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Pioneering online education company 2U filed for bankruptcy, even as the public writ large has gradually embraced online learning.

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Technology

CrowdStrike Explains Just What the Heck Happened

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CrowdStrike offered a candid assessment of what led to the largest outage of the computer age, affecting 8.5 million computers.

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Artificial Intelligence

Meta Turns to an Old Strategy to Boost New AI Business

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Meta debuted the latest version of Llama, its large-language model. Unlike rival ChatGPT, Llama is open source.

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Media & Entertainment

Even Apple is Getting Tired of the Streaming Industry Treadmill

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After years of spending big with little to show for it, Apple is attempting to rein in costs at Apple TV+.

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Consumer

Starbucks Becomes the Target of Activist Campaign

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Activist investing firm Elliott Management has taken a significant stake in Starbucks, and has already begun pushing for strategic changes.

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Big Tech

Who has Liability in the Shifting World of e-commerce?

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Amazon has largely dodged liability for the products sold on their virtual shelves. But could the legal tides be shifting?

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Media & Entertainment

Warner Bros. Discovery Mulls Break-Up Plan

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Just two years after the mega-merger that brought Warner Bros. and Discovery together, it’s discussing dramatic plans to break up.

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Media & Entertainment

Could Soaring Ad Revenue Save the Media Industry?

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PricewaterhouseCoopers’ annual Global Entertainment & Media Outlook says the media industry has plenty of reasons for optimism.

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Big Tech

Apple Makes Strides in India as Global Competition Heats Up

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As the global market becomes increasingly competitive, Apple has turned toward India as a way to diversify its revenue stream.

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Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI Whistleblowers File SEC Complaint over NDAs

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OpenAI allegedly issued overly-restrictive non-disclosure agreements that could penalize anyone who blows the whistle to government agencies.

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Media & Entertainment

NFL Moves Toward Allowing Private Equity into Ownership Groups

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Commissioner Roger Goodell said the NFL is en route to allowing PE groups to take ownership stakes in franchises

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Media & Entertainment

CNN Announces Layoffs, New Digital Subscription Business

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CNN announced layoffs of 100 employees, a reorganization of its newsrooms, and its “first direct-to-consumer subscription product.”

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Big Tech

Microsoft and Occidental Agree to Massive Carbon Credit Deal

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Microsoft is is buying 500,000 carbon credits from Occidental Petroleum over the next six years to help reach its carbon-negative goal.

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Regulation

Boeing Pleads Guilty to Felony Fraud Charges

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Boeing has pleaded guilty to a felony charge of conspiring to defraud the federal government after two 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people.

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Markets

Bankrupt Crypto Exchange Repayments Shakes the Bitcoin Market

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Mt. Gox is finally paying off its roughly $9 billion debt to former customers, highlighting how much the bitcoin market evolved.

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