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Warren Buffett Reveals Multibillion-Dollar Pre-Retirement Bets

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The big surprise was a brand new, $1.6 billion stake in UnitedHealth, accumulated entirely during the second quarter.

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Advisor Upside

Advisors May Take the Next Exit if NJ Passes New Contractor Rule

The Garden State is considering changes to rules regarding contractors and employees. Advisors don’t like it, a poll suggests.

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Finance

New York Accuses Bank-Backed Zelle of $1 Billion Security Bungle

Zelle was launched in 2017 as an alternative to peer-to-peer payment platforms like PayPal and its subsidiary Venmo.

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Advisor Upside

Could Silver Be Clients’ Golden Ticket?

Silver’s role as an inflation hedge, its industrial uses and a supply deficit have created strong tailwinds.

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Big Tech

Amazon Cuts in Line at Online Grocery Checkout

Amazon has struggled to take a bite out of the $875 billion US grocery market since launching an online grocery storefront in 2006.

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Artificial Intelligence

Can OpenAI Recover From Botched GPT-5 Rollout?

Where recent iterations of ChatGPT allowed users to tinker with various settings, GPT-5 attempted to do the tinkering for the user.

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Industrials

China Recreates a Shipbuilding Dreadnought

To the extent they ever really were, China’s two major state-owned shipmakers will no longer be ships that pass in the night.

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CIO Upside

Wells Fargo Patent Highlights Fatal Flaw in Deepfake Detection Models

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Synthetic content is becoming more realistic by the day. Can detection tech keep up?

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Patent Drop

Glimpse into the future of technology.

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Google Patent Highlights AI and Quantum’s Symbiotic Relationship
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The Time and Place for AI Code Generators
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Into the Future: The Patent Drop Highlight Reel
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Amazon Tries to Help Alexa Get Personal

ETF Upside

The Future of AI ETFs May Be Data Centers

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Investments in AI infrastructure are set to take off in the next decade, and more ETFs are focusing on that.

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