The Daily Upside

Patent Drop

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

Photo via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

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…

2 min read
Electric Vehicles

Biden Reportedly Planning a 100% Tariff on Chinese EVs

Photo by Michael Förtsch via Unsplash

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

2 min read
International Economics

Bargain-Hunting Investors Are Bidding Up UK Stocks

(Photo by Christopher Bill on Unsplash)

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.

2 min read
Economics

Is the US Seeing a Startup Boom?

Photo by Growtika via Unsplash

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

2 min read

Patent Drop

Microsoft Patent Could Broaden Large Language Models’ Horizons

Photo via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

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

2 min read
Consumer

Uber’s Behavior Prediction Model May Come With Privacy Problems

Photo via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

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

2 min read
Energy

Can We Solve Climate Change by Suing Polluters?

Photo illustration by Connor Lin / The Daily Upside

Climate litigation is rapidly transforming to offer the promise of big victories and big cash prizes for lawyers.

6 min read
Regulation

Regulators Look to Expand Whistleblower Reward Programs

Photo illustration by Connor Lin / The Daily Upside

In its 2023 full-year report, the SEC Office of the Whistleblower said it received 18,354 whistleblower tips, a 49% increase from 2022.

1 min read

International Economics

Europe Wants to Fix Its Widening Productivity Gap With the US

Photo by Tiger Lily via Pexels

European productivity has increased only about 20% since 2000, about one-third the rate of the US.

2 min read
Social Media

TikTok to Start Labeling AI-Created Content

Photo via Connor Lin / The Daily Upside

The platform says it plans to identify and label content created by other AI tools, like Adobe’s Firefly and OpenAI’s Dall-E.

2 min read
Patent Drop

Google Wants to Use Machine Learning to Keep AI Data Unbiased

Photo via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

The company’s latest filing adds another solution to several aiming to tackle the ever-present issue of bias at the source.

2 min read
Patent Drop

Honda May Bet on Carbon Removal to Clean its Factories

Photo via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Honda may be placing its hopes on carbon capture to reach bold net-zero goals – despite the tech’s high price tag.

2 min read

Consumer

Uber Takes a U-Turn Back to Unprofitability

Photo by Ilya Plekhanov via CC BY-SA 4.0

A $721 million loss from equity investments in other companies pulled the entire company down to an overall loss of $654 million.

1 min read
Electric Vehicles

EV Big Rigs Are Getting Too Expensive for Trucking Customers

Photo by Atomic Taco via CC BY-SA 2.0

EVs cost double to operate, can travel half as far, and require recharging, which isn’t ideal for an industry operating on thin margins.

2 min read
Geopolitics

US Mulls Export Bans on AI Software to China

Photo via Connor Lin / The Daily Upside

The US worries that models like ChatGPT could allow China to launch cyberattacks or even design biological weapons.

2 min read
Patent Drop

IBM’s Coding Companion Patent Adds to the Sea of AI-based Developer Tools

Photo via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

A recent IBM patent shows that it may be working on Grammarly for software developers.

2 min read
Consumer

The Private-Equity Takeover Bell Is Tolling for Peloton

Photo via Peloton

At least one PE firm has reportedly spoken with Peloton as it considers going private, but no deal is certain.

1 min read
Banking

UBS Has Left its Credit Suisse Burden Behind

Photo by Ank Kumar via CC BY-SA 4.0

Integration costs related to Credit Suisse were just over $1 billion, well below the $3.75 billion in the two previous quarters combined.

1 min read
Media & Entertainment

Disney’s Streaming Unit is Finally (Sort of) Profitable

Photo by Anthony Quintano via CC BY 2.0

The company’s Disney+ and Hulu platforms eked out $47 million in operating income. Just don’t ask about ESPN+.

2 min read
Consumer

Brick-and-Mortar Stores Start Leaning into Online Shopping

Photo by Hobi Industri via Unsplash

In 2023, roughly 42% of e-commerce orders involved a store acting as a fulfillment hub or a place where consumers can pick up or return items.

1 min read

Advisor Upside

Financial advisor news, market insights, and practice management essentials.

DoorDash Scoops up British Rival Deliveroo in Global Push

Photo by Carl Campbell via Unsplash

1 min read
US Gains Ground in Hypersonic Arms Race

Photo via Stratolaunch

2 min read
Microsoft Holds Out on OpenAI Nonprofit Plan

Photo by TechCrunch via CC BY 2.0

2 min read

Sign Up for The Daily Upside to Unlock This Article

Sharp news & analysis on finance, economics, and investing.