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Finance

Can the S&P 500 Sustain a #HotStockSummer?

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On Tuesday, the S&P 500 closed down 0.3%, snapping a remarkable streak of six straight closing highs through Monday.

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Consumer

Is Nike Pulling Off Its Comeback Plan?

In its fiscal year 2025 earnings call, the company said it projects new tariffs will saddle it with $1 billion in additional costs this year.

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Blockchain

Stablecoins Are Here to Stay. Who Stands to Gain From Them?

Companies that have been waiting on the crypto sidelines are likely about to jump in the game following the passage of the GENIUS Act.

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Big Tech

Google Search Weathers AI Storm — For Now

The cannibalization of traditional search by AI chatbots is difficult to quantify, though by all accounts AI is already taking some nibbles.

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Big Tech

Amazon, Meta Wear AI-mbitions on Their Wrists

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Both Amazon and Meta have already flirted with the smartwatch space, only to ultimately abandon their initial ambitions.

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CIO Upside

Amazon Patent May Stabilize Quantum Computers

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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

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

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

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