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...
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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...
Walmart Rolls Out Digital Price Tags & Does AI Feel Pain?
#946: Walmart is lighting up their price tags, quite literally, to make it easier for customers and workers to find items. Google sends its...
Meta Uses Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Taxes & Ken Griffin Makes Biggest College Donation in History
#945: Ken Griffin donates $3B to Carnegie Mellon University, the largest single gift ever to a US university, as he continues to invest into...
Oura Unexpectedly Delays IPO & Phoebe Bridgers Bans Phones From Her Shows
#944: Oura delays its IPO due to market uncertainty while Anthropic prepares for a potential blockbuster IPO. Trump launches an AI-powered w...
SpaceX Starship Finally Reached Orbit & Why Dudes Are Becoming Cat Dads
#943: SpaceX finally gets its Starship rocket into orbit but has to cut the trip short. Trump announces a $15B steel plant in Iowa in an eff...
US Economy Powers Through Rate Hikes & Did Man City Cheat?
#942: The US economy is powering through despite rate hikes and rising bond yields. Top AI companies are investigating tens of thousands of...
US and Tech Powerplayers Welcome China & Home Depot’s Impressive 45-Year ROI
#941: Neal and Toby discuss the State Dinner President Trump and the US threw for China, and the who’s who from the tech world who were ther...
Meta Just Beat Apple at Its Own Game & McDonald’s Is Upgrading Restaurants
#940: Neal and Toby break down the Meta Connect event and why the tech world is buzzing about the company's new hardware. Then, what a 90-da...
MIT Dethrones Princeton as America’s Top School & The Viral Debate Over Bringing Iced Coffee to Job Interviews
#939: Trump wants to rebrand AI as “super intelligence” on all US official documents. M.I.T. surpasses Princeton as the top college in the c...
FAA Wants AI to Fix Flight Chaos & TV Networks Battle Trump’s Media Ban
#938: The FAA will start using AI-powered tools for air traffic control. Paramount settles with a group of states that opens the door for th...
Hollywood’s Tech Founder Villain Era & Meta’s Muse Soars to Top of App Store
#937: A searing Elon Musk documentary nears US release as Hollywood is increasingly putting out critical portrayals of today’s tech founders...
Would You Only Eat “Made in USA” Beef? & Being a Bridesmaid is Becoming Too Costly
#936: As the Trump administration tries to alleviate beef prices by importing foreign meat, they’re considering slapping ‘Made in USA’ label...
Fed Raises Rates for the First Time in 3yrs & What Happened to Ed Sheeran’s Tour
#935: The Fed raises rates for the first time in 3 years to fight inflation. Household incomes have reached a new high and poverty hits a ne...
Canada Wants to Link Up with the EU & America Reveals its Space Weapon
#934: Canadian PM Mark Carney seeks a special relationship with the EU as it shuns the US, according to reports. Despite numerous proposals,...
EPA Lifts Emissions Limits on Power Plants & Hyrox Finds Itself in a Stinky Situation
#933: The EPA removes a rule that limits planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions by power plants. AI stocks are feeling the effects of leade...
AI Leaders Agree to Slow Things Down & Tesla Makes a Surprising Comeback
#932: Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and OpenAI’s Sam Altman agree on the need to slow AI’s development. Drone attacks in the Middle East caused S...
Will AI Actually Kill Us All? & It’s True–Online Returns Are Getting Harder
#931: Anthropic researchers believe AI has a real chance of “killing all humans,” and the world is (deservedly) freaking out. Oil prices sur...
Apple Reveals $2K Foldable iPhone & NFL Australia Game Decided by Sleep?
#930: Apple unveils its foldable iPhone for the hefty price of $1,999. Meta launches its own AI assistant that can interact with other apps...