Government shutdown 2025 finally reached its conclusion as Senate Democrats and Republicans struck a rare bipartisan deal to end the five-week federal funding impasse. After 35 days of political gridlock that rattled consumer confidence and disrupted critical services, lawmakers agreed on a continuing resolution to […]
AI stock volatility has become the canary in the coal mine for American financial markets. When Chinese startup DeepSeek launched its R1 reasoning model in late January 2025, the tremors reverberated from Silicon Valley to Wall Street with seismic force. Nvidia shed $590 billion in
AI bubble fears are rattling Wall Street after Michael Burry, the legendary investor who predicted the 2008 housing crash, placed over $1 billion in bets against two of the market’s hottest artificial intelligence stocks. The move sent shockwaves through global markets, triggering sharp sell-offs and
The Musk trillionaire pay package goes to a vote this Thursday in what may be the most consequential corporate governance decision in modern history. The proposal, which could grant the already-wealthiest person on Earth up to 423.7 million additional shares over the next decade, has
Nvidia crossed the $5 trillion market capitalization threshold this week, a milestone that cements its position as the world’s most valuable company and underscores how deeply artificial intelligence has reshaped corporate America’s power structure. The Nvidia market cap achievement represents more than just another record
Trump and Xi Jinping are once again steering the world’s most consequential bilateral relationship into uncharted territory. As Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, the dynamic between Washington and Beijing has crystallized into a high-stakes contest that will define global trade,
AI fixes James Webb telescope issues without a single astronaut leaving Earth. Two Sydney PhD students just pulled off what once required multimillion-dollar space missions and teams of astronauts: they corrected the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope’s blurry vision using nothing but code and
Meta tax charge Trump bill impacts hit hard in Q3 2025. The social media giant’s shares plummeted 9% after disclosing a massive $15.93 billion tax charge directly tied to President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Meta tax charge Trump bill consequences transformed what should
Google quantum computer 13000x speedup just redefined what’s possible in quantum computing. The company’s Willow quantum chip executed an algorithm 13,000 times faster than the world’s most powerful supercomputers, marking what researchers are calling the first verifiable quantum advantage with real-world applications. This isn’t just
OpenAI Sora 2 arrived on September 30, 2025, and within 72 hours, Hollywood was in full-scale crisis mode. The video generation AI didn’t just improve on its predecessor. It sparked what may become the defining copyright battle of the generative AI era. The model reached
The stunning news that President Trump pardons Changpeng Zhao, the billionaire founder of global crypto exchange Binance, has sent shockwaves through the political and financial worlds. The decision, announced Thursday, not only reverses the conviction of one of crypto’s most influential figures but also signals
Samsung Galaxy XR Headset launches into a market still trying to decide whether mixed reality is a revolution or a very expensive detour. At $1,800, the Samsung Galaxy XR Headset arrives as a deliberate shot at Apple’s $3,499 Vision Pro, buoyed by a three-way alliance
Netflix Brazil tax dispute has sent the streaming giant’s shares tumbling more than 6% in after-hours trading after the company reported a significant earnings miss attributed to an unexpected $619 million expense. The Los Gatos, California company’s stumble breaks a six-quarter winning streak and exposes
Warner Bros Discovery sale talks just exploded into the open, and Hollywood’s most dramatic corporate poker game has officially begun. The entertainment conglomerate announced Tuesday it’s exploring a full Warner Bros Discovery sale after receiving unsolicited acquisition interest, abandoning its planned corporate split and potentially
When a startup barely 18 months old raises $2 billion and sees its valuation skyrocket from $545 million to $8 billion in seven months, you’re witnessing either spectacular hubris or a genuine inflection point in how artificial intelligence gets built. In Reflection AI’s case, it
The race for AI supremacy just got its most important domestic manufacturing milestone yet. Last week, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang stood inside TSMC’s Phoenix semiconductor facility and held up what he called “the single most important chip” now being manufactured in America, a Blackwell wafer
The internet broke this morning. Not metaphorically, not in the way we casually describe platform drama Amazon Web Services Outage Exposes the Fragile Architecture of the Modern Internet The internet broke this morning. Not metaphorically, not in the way we casually describe platform drama or
The smart ring you might have dismissed as a wellness fad just became an $11 billion company. Oura Ring funding reached a staggering $900 million in a new round led by Fidelity Management & Research Company, more than doubling its valuation from just ten months
On a Tuesday afternoon in Menlo Park, Meta quietly activated what executives are calling their most comprehensive youth safety overhaul yet. The company’s strategy: apply Instagram PG-13 content restrictions across all teen accounts, borrow the movie industry’s familiar rating system, and demonstrate to parents—and increasingly
Governor Gavin Newsom put a line in the sand this week. On Monday, California became the first state in the nation to require AI chatbot operators to implement safety protocols for AI companions, signaling that the Wild West era of conversational AI might finally be