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Apple Edges Closer to Dethroning Nvidia After $30B Broadcom Chips Deal

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Apple shares climbed nearly 1% on the news, bringing it closer to reclaiming the throne as the biggest US company by market cap.

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Microsoft Gives Xbox Hard Reset with Mass Layoffs

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma plans to eliminate about 20% of staff by the end of fiscal 2027, starting with 1,600 Xbox employees yesterday.

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With Cheaper Smart Glasses, Meta’s Playing to Win in Wearable AI

Users can ask the glasses to live-translate more than 20 languages, provide turn-by-turn walking directions, take calls, play music and more.

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Google Gains Spot on Dow Jones While Losing Street Cred in AI

Google shares have been hammered recently as two top artificial intelligence researchers spurned the company to join OpenAI and Anthropic.

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Apple Joins the High-Tech Price-Hike Club

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Samsung, Dell, Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft have all recently announced price hikes to their consumer electronics.

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Blackstone Invests $5 Billion in New Neocloud Partnership with Google

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Blackstone, already the world’s largest private owner of data centers, will provide an initial $5 billion investment.

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Amazon Opens Up Its Sprawling Logistics Network, Dealing Painful Blow to UPS, FedEx

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Amazon’s supply chain has a long established lane in customs clearance from China to the US, which is very appealing for potential customers.

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