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Mateusz Kaczmarek

A technology and finance expert writing for TS2.tech. He analyzes developments in satellites, telecommunications, and artificial intelligence, with a focus on their impact on global markets. Author of industry reports and market commentary, often cited in tech and business media. Passionate about innovation and the digital economy.

Silver Soars to Record Highs as Gold Hits $4,000 – Is the $50 Barrier Next?

Silver Soars to Record Highs as Gold Hits $4,000 – Is the $50 Barrier Next?

Silver’s Historic Surge in 2025 Silver’s ascent in 2025 has been nothing short of stunning. The metal started the year in the low $30s but went on a blistering rally, now hovering just below the once-mythical $50/oz mark. On October 8, spot silver spiked to an intraday record ~$49.57 before settling around $49.4 reuters.com. By October 9, it traded near $49 – territory not seen in 14 years and only a sliver below silver’s nominal all-time peak (~$49.95 reached in 1980) financialexpress.com. This surge has propelled silver to roughly 70% gains in 2025, vastly outperforming most asset classes including its
9 October 2025
Government Shutdown Shocker: TSA PreCheck & Global Entry Roll On as Flights Face Delays

Government Shutdown Shocker: TSA PreCheck & Global Entry Roll On as Flights Face Delays

Government Shutdown 2025: What It Means for Travelers After a congressional budget impasse, parts of the U.S. government shut down on Oct. 1, 2025. Many federal agencies closed or reduced operations. Crucially for travelers, aviation security and safety personnel are deemed “essential” – so airports have not closed and flights are still operating thriftytraveler.com. TSA screening checkpoints remain open at airports nationwide, and air traffic controllers are on the job guiding planes. This prevents an immediate aviation standstill. “Travelers don’t have to worry about canceling trips” due to the shutdown in the short run, one expert explains nerdwallet.com. That said,
9 October 2025
Mystery $75 M Bet Propels Tiny POET Technologies to New Highs Amid AI Frenzy

Mystery $75 M Bet Propels Tiny POET Technologies to New Highs Amid AI Frenzy

$75 Million Infusion Fuels POET’s AI Ambitions POET Technologies – a small Toronto-based photonic chip designer – just secured a massive $75 million cash infusion to supercharge its growth in the AI hardware arena ts2.tech. Announced on October 7, the deal was structured as a non-brokered private placement of ~13.64 million new shares (plus warrants) with a single institutional investor ts2.tech. “This is the largest single investment in POET’s history,” noted CEO Dr. Suresh Venkatesan, adding that it boosts POET’s balance sheet to over $150 million in cash and no significant debt ts2.tech. The shares were issued at $5.50 (with an accompanying warrant), suggesting the
9 October 2025
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Stocks Soar to Record Highs, Gold Tops $4,000 – What’s Driving 2025’s Historic Rally?

Stocks Soar to Record Highs, Gold Tops $4,000 – What’s Driving 2025’s Historic Rally?

Wall Street at Record Highs Amid AI Euphoria Wall Street’s 2025 rally has reached new heights. This week, U.S. stock indices pushed into uncharted territory, overcoming a brief stumble. After seven straight up sessions, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite each pulled back slightly on Oct. 7 – a quick breather following their relentless climb ts2.tech ts2.tech. But by Wednesday Oct. 8, the bulls were back in force: the S&P 500 leapt +0.6% and set a fresh all-time closing high (~6,754), and the Nasdaq jumped +1.1% to its own record around 23,043 apnews.com apnews.com. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, while
9 October 2025
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MetaMask’s DeFi Revolution: In-Wallet Perpetuals, $30M Rewards Program & Token Teasers Rock Crypto World

MetaMask’s DeFi Revolution: In-Wallet Perpetuals, $30M Rewards Program & Token Teasers Rock Crypto World

MetaMask Integrates Hyperliquid for In-App Perpetuals MetaMask’s latest update turns the popular wallet into a leveraged trading hub. On October 8, MetaMask confirmed that perpetual futures (derivatives with no expiry) are now live inside its mobile app, powered by decentralized exchange Hyperliquid bitcoininsider.org. Users can access a new “Perps” tab to open long or short positions with up to 40× leverage on over 150 cryptocurrencies – all without leaving the MetaMask interface bitcoininsider.org bitcoininsider.org. This integration effectively brings features usually found on crypto exchanges (like Binance or Coinbase) into a self-custodial wallet. Traders can fund their perpetuals account with any
9 October 2025
Webull’s Wild Ride: BULL Stock’s 500% Surge, 85% Crash – Will It Bounce Back?

Webull’s Wild Ride: BULL Stock’s 500% Surge, 85% Crash – Will It Bounce Back?

Company Overview Webull is a digital brokerage platform that offers commission-free trading of stocks, ETFs, options, and cryptocurrencies via a sleek mobile app and web interface ts2.tech. Often likened to Robinhood, Webull monetizes primarily through payment for order flow and premium add-on services (like subscriptions for advanced data) ts2.tech ts2.tech. The platform launched in the U.S. in 2018 and quickly gained traction among tech-savvy retail investors thanks to its zero-commission model and feature-rich tools. Webull has since expanded globally – by mid-2025 it was operating in 14 countries across North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and more via local licensed broker-dealer
9 October 2025
TSMC Stock Tops $300 as AI Chip Boom Fuels Rally – Can It Keep Climbing? (Oct 2025 Update)

TSMC Stock Tops $300 as AI Chip Boom Fuels Rally – Can It Keep Climbing? (Oct 2025 Update)

Overview: TSMC’s Business and Recent Performance Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is the world’s largest contract chipmaker – a “pure-play” foundry that fabricates advanced semiconductors for clients like Apple, NVIDIA, AMD and more ts2.tech. Rather than selling its own chips, TSMC builds chips to order, focusing on cutting-edge manufacturing processes. This model has made TSMC a pillar of global tech supply chains, commanding an estimated 60%+ market share of the overall foundry market (and over 90% in the most advanced nodes) ts2.tech. In effect, TSMC manufactures ~90% of the world’s most advanced processors, putting it at the heart of technologies
9 October 2025
Costco Stock Surges Amid Retail Gloom – Will $900+ Shares Keep Climbing?

Costco Stock Surges Amid Retail Gloom – Will $900+ Shares Keep Climbing?

Stock Price & Recent Performance Costco’s stock has been on a steady long-term climb, and 2025 has been no exception – albeit with some twists. The shares currently hover around $914–$928 (as of Oct 9, 2025) stockanalysis.com. That price is roughly where Costco started the year, meaning the stock is about flat year-to-date after accounting for dividends. However, this flat YTD performance masks considerable volatility along the way. In the first half of 2025, Costco rallied strongly with the broader market. The stock peaked at an intraday all-time high of about $1,078 earlier this year ts2.tech, as enthusiasm around Costco’s
9 October 2025
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Tempus AI (TEM) Stock Skyrockets on AI Healthcare Breakthroughs – Inside the Price Surge, Latest News & 2025 Outlook

Tempus AI (TEM) Stock Skyrockets on AI Healthcare Breakthroughs – Inside the Price Surge, Latest News & 2025 Outlook

Stock Price Surge: From IPO to Record Highs Tempus AI’s stock has been on a remarkable tear since its mid-2024 IPO. The Chicago-based healthtech firm – founded in 2015 by Eric Lefkofsky (of Groupon fame) – went public in June 2024 at around $21 per share, and the price has since quadrupled ts2.tech. After a steady climb through 2024, momentum accelerated in 2025 as the company delivered strong results and AI breakthroughs. By early September 2025, TEM had more than doubled its IPO price, reaching the high-$80s to $90 range ts2.tech. A series of catalysts (detailed below) then propelled the
9 October 2025
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OpenAI’s $1 Trillion AI Chip Bet: Nvidia vs. AMD Fuel a Tech Gold Rush

OpenAI’s $1 Trillion AI Chip Bet: Nvidia vs. AMD Fuel a Tech Gold Rush

OpenAI’s Insatiable Need for AI Compute OpenAI – maker of ChatGPT and GPT-4 – has made it clear that access to massive computing power is the biggest constraint on advancing AI ts2.tech. Training and running ever-larger AI models requires tens of thousands of cutting-edge GPUs and enormous electricity and cooling resources. Sam Altman has likened today’s AI race to an “arms race” for silicon and server space, saying OpenAI must “build enough AI infrastructure to meet its needs” reuters.com. In Altman’s view, current cloud data centers are not sufficient for the next generation of AI – “we have decided that
9 October 2025
Gold Soars Past $4,000 for the First Time – Inside the Historic Rally and What’s Next

Gold Soars Past $4,000 for the First Time – Inside the Historic Rally and What’s Next

Gold Blasts Past $4,000 in an Unprecedented Surge Gold’s climb has been nothing short of spectacular – shattering its all-time high and crossing the psychologically important $4,000 threshold for the first time. On October 7, prices breached $4k/oz and kept rising into October 8, when gold peaked near $4,078 cbsnews.com. This milestone comes after numerous records were broken in recent months; gold was only around $2,800 at the start of 2025, making the current price nearly 50% higher in under a year cbsnews.com. “$4,000 an ounce seemed far-fetched at the start of the year… but after a ~50% rally, here
9 October 2025
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Stimulus Check October 2025: Rumors Debunked – What to Know as Shutdown Continues

Stimulus Check October 2025: Rumors Debunked – What to Know as Shutdown Continues

No New Federal Stimulus – Confirmed by IRS and Congress Despite hopeful chatter online, federal authorities have made clear that there is no new stimulus check approved for October 2025. Any nationwide payment to taxpayers would require a law passed by Congress and signed by the President – and that hasn’t happened. “Congress has not passed any 2025 stimulus package,” and the IRS has flatly stated that Americans will not receive any new stimulus money this month ts2.tech. All official announcements (whether from the IRS, Treasury, or White House) consistently show no plans for a fourth stimulus round ts2.tech. Multiple
9 October 2025
Student Loan Forgiveness Is Back – 2 Million Borrowers Get Relief as Trump Overhauls Repayment

Student Loan Forgiveness Is Back – 2 Million Borrowers Get Relief as Trump Overhauls Repayment

Forgiveness Finally Arrives for Long-Term Borrowers After months of suspense, thousands of Americans are now seeing decades-old student loans wiped clean. The Education Department’s quiet move to resume IBR loan forgiveness in the first week of October has been met with relief – and tears of joy – from borrowers who’ve made 20 or 25 years of payments. Many received what the community calls the “golden email,” with the message: “You are now eligible to have some or all of your federal student loan(s) discharged because you have reached the necessary number of payments under your Income-Based Repayment Plan.” btimesonline.com
9 October 2025
SoundHound AI Stock Soars 240% – Could This Voice Tech Disruptor Make You a Millionaire?

SoundHound AI Stock Soars 240% – Could This Voice Tech Disruptor Make You a Millionaire?

SOUN Stock Surges on AI Hype and Big News SoundHound AI’s stock has been on a tear in recent months, riding the wave of excitement surrounding artificial intelligence. The company’s share price has climbed roughly 240% over the past year (and more than doubled in the last six months) ts2.tech. Just in the past week, SOUN jumped about 15%, climbing from the mid-$15s to around $18 per share, amid a broader AI stock rally. One catalyst was Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announcing a blockbuster partnership with OpenAI: the ChatGPT creator will use up to 6 gigawatts of AMD chips to
8 October 2025
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Quantum Gold Rush: Inside D-Wave (QBTS) Stock’s 2600% Surge – Hype or Game-Changer?

Quantum Gold Rush: Inside D-Wave (QBTS) Stock’s 2600% Surge – Hype or Game-Changer?

Above sources in brackets. The surge in D-Wave Quantum’s stock price has captivated markets, but is it a quantum leap forward for investors or a bubble waiting to burst? The in-depth report below examines what’s driving the rally, the company’s progress and challenges, and whether this “quantum gold rush” can last. A 2025 Tech Stock Phenomenon: D-Wave’s Astronomic Rise Few stocks have soared like D-Wave Quantum (NYSE: QBTS) in 2025. After languishing as a penny stock in late 2024, D-Wave’s share price went parabolic this year – gaining nearly +300% year-to-date and over +3,000% since last October ts2.tech. On October
8 October 2025
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Dell’s AI Server Boom Doubles Growth Forecasts – Is a Data Center Glut Looming?

Dell’s AI Server Boom Doubles Growth Forecasts – Is a Data Center Glut Looming?

Dell Bets Big on AI – Doubling Growth Targets Dell’s announcement on October 7, 2025 marked a turning point for the company’s trajectory. At an analyst meeting that day, the tech giant dramatically raised its long-term financial forecasts, effectively doubling the pace at which it expects to expand in coming years ts2.tech. Management now projects high-single-digit percentage revenue growth (7–9% annually) and at least mid-teens earnings growth through 2029 reuters.com ts2.tech – a remarkable upgrade from the prior “GDP-plus” style targets (~3–4% revenue and ~8% EPS growth). The bold new goals signal far greater confidence in future demand, driven almost
8 October 2025
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QuantumScape’s EV Battery Breakthrough Sends Stock Soaring – Will the High-Voltage Hype Last?

QuantumScape’s EV Battery Breakthrough Sends Stock Soaring – Will the High-Voltage Hype Last?

QuantumScape’s High-Voltage Rally Explained QuantumScape’s stock went into “blast-off mode” in late September and early October 2025, buoyed by major developments in its technology and partnerships. After trading flat around $12–$13 through mid-September, QS suddenly broke out on successive news catalysts: it jumped 18% on Sept 18, then another +18.4% on Oct 1, ultimately hitting an intraday high of $16.49 by Oct 3 ts2.tech. The Oct 3 close at $15.92 capped a stunning ~30% gain in one week and a ~172% year-to-date rise ts2.tech. This rally far outpaced broader markets and made QuantumScape one of 2025’s top-performing tech stocks. Trading
8 October 2025
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Joby Aviation’s $500 Million Stock Gamble Triggers Selloff – Can the Air Taxi Dream Still Soar?

Joby Aviation’s $500 Million Stock Gamble Triggers Selloff – Can the Air Taxi Dream Still Soar?

Joby’s $500M Stock Offering and Selloff Joby Aviation – a California-based developer of all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxis – shocked investors on Oct. 7, 2025 by announcing a major stock sale after a year of surging share prices. The company launched a $500 million underwritten public offering of common stock, selling 30.5 million shares at $16.85 each (with an option for underwriters to buy 4.575 million more) ir.jobyaviation.com. Morgan Stanley is the sole book-runner on the deal ir.jobyaviation.com. The offering will gross approximately $513.9 million (or up to ~$589M if the extra shares are sold) ir.jobyaviation.com, bolstering Joby’s balance sheet for the
8 October 2025
OpenAI’s Mega-Deals with Nvidia & AMD Spark a $1 Trillion AI Frenzy

OpenAI’s Mega-Deals with Nvidia & AMD Spark a $1 Trillion AI Frenzy

OpenAI Fuels a $1 Trillion AI Hardware Boom OpenAI – the creator of ChatGPT – has positioned itself at the center of an AI hardware buying frenzy that is reshaping the tech industry. In the past few weeks (early October 2025), OpenAI announced two blockbuster chip-supply deals that together span 16 gigawatts of computing capacity – an almost inconceivable scale. (For perspective, 16 GW of data center power is roughly equivalent to the output of 16 large power plants.) These deals, one with long-time AI chip leader Nvidia and the other with rival AMD, are helping propel what analysts dub a “trillion-dollar
8 October 2025
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Stock Market Today

MARA stock jumps 22% into weekend as bitcoin whipsaws; Monday risk test looms

MARA stock jumps 22% into weekend as bitcoin whipsaws; Monday risk test looms

7 February 2026
MARA shares jumped 22.4% to $8.24 Friday, trading higher after hours, as the company moved $87 million in bitcoin to major custodians. About 82.4 million MARA shares changed hands. Bitcoin hovered near $68,928 Saturday. A MARA filing showed its general counsel had shares withheld for taxes on vested stock units, not an open market sale.
Apple stock (AAPL) set for Monday test as memory-chip crunch revives iPhone price question

Apple stock (AAPL) set for Monday test as memory-chip crunch revives iPhone price question

7 February 2026
Apple shares closed up 0.8% at $278.12 Friday, then slipped 0.3% after hours. A global DRAM shortage is raising component costs, putting pressure on Apple’s pricing ahead of its Feb. 24 shareholder meeting. CEO Tim Cook said memory prices will rise “sharply” but gave no details on possible iPhone price hikes. Investors await signals before next week’s U.S. inflation data.
Roivant stock surges on brepocitinib skin-disease data; what to watch into Monday

Roivant stock surges on brepocitinib skin-disease data; what to watch into Monday

7 February 2026
Roivant shares surged 22.4% to $25.82 after Phase 2 data showed its drug brepocitinib outperformed placebo in cutaneous sarcoidosis, with no serious adverse events. The company plans a Phase 3 trial in 2026 and has filed for FDA approval in dermatomyositis. Quarterly revenue reached $2 million, with a $313.7 million loss. Cash holdings stood at $4.5 billion.
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