Ian Lyall
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MrBeast has 1.4bn viewers, a $5.2 billion company, and a plan to get a million kids out of child labour
Jimmy Donaldson built the world's most-followed channel by reverse-engineering virality as a teenager. Now he is trying to turn that audience into something bigger than YouTube.
Anthropic vs the Pentagon. Here's what really happened
There is bad blood between Anthropic and the Trump administration that predates this fight. Now OpenAI and Google are lining up behind their rival
Nvidia's stellar quarter was the easy part. The stock is pricing what comes next
The results beat every estimate on the table and the guidance left analysts scrambling to revise models upward. Traders asked a different question entirely
Salesforce crushed earnings estimates. It didn't matter.
Here's why Wall Street gave the stock a swerve
NEO Wants to Be Your Roommate: Here's What We Think Of 1X's $20,000 New Robot 'Appliance'
When the future knocks on your door, it might look like a friendly white android carrying your socks
Amazon’s Power Play: How AWS and Ads Are Fueling the Next Big Leg of Growth
Stifel’s latest research suggests Amazon’s cloud and advertising engines are revving back to full speed, with new silicon, smarter AI tools and rural logistics all part of the story.
The iPhone 17 Upgrade Wave Has Arrived. And It’s Changing the Game for Apple
With Wedbush Securities raising its target for Apple Inc. and tracking early demand that’s outperforming expectations, the story is less about a flashy new phone and more about a long-dormant upgrade cycle finally waking up.
Big Tech’s AI Rush, Chips and Trade Truce: The Week That Rewired the Infrastructure of Intelligence
From Amazon’s record AWS growth and Meta’s $70 billion AI splurge to Nvidia’s $5 trillion chip empire and a U.S.–China trade thaw, this week showed that power (not code) now defines the AI race.
Meta’s $600bn Bet on AI Tests Wall Street’s Nerves
Meta’s latest earnings call revealed a company spending like the future depends on it — but investors aren’t sure what, exactly, they’re buying into.
40 Million and Rising: Bluesky Takes Flight with ‘Dislikes’ and a Smarter Feed
Standfirst: The decentralised social network is adding a “dislike” button. But not to fuel outrage. It’s part of a broader plan to clean up feeds, calm tempers and keep conversations genuine.
Inside the Sonic Sorcery of KPop Demon Hunters: How Sound Designer Michael Babcock Turned Pop Beats into Battle Cries
For KPop Demon Hunters, every synth, sword clash, and vocal harmony had to sing in tune, not just with the music, but with the monsters. Sound designer Michael Babcock told The Verge how he built a world where pop idols and demons share a beat.
Amazon’s OpenAI Pact Powers Fresh Momentum For AWS
It's all about unlocking the vibe
Elon Musk’s Trillion-Dollar Moment: Tesla’s Biggest Vote Yet
Shareholders are about to decide whether to hand Musk a potential $1 trillion payday.. and the keys to Tesla’s AI future.
AWS Signs Record $38bn Deal With OpenAI to Power Next‑Gen AI
The deal marks a major shift in cloud‑AI alliances and accelerates compute scale for both firms.
Palantir Beats The Street As It Upgrades Its Outlook
Palantir is leaning hard into the US market... and investors are buying it.
Why Everyone Suddenly Wants to Be in the GPU Business
As tech giants race to secure AI compute, companies like Lambda are quietly becoming indispensable.. whether they can scale or not.
Michael Burry’s Big Short, AI Edition: Why the Man Who Bet Against the Housing Bubble Is Now Taking on Nvidia and Pal...
The investor who called the 2008 crash is back — this time shorting two of Big Tech’s brightest stars. But is this another prophetic warning or just the sequel nobody asked for?
Norway Just Told Elon ‘No’. And He’s Not Going to Like It
The world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund says Musk’s trillion-dollar Tesla payday is too much. He says: fine, find someone else.
Bitcoin Just Tanked. And This Time, It's Not About Crypto at All
Whales are selling, retail is quiet, and the U.S. government might be the real bear in the room.
The Week in Tech & AI: Trillion-Dollar Dreams, Cyber Nightmares, and a New Word for the Robots
It’s been one of those weeks when tech’s gods looked down upon us mortals and decided: let’s see how much chaos we can cram into seven days. From OpenAI’s trillion-dollar ambitions to cyber-disasters and dictionary-level absurdities, here’s your digest of the latest digital drama.