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Walmart Patent Signals AI Transformation for Bricks-and-Mortar Retail

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The company has spent the past few years bolstering its tech portfolio.

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Big Tech

Amazon Cuts in Line at Online Grocery Checkout

Amazon has struggled to take a bite out of the $875 billion US grocery market since launching an online grocery storefront in 2006.

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Media & Entertainment

Paramount Ponies Up $7.7 Billion to Win UFC Rights

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Big Tech’s Bigger AI Investments May Lead to a ‘Winner Takes All’

Some companies may be digging themselves into a hole that they’re not able to get out of.

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Semiconductors

AMD Joins Chipmakers Struggling to Impress Traders With Upbeat Earnings

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It’s not just AMD. Investors have generally been hard to please for most chipmakers so far this earnings season.

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Big Tech

Big Tech Pulls Off a Very Big Earnings Week

The reports made one thing clear: Big Tech’s big AI bet is already paying off — which explains why they can’t help but double down.

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Finance

Can the S&P 500 Sustain a #HotStockSummer?

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?

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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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Consumer

Shein, Temu Sales Slide After Losing US Duty-Free Loophole

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In May, POTUS scrapped the “de minimis” exemption that allowed Shein and Temu to ship packages worth less than $800 to the US duty-free.

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Location Bias: Why AI Data Centers Are Clustered in the North

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Amazon Patent May Stabilize Quantum Computers

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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