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TSMC’s AI Boom, Trump–Putin’s Peace Push & MrBeast’s Fintech Gamble
17th October 2025 TSMC raises its revenue forecast and delivers record profits on surging AI chip demand, fueling another wave of optimism in the semiconductor rally. Wall Street dips as U.S. regional banks spook investors with fresh loan losses, dragging major lenders lower. YouTube titan MrBeast sets his sights on fintech with a new “Beast Financial” venture, signaling creators’ next frontier, banking. Meanwhile, Donald Trump says he’ll meet Vladimir Putin in Budapest for a
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Wall Street’s Windfall, Waymo’s London Leap, Meta’s AI Move & UK’s Modest Comeback
16th October 2025 Wall Street’s prime brokerage desks are raking in profits as hedge fund activity surges, fueling record results for top U.S. banks. Waymo gears up for its first European robotaxi launch in London, expanding its self-driving reach. Meta joins forces with Arm Holdings to supercharge AI recommendations across Facebook and Instagram. Meanwhile, the UK economy inches back into growth, offering Finance Minister Rachel Reeves a glimmer of good news ahead of her Nov
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OpenAI’s Broadcom Bet, Apple’s Identity Switch & Trump’s Gaza Diplomacy
14th October 2025 OpenAI is teaming up with Broadcom to build its first in-house AI chips: a 10-gigawatt leap that could reshape the AI hardware race and challenge Nvidia’s dominance. Apple drops the “Plus” from Apple TV+, rebranding its six-year-old streaming platform with a bold new identity. And in the Middle East, Hamas and Israel exchange nearly 2,000 prisoners under a U.S.-brokered ceasefire as Trump hails a “new dawn” for peace. All this and more in today’s Read It An
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The New Age Debt Trap: Same as the Old but with a Prettier UI.
Picture this, it's March of 2026, James, a 21-year-old graduate, with student loans so high he has given up the possibility of owning a...
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Enshittification’s Final Form Is The Dead Internet Theory
Do you notice how there are twice as many ads on YouTube videos? Or how almost everything is a subscription or behind a paywall? Have you...
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Tariff Engineering: The Art Of Designing Away Your Tax Liability
Intro: Picture this: It is mid-March 2025, you are a principal consultant at McKinsey and Co., who specialises in reducing the tax burden...
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OpenAI makes yet another deal, this time with Walmart & Salesforce, and ASML gets a boost on AI Wave
15th October 2025 OpenAI will allow verified adults to access mature content on ChatGPT starting December, part of its new “treat adults like adults” policy. UK fintech Lendable launched a £20 mobile plan, becoming the first of its kind to blend finance and telecoms. Chipmaker ASML continues to benefit from the AI boom but expects demand in China to cool next year. Walmart teamed up with OpenAI to let users shop directly through ChatGPT, signaling the next phase of conversati
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OpenAI’s $500bn valuation, FICO sidesteps Credit Middlemen, Indexes Hit Another ATH, Tesla’s Record Quarter + Much More
3rd October 2025 OpenAI has become the world’s most valuable private company, hitting a $500B valuation after a secondary share sale that let early employees cash out. The deal pushed it past SpaceX and highlighted the growing investor appetite for AI. Meanwhile, FICO is shaking up the credit score market by cutting out Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion, offering lenders cheaper direct access to scores. That shift could save homebuyers money while putting pressure on the cred
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AI Ads, Oracle Hack, $200B Chip Rally, and Musk’s $500B Milestone
2nd October 2025 Meta will soon use conversations from its AI assistant to shape ad targeting across Facebook, Instagram, and even...
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