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AI Industry • July 27, 2026

The Magnificent Seven’s New Final Boss Is Capex

Alphabet, Tesla and Intel all gave investors something to celebrate during the latest earnings cycle. Each company beat at least one major Wall Street expectation. Each also watched its market value fall. That sounds irrational until you look at the statistic Wall Street has promoted above almost everything else: AI capex. Alphabet reported stronger-than-expected revenue, […]

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AI Industry • July 24, 2026

Intel’s Plot Twist Proves the AI Story Isn’t Finished

Intel has spent the past few years playing the role nobody expected: the fallen giant trying to climb back into a race it once dominated. While much of the AI conversation has revolved around Nvidia’s seemingly unstoppable momentum, Intel quietly delivered one of the biggest surprises of earnings season. The market’s reaction wasn’t simply about […]

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AI • July 16, 2026

Apple Just Picked China’s AI Champion, And Everyone Should Care

Apple rarely makes loud geopolitical statements. It prefers product launches, polished keynotes and carefully crafted slogans. Yet one of its most consequential announcements barely looked like news at all. For Chinese users, Apple Intelligence will rely on Alibaba’s Qwen large language model rather than the AI stack available elsewhere. On paper, it is simply another […]

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Big Tech • July 16, 2026

Can One Rocket Save SpaceX’s Market Story?

For decades, rocket launches were judged by engineers. Did the engines ignite? Did the booster land? Did the payload reach orbit? Today, those questions still matter—but they’re no longer the only scoreboard. SpaceX enters Starship Flight 13 in an unfamiliar position. The company that revolutionized commercial launch services and turned reusable rockets into reality is […]

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Big Tech • July 15, 2026

IBM Just Lost Wall Street’s Confidence in a Single Day

Strong companies rarely lose a quarter of their market value overnight. Yet that’s exactly what happened to IBM. The technology giant shocked Wall Street after releasing preliminary second-quarter results that appeared respectable at first glance. Revenue still grew. Earnings still increased. Cash generation remained solid. But within hours, investors erased tens of billions of dollars […]

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Finance • July 7, 2026

Hasbro Stock Slides: Why Wall Street Still Sees Upside

Hasbro is having a weird 2026. The company behind Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, Monopoly, Transformers, Nerf, Play-Doh and a galaxy of licensed toys delivered a strong first quarter. Revenue rose, profit improved, and Wizards of the Coast kept printing cash like a well-shuffled Commander deck. And yet, Hasbro stock has been sliding. That […]

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Finance • July 7, 2026

The SpaceX Effect: When Index Funds Become Your Biggest Fans

SpaceX may build rockets, but its next big launch is happening inside your brokerage account. Not because millions of retail investors suddenly opened a trading app and decided to buy the stock. Not because every fund manager ran a fresh valuation model on Starship, Starlink, launch margins, satellite internet, or Elon Musk risk. The stranger […]

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Industry • July 6, 2026

Why Riot Platforms Stock Dropped After Its AI-Driven Rally

Riot Platforms has been one of the louder crypto-infrastructure stories of 2026. The stock rode a powerful rally into late June, helped by Bitcoin exposure and growing excitement around its AI data center strategy. Then reality bit back. As of July 3, 2026, RIOT was trading around $22.11, down sharply from its late-June highs. The […]

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AI • July 3, 2026

Meta’s Cloud Pivot Turns AI Costs Into Infinity Stones

The AI race has been sold to investors like a cosmic arms race: whoever collects the most GPUs, data centers, models, and talent gets to snap their fingers and reshape the future. Very Marvel. Very expensive. For Meta, that story has also carried a darker subplot. The company has poured billions into AI infrastructure while […]

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