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Finance

Short Sellers’ Pessimism Could Be Contagious

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Traders betting against SPY, an exchange traded fund that tracks S&P 500 stocks, racked up more than $6 billion in profits this month.

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Big Tech

Bruised Apple Gives Investors Ringside Seats for Global Tariff Grudge Match

The world’s largest public company by market cap had its biggest one-day wipeout since the Covid pandemic’s 2020 shock.

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Big Tech

Apple Card Plays ‘Spin the Bottle’ With Finance Giants

Visa has offered $100 million replace Mastercard as the network of choice for Apple’s credit card, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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Artificial Intelligence

Tech Giants Are Betting Billions on AI Smartphones. But Consumers Aren’t Sold

Big Tech is hoping AI-powered smartphones will be the first of many great returns on its eye-popping AI investments.

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Big Tech

Is the Google Pixel Finally Cracking the Smartphone Market?

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At long last, the global smartphone market is on the rebound — and this time, Google may be able to enjoy the ride.

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Finance

As Nvidia Reports Earnings, Magnificent Seven Investors Rethink Their Bets

Hedge funds are still all in on the AI boom that drove the Magnificent Seven’s gains, they just think it’s creating value elsewhere now.

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Big Tech

Apple Plays Politics With Server Farm Announcement

This new server farm announcement comes just after Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly paid President Trump a visit.

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Artificial Intelligence

Whatever Happened to All Those AI Copyright Lawsuits?

Last Tuesday, content conglomerate Thomson Reuters notched a big legal win against AI firm ROSS. Is it a sign of what’s to come?

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Big Tech

Apple Signs China AI Partnership with Baidu, But Keeps its Options Open

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Out of its Silicon Valley compatriots, Apple has always been the company with the most access to the Chinese market.

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Big Tech

Why Big Tech Thinks Augmented Reality is the Next Big Thing

Though consumers aren’t necessarily begging for head-worn computers yet, tech firms big and small see the technology as the next frontier of…

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Media & Entertainment

Spotify Just Turned an Annual Profit for the First Time Ever

To give some perspective on Spotify’s long road to steady profitability, the company was founded all the way back in 2006.

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Big Tech

Starlink, Apple, and T-Mobile Bring Satellite Service to Smartphones

The trio will allow any T-Mobile iPhone user running iOS 18.3 (and presumably future versions) to tap the Starlink network.

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Artificial Intelligence

Less is More: Who’s Afraid of DeepSeek?

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Yesterday saw a huge selloff in US tech stocks after a Chinese AI chatbot app DeepSeek shot to the top of the Apple App Store. Why the fuss?

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