DoorDash Plans To Buy Instacart for $17B & Ahh!! Horror Bookstores Are Killing It
#966: DoorDash acquires Instacart for a whopping $17 billion, creating a food delivery giant. America’s GDP is like the Golden State Warrior...
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Google’s AI Is Eating Its Own Search Biz & Halloween Candy Prices Are Scary
#965: Google’s AI business is hurting its own core product: its search business. The Federal Reserve votes to keep rates steady as elevated...
iPhone Duo is Already Cracking & Chinese Brands Drop Mbappé Over Meme Controversy
#964: Coca-Cola reports their earnings and it shows Coke Zero Sugar has risen to become a popular choice among soda drinkers. Soccer superst...
Anthropic Admits Existential Risks in IPO Filing & IG Goes After Youtube With 90-Min Horizontal Videos
#963: Anthropic files for potentially the biggest IPO in history all while admitting that AI could cause existential risk to humanity. Trump...
AI Agents Are Infiltrating Bank Accounts & Genetically Enhanced War Dogs Startup Raises $200M
#962: Unauthorized AI agents are accessing bank accounts and the big banks are scrambling to mitigate the risks. A new startup that enlists...
iPhone Duo Is Here & Data Centers Are Causing a Gray Paint Sales Boom
#961: The iPhone Duo arrives in stores and the public can get their hands on it for $2,000. NYC’s horse carriage ban is raising many questio...
Cybersecurity’s Black Wednesday Puts 70% of Internet At Risk & ‘Glee’ Returns
#960: Government websites go dark as hackers exploit weaknesses. Meta strikes a deal to keep Zuckerberg in California. United CEO is caught...
SpaceX and Tesla Consider Mega Merger? & People Are Making Their Smart TVs Dumb
#959: SpaceX reports soaring results as its AI business continues to be a growth driver. Netflix reports its slowest revenue growth in years...
Musk Pledges SpaceX Stock to Each US Child & “Hot” Haunt Sliders are Booming for Amusement Parks
#958: Elon Musk and Anthropic make some very public pledges to share their wealth for charitable causes. Global unrest continues to rip thro...
AI Skeptics Trigger Market Jitters & California Will Vote to Tax Billionaires
#957: Neal and Toby discuss the latest AI jitters that are impacting the stock market and how investors are reacting. Next up, California is...
Tesla’s New Roadster Can Fly & McKinsey is Sending AI Avatars to Interview Candidates
#956: Tesla showcases its new Roadster model that can drive on the wall, fly, and do backflips. What. Companies are increasingly using AI in...
Ukraine Accuses SpaceX of Limiting Starlink Access & Gen Z is Flocking to South Carolina
#955: US inflation rises more than expected in September. Ukraine says Starlink restrictions are hurting its military capabilities against R...
Apple Enters the Smart Home Market & Does OpenAI Have a Spy Problem?
#954: Apple unveils its newest foray into the smart home market with ‘HomeView,’ which looks like a giant Apple Watch. Bumble agrees to go p...
Trump Strikes Controversial Oil Deal With Russia & Low Payroll MLB Teams Dominate Postseason
#953: Trump faces backlash after securing a deal with Russia for diesel fuel. Pepsi is feeling the hurt as the GLP-1 movement is causing sho...
Bond Yields Are Rising. A Bond Nerd Explains Why It Matters
#952: Robin Wigglesworth is the editor of the Financial Times’ Alphaville blog and the author of A Fabulous Debt: The Epic Story of How Bond...
Could a Chipotle-Starbucks Merger Actually Work? & Hollywood Turns on Big Tech
#951: Rumblings of Starbucks’ takeover of Chipotle sends the burrito chain’s shares up. Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Social Reckoning’ hits theaters,...
McDonald's Sued for Alleged Price Fixing & LeBron's Polymarket Deal Is 4x His NBA Salary
#950: Winter is coming…and heating up your home may become more expensive, especially for those who use oil, according to a national study....
Stock Market Hits Fresh Records as AI Goes Nuts & Protests Over Poor School Conditions Erupt in France
#949: Student protests swept France as labor unions and high schoolers demanded for improvement in faculty staffing, classroom sizes, and bu...
Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery FINALLY Complete & Is Midcentury Modern Cringe?
#948: Skydance’s mega merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery is finally complete as it names its leadership team. The EV industry ge...
September Hiring Slows & Tom Cruise's 'Digger' Could Lose $150M
#947: September’s job report falls short of expectations but the labor market is still holding strong. Tom Cruise’s latest dark comedy in ‘D...