Chipotle Falls 9% On An Outbreak It Has Not Been Linked To Yet

Chipotle pulled jalapeños from restaurants in Minnesota this week after state health officials flagged a possible connection to a salmonella outbreak. The stock fell close to…

By Scott Allan · Aug 5 · 3 min read

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Washington Told AI Companies to Quietly Degrade Suspect Accounts. The Advisory Never Once Says Theft.

Most of the coverage of Monday’s joint advisory from the NSA, CISA and the FBI stopped at the…

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Apple’s Price Increase Tracks the Memory Shortage, Not the Foldable

The headline out of Apple Park on Wednesday was a folding phone. The number that matters is buried…

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Amgen Fell 5% on a Trial It Did Not Run. Nobody Yet Knows if the Target Failed or the Dose Did.

Novartis shed close to 4% in Zurich on Monday after pelacarsen, its lipoprotein(a) lowering…

By Scott Allan · 2d ago

Snowflake’s 23% Pop Bought Faster Growth, Not Better Growth

Snowflake shares jumped roughly 23% after hours on Wednesday, to about $374 and through…

By Scott Allan · 6d ago

Broadcom Guided AI Revenue to $230 Billion. Wall Street Read the Software Line Instead.

Broadcom told investors on Tuesday evening that its AI semiconductor business will roughly double…

By Scott Allan · 6d ago

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The Fed’s Two Inflation Gauges Disagree by 80 Basis Points. Warsh Is Hiking on the Higher One.

Futures markets now put the odds of a quarter-point Federal Reserve hike this month…

By Scott Allan · Sep 2

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Jane Street, a Trading Firm With No AI Product, Now Holds $19 Billion in GPU Contracts

Crusoe closed more than $3 billion at roughly a $30 billion valuation, nearly tripling the mark set in its Series E eleven months ago. Almost every…

By Scott Allan · 2d ago

Technology

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Europe Regulated ChatGPT as a Search Engine, Not as an AI Model

The European Commission brought ChatGPT under the strictest tier of the Digital Services Act…

By Scott Allan · Sep 2

Enterprise Technology

Apple Put Its First 2nm Chip in an $899 Desktop. The iPhone Has to Wait.

Most of the coverage of Apple’s surprise Mac refresh has treated it as a…

By Scott Allan · Sep 1

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Why Tech’s 127,180 Job Cuts in 2026 Are Funding a $690 Billion Compute Bill

With four months still to run, 2026 has already been a worse year for…

By Scott Allan · Aug 26

XPeng Raised $900 Million for Its Robot Unit at a $6.3 Billion Valuation Before Selling a Single IRON

XPeng’s robotics business has never shipped a product to a paying customer, and investors…

By Scott Allan · Aug 25

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Nevada Raised Tesla’s Robotaxi Cap From 10 to 5,000 in Five Weeks

In July, Nevada regulators capped Tesla at exactly ten paid robotaxis in Las Vegas…

By Scott Allan · Aug 24

IPO

Unitree Opened 629% Above Its IPO Price and Briefly Passed Baidu in Value

Unitree Robotics opened at 1,100 yuan in Shanghai on Wednesday against an offer price…

By Scott Allan · Aug 21

Business

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Business

Uber Cut 3,300 Jobs to Bankroll an Autonomous Future It Does Not Build

Uber told staff on Wednesday it is eliminating about 3,300 roles, roughly 10% of its workforce and its deepest cut since the pandemic, and framed the…

By Scott Allan · 6d ago

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The 30-Year Treasury Hit a 19-Year High. Korea’s Chip Stocks Paid for It.

The yield on the 30-year US Treasury bond pushed past 5.33% on Tuesday, its highest level since 2007, and by Wednesday morning in Asia the invoice…

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Berkshire Put $17 Billion into Alphabet, and $10 Billion Never Touched the Market

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On Holding Posted a Record 65.4% Gross Margin and Had the Worst Day in Its History

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Trump’s $1.4 Billion Crypto Disclosure Reveals the Business Model Behind His Deregulation Agenda

President Trump earned at least $1.4 billion from crypto ventures in 2025, his first year back in office, while simultaneously dismantling the…

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The FTC Made Redfin Get Back Into a Business Zillow Paid It $100 Million to Leave

Antitrust remedies usually come in two flavors. Regulators block a deal before it happens, or they force a company to sell something…

Aug 26

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Legal & Regulatory Meta’s Own Retention Study Is the States’ Best Evidence in a $1.4 Trillion Trial
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Dell Guided Its AI Server Line Lower This Quarter Because It Cannot Buy Enough Memory

Every preview of Dell Technologies’ fiscal second quarter, which the company reports after the…

By Scott Allan · Sep 1

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Nvidia Will Backstop $105 Billion So OpenAI Can Rent the Chips Nvidia Sells It

Nvidia said on Monday it will guarantee up to $105 billion in financing for…

By Scott Allan · Aug 19

Baidu’s GPU Cloud Grew 283% and Revenue Still Fell 4%, Which Is the Whole Problem

Baidu reported second-quarter revenue of RMB 31.3 billion on Tuesday, down 4% from a…

By Scott Allan · Aug 18

Cloud & Infrastructure

CoreWeave’s $104 Billion Backlog Is Also the Collateral for Its Debt

CoreWeave beat on nearly every line that Wall Street models and the stock jumped…

By Scott Allan · Aug 14

Cisco Needs $3.7 Billion of AI Orders Tonight to Make Its $9 Billion Year Work

Cisco reports fourth-quarter and full-year fiscal 2026 results after the close today, with the…

By Scott Allan · Aug 12

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ByteDance Is Spending $39 Billion on Its Biggest Data Center Outside China, and Brazil Won the Bid

TikTok’s parent company just made the largest single infrastructure bet in Latin American history,…

By Scott Allan · Jul 3

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The AI Buildout Borrowed $225 Billion at Low Rates. Warsh Just Signaled the Bill Is Repricing.

Every account of Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech on Friday told the same story: the Fed chair sounded hawkish, September hike odds…

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When Amazon’s Ad Auction Quietly Became a First-Price Auction, 1.2 Million Advertisers Were Not Told

Sep 2

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While Washington Struck Hormuz, the IEA Was Cutting Oil Demand by 1.6 Million Barrels a Day

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Dick’s Sporting Goods Just Had Its Worst Day Ever. The $2.4 Billion Foot Locker Bet Is Why

Aug 26

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Nvidia Is Raising AI Server Prices More Than 15%, and the Memory Makers Are the Reason

Aug 25

Anthropic’s $2 Trillion IPO Target Came From Its Investors, Not From Anthropic

Aug 24

Google Handed Marvell a $12.2 Billion Warrant and Broadcom Lost $87 Billion in a Day

Aug 21

Spirit Airlines’ Email Archive Sold to Google for $10 Million in Bankruptcy Court

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Walmart Raised Guidance on a $2.9 Billion Refund It Has Not Received Yet

Aug 20

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OpenAI Shipped a Teen Version of ChatGPT Because the Lawsuits Got There First

Aug 19

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Home Depot Beat on $47.9 Billion and Still Refused to Raise Guidance, One Day Before 50% Canadian Tariffs Land

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Oil Pushes Past $90 as Trump Lets the Iran Ceasefire Lapse and Hormuz Stays Shut

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Prediction Markets Got Federal Legitimacy Before They Got an Insider Trading Rule

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Chipotle Falls 9% On An Outbreak It Has Not Been Linked To Yet

Washington Told AI Companies to Quietly Degrade Suspect Accounts. The Advisory Never Once Says Theft.

Apple’s Price Increase Tracks the Memory Shortage, Not the Foldable

Amgen Fell 5% on a Trial It Did Not Run. Nobody Yet Knows if the Target Failed or the Dose Did.

Snowflake’s 23% Pop Bought Faster Growth, Not Better Growth

Broadcom Guided AI Revenue to $230 Billion. Wall Street Read the Software Line Instead.

The Fed’s Two Inflation Gauges Disagree by 80 Basis Points. Warsh Is Hiking on the Higher One.

Jane Street, a Trading Firm With No AI Product, Now Holds $19 Billion in GPU Contracts

When OpenAI Hit Its Own Critical Cyber Threshold, the Framework Logged It Rather Than Stopping It

After Turning Down Nvidia at $7 Billion, Hugging Face Is Selling to Nvidia for $12.9 Billion

Most of Salesforce’s Record Earnings Beat Was an Unrealized Gain on Anthropic

Europe Regulated ChatGPT as a Search Engine, Not as an AI Model

Apple Put Its First 2nm Chip in an $899 Desktop. The iPhone Has to Wait.

Why Tech’s 127,180 Job Cuts in 2026 Are Funding a $690 Billion Compute Bill

XPeng Raised $900 Million for Its Robot Unit at a $6.3 Billion Valuation Before Selling a Single IRON

Nevada Raised Tesla’s Robotaxi Cap From 10 to 5,000 in Five Weeks

Unitree Opened 629% Above Its IPO Price and Briefly Passed Baidu in Value

Uber Cut 3,300 Jobs to Bankroll an Autonomous Future It Does Not Build

Old Navy’s Incoming CEO Ran Its Marketing Through the Quarter Gap Just Blamed on Marketing

Brazil’s Weight-Loss Black Market Runs Exactly Along Eli Lilly’s Patent Line

KKR’s Record Antitrust Penalty Will Be Paid by Its Law Firms, Not by KKR

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The 30-Year Treasury Hit a 19-Year High. Korea’s Chip Stocks Paid for It.

Berkshire Put $17 Billion into Alphabet, and $10 Billion Never Touched the Market

On Holding Posted a Record 65.4% Gross Margin and Had the Worst Day in Its History

Trump’s $1.4 Billion Crypto Disclosure Reveals the Business Model Behind His Deregulation Agenda

The FTC Made Redfin Get Back Into a Business Zillow Paid It $100 Million to Leave

Dell Guided Its AI Server Line Lower This Quarter Because It Cannot Buy Enough Memory

Nvidia Will Backstop $105 Billion So OpenAI Can Rent the Chips Nvidia Sells It

Baidu’s GPU Cloud Grew 283% and Revenue Still Fell 4%, Which Is the Whole Problem

CoreWeave’s $104 Billion Backlog Is Also the Collateral for Its Debt

Cisco Needs $3.7 Billion of AI Orders Tonight to Make Its $9 Billion Year Work

ByteDance Is Spending $39 Billion on Its Biggest Data Center Outside China, and Brazil Won the Bid

The AI Buildout Borrowed $225 Billion at Low Rates. Warsh Just Signaled the Bill Is Repricing.

When Amazon’s Ad Auction Quietly Became a First-Price Auction, 1.2 Million Advertisers Were Not Told

While Washington Struck Hormuz, the IEA Was Cutting Oil Demand by 1.6 Million Barrels a Day

Dick’s Sporting Goods Just Had Its Worst Day Ever. The $2.4 Billion Foot Locker Bet Is Why

Nvidia Is Raising AI Server Prices More Than 15%, and the Memory Makers Are the Reason

Anthropic’s $2 Trillion IPO Target Came From Its Investors, Not From Anthropic

Google Handed Marvell a $12.2 Billion Warrant and Broadcom Lost $87 Billion in a Day

Spirit Airlines’ Email Archive Sold to Google for $10 Million in Bankruptcy Court

Walmart Raised Guidance on a $2.9 Billion Refund It Has Not Received Yet

OpenAI Shipped a Teen Version of ChatGPT Because the Lawsuits Got There First

Home Depot Beat on $47.9 Billion and Still Refused to Raise Guidance, One Day Before 50% Canadian Tariffs Land

Oil Pushes Past $90 as Trump Lets the Iran Ceasefire Lapse and Hormuz Stays Shut

Prediction Markets Got Federal Legitimacy Before They Got an Insider Trading Rule