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Healthcare

Moderna Is Still Stuck in Post-COVID Limbo

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Moderna walked a tightrope trying to convince shareholders it can both develop a new portfolio of drugs and keep costs down in the process.

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Today’s Upside

Recent News

Consumer

Walmart’s Market Cap Jumps to All-Time High After Stellar Earnings

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The retail giant posted $161 billion in quarterly revenue, marking a 6% increase and beating its earlier sales target.

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Patent Drop

Nvidia’s Fair AI Patent Could Improve Facial Recognition Accuracy

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While this is a recognized problem in face-reading AI models, Nvidia’s tech relies on synthetic data to achieve balance, which comes with caveats.

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Electric Vehicles

Baidu’s Robotaxi Nears Profitability, While US Peers Are Stuck in Neutral

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The company started operating some fully driverless robotaxi rides in September 2023, and said 45% of Q4 orders were fully driverless models.

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Social Media

Billionaire Frank McCourt Pursues TikTok Acquisition

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McCourt says his goal is to build “a new and better version of the internet, where individuals are respected.”

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Patent Drop

Google Patent Seeks To Make Robots More Observant

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Google wants its robots to pay closer attention to the people around them.

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Inflation & Prices

April’s Inflation Report Finally Hints at Progress

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The CPI rose just 0.3% from the previous month. Perhaps most importantly, the annual core rate fell from a year earlier.

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Patent Drop

Hyundai Patent Aims to Build Trust in Self-Driving Cars

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As AI takes the wheel, Hyundai wants to make sure backseat drivers are comfortable.

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Regulation

What Happens If Section 230 Gets Sunsetted?

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A new bipartisan bill just introduced in Congress aims to make tech companies responsible for content posted on their platforms.

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Media & Entertainment

Comcast is Building a Streaming Bundle with Peacock, Netflix, Apple TV+

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Comcast announced it would soon launch a new bundle that would package together its streaming service Peacock with Netflix and Apple TV+.

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Technology

Sony Is Past its PlayStation 5 Peak

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Sony said Tuesday that Playstation 5 sales rose over the past fiscal year, but it lowered its sales guidance over the next year.

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Private Equity

Private Equity Group Dodges FTC Antitrust Lawsuit

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A US judge ruled Tuesday that private equity groups still have legal cover from lawsuits involving their portfolio companies.

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Markets

Keith Gill Resurfaces, Kicks Off Another Meme-Stock Frenzy

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A rare social media appearance by a well-known daytrader boosted GameStop and other stocks that gained popularity during the 2021 craze.

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Consumer

Temu Gets Spooked by Possible TikTok Ban

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The-commerce app, which has spent a fortune marketing itself in America, is reportedly starting to hedge its reliance on the US market.

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Energy

US Oil Industry Faces Wave of Antitrust Trouble

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US shale producers are on the receiving end of a wild well of class-action lawsuits alleging anticompetitive behavior.

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Patent Drop

Meta’s Machine Learning AR Patent Fuses Its AI and Metaverse Bets

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Despite investors’ reaction to the company’s big spending, Meta’s potential to monetize AI and its access to data may give it a leg up in the long…

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Electric Vehicles

Biden Reportedly Planning a 100% Tariff on Chinese EVs

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But the ramped-up protectionist wave hasn’t extended to investor interest in new shares of Chinese companies.

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International Economics

Bargain-Hunting Investors Are Bidding Up UK Stocks

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UK stocks have been outperforming US stocks on a broad index-based level for the past seven weeks, but this isn’t a case of a UK renaissance.

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Economics

Is the US Seeing a Startup Boom?

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After a slump through the latter half of the last decade, the US is experiencing a startup tsunami, according to The Economist.

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Consumer

Uber’s Behavior Prediction Model May Come With Privacy Problems

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Uber wants to know how you feel before you even get into your ride.

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Patent Drop

Microsoft Patent Could Broaden Large Language Models’ Horizons

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Microsoft wants its language models to be a little more adaptable.

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