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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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Consumer

Shein, Temu Sales Slide After Losing US Duty-Free Loophole

In May, POTUS scrapped the “de minimis” exemption that allowed Shein and Temu to ship packages worth less than $800 to the US duty-free.

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CIO Upside

Location Bias: Why AI Data Centers Are Clustered in the North

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CIO Upside

Amazon Patent May Stabilize Quantum Computers

The stability of qubits has long posed a barrier to scaling quantum computers.

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Semiconductors

Magnificent 7 May Need to Make Room for Broadcom

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Broadcom joined the trillion-dollar club late last year, and its market cap has only continued to climb since.

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Artificial Intelligence

Meta’s Scoping Out a Superintelligence Lab

As ChatGPT’s partial outage yesterday goes to show, AI companies are still struggling to scale up to artificial general intelligence.

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CIO Upside

Amazon Ups Its AI Infrastructure Ante

The cloud giant is continuing to build out its massive cloud footprint.

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Artificial Intelligence

No ‘Gray’ Area in New York Times’ AI Deal with Amazon

The agreement comes as The New York Times continues to sue OpenAI and Microsoft for alleged copyright infringement.

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Autos

Struggling Stellantis Picks Insider to Steer Turnaround Effort

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The multinational automaking giant announced Wednesday that its Americas COO Antonio Filosa will soon sit in the driver’s seat.

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Finance

Magnificent Seven Burns Short-Sellers as Goldman Banks on a Comeback

The Mag 7 companies have been weighed down by an unholy economic trinity: tariffs, AI disruption, and antitrust.

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Finance

Can the Magnificent Seven Ride Again?

After serving as the driving force for a blistering market rise, the so-called Magnificent Seven have taken an epic stumble in 2025.

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CIO Upside

Google Patent Makes Cloud Infrastructure Simpler

Patenting this kind of tech could benefit Google in more ways than one.

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Industrials

Amazon’s Internet Satellite Venture Achieves Liftoff in Challenge to Musk’s Starlink

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While Kuiper won’t generate revenue for a while, Amazon is still using its enormous influence to position itself for some corporate Star Wars.

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Artificial Intelligence

Amazon’s New AI Voice Model Makes Convos Feel Mighty Real

Amazon’s head AGI scientist told TechCrunch that Nova Sonic is top-of-class when it comes to conversational flow.

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Media & Entertainment

No Longer Trending, Legacy Media Balks at Bidding for TikTok

The contestants in Washington’s long-running game show are now known, we think. And Hollywood is nowhere to be seen.

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Data

JPMorgan Chase, Amazon Seek Patents to Make AI Unlearn Bad Habits

Security has to come first when deploying AI.

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