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48 Hours Without AI: Why Some People Are Unplugging from Artificial Intelligence

48 Hours Without AI: Why Some People Are Unplugging from Artificial Intelligence

The Backlash: Why Some Are Saying No to AI Ellen Rugaber, a 16-year-old student from Virginia, might seem like a typical high schooler – except she refuses to use AI on principle. “It’s part of growing up to learn how to do your own work,” she says, noting that many of her classmates rely on tools like ChatGPT for homework nzherald.co.nz. Rugaber worries outsourcing her thinking to a machine would stunt her skills, and she’s uneasy about the biases and errors AI text generators can produce nzherald.co.nz. In her eyes, using AI to write an essay or solve a problem
29 October 2025
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Caterpillar’s Stock Rally Roars: AI Boom, $650 Target Fuel All-Time High

Caterpillar Stock Hits Record High on AI Data Center Boom – Experts Warn It’s “Priced for Perfection”

Record Rally on Strong Demand and Big Upgrades Caterpillar’s stock has been on fire. In mid-October, CAT surged on news of a major analyst upgrade and strategic announcements. On Oct. 14 the stock hit an intraday peak around $528.45, its highest-ever levelts2.tech. “Today’s jump added roughly $10 billion to Caterpillar’s market value in a single session,” noted one market reportts2.tech. Over the past year the shares have rallied from the mid-$200s to the mid-$500s, nearly doubling since their 52-week lowts2.techinvestopedia.com. This has made CAT one of the Dow Jones’s top performers in 2025, outpacing even Nvidia and Microsoftinvestopedia.com. Analysts credit
29 October 2025
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Garmin Venu 4 Shines Bright: Wellness Coach, Flashlight & Big Upgrades to Rival Apple Watch

Garmin’s Big Q3 Surprise: Record Sales Surge, but Stock Plummets – What’s Next?

Garmin Q3 2025 Earnings Beat Expectations Garmin’s Oct. 29 press release showed record Q3 sales of ≈$1.77 billionprnewswire.com, up 12% from a year ago. CEO Cliff Pemble lauded “another quarter of strong financial results” with double-digit revenue growth in multiple segmentsuk.investing.com. Adjusted profit was $1.99 per share (versus $1.98 expected)uk.investing.com. On a GAAP basis EPS was $2.08prnewswire.com, essentially flat YoY. The strong demand came despite a slowing economy, reflecting Garmin’s diverse portfolio (fitness wearables, marine and aviation equipment, etc.). Notably, Garmin reiterated bullish guidance: it now expects about $8.15 EPS for FY2025 on roughly $7.10 billion revenuetimesunion.comprnewswire.com. Stock Slides on Slight Sales
29 October 2025
Tesla’s ‘Affordable’ EV Gamble Backfires – Stock Sinks as Cheaper Models Disappoint Investors

Car Stocks Whipsaw on Earnings Surprises and EV Jitters – Oct. 29 Update

Market Snapshot: Automakers See Volatility Amid Mixed News Automaker stocks are on a rollercoaster this week as investors digest third-quarter earnings and shifting trends in the car industry. As of Oct. 29, major car stocks are showing divergent moves. On Wall Street, Tesla (TSLA) is trading around $460 per sharenasdaq.com after a post-earnings pullback, while Ford (F) hovers in the mid-$12 range after a late-week surgets2.tech. General Motors (GM) is holding near multi-month highs following its big rally on an upward forecast revisionreuters.com. In Asia, BYD in Hong Kong is around HK$105 (≈$13.5) after a recent slidereuters.com, and Japan’s Toyota
29 October 2025
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$100B in Crypto? How Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) Stocks Became the Hottest Trend in Finance

Bitcoin Blasts Past $113K Again – Is a $200K Crypto Mega-Rally Coming?

Crypto’s Mainstream Moment? After years on the fringes, 2025 is increasingly looking like the year crypto hit the mainstream. Huge price milestones (Bitcoin six figures, total market value well into the trillions) have arrived alongside a wave of institutional adoption and the first real regulatory framework for digital assets in major economiests2.techts2.tech. The industry’s maturation – exemplified by the launch of exchange-traded funds, Wall Street giants entering the space, and governments crafting rules – has lent newfound legitimacy to crypto as an asset class. “The Trump administration said they would champion the crypto industry, and this is a huge step
29 October 2025
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2025’s Best-Performing Stock Market Is Up 35% – Here’s What’s Driving the Rally

2025’s Best-Performing Stock Market Is Up 35% – Here’s What’s Driving the Rally

Best Stock Market Performance as of October 29, 2025 Global Markets Rally to New Highs Stock markets around the world are on fire heading into the final days of October 2025. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index – up about 34–35% so far this year – is the planet’s best-performing major index Advisorperspectives. After a brutal multi-year slump, Hong Kong’s market came roaring back thanks to ultra-cheap valuations and China’s post-pandemic stimulus. Investors flooded into undervalued Chinese tech and consumer stocks, driving a dramatic rebound. As a result, the Hang Seng has erased its losses from prior years and is flirting
29 October 2025
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Tesla’s Trillion-Dollar Gamble: Musk’s Epic Pay Deal Divides Investors – What You Need to Know

Tesla’s Trillion-Dollar Gamble: Musk’s Epic Pay Deal Divides Investors – What You Need to Know

With the $1 trillion compensation package and a potential CEO transition dominating headlines, Tesla finds itself at a crossroads. Below, we unpack the latest developments, market reaction, expert opinions and what’s next for the EV giant. The Vote on Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package Tesla’s extraordinary CEO pay plan ties Musk’s compensation to an almost-unprecedented set of growth targets. It would grant Musk up to 12% of Tesla’s stock if the company hits an $8.6 trillion market cap by 2035 – a jump of nearly 8× today’s value. Meeting these goals also requires delivering robotaxis, humanoid Optimus robots, and other ambitious milestones
29 October 2025
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Volkswagen’s Bold Gambit: Used-Car Boom & Rental Push to Revive Profits (Plus One Driver’s Harrowing Pond Rescue!)

Volkswagen’s Bold Gambit: Used-Car Boom & Rental Push to Revive Profits (Plus One Driver’s Harrowing Pond Rescue!)

In summary, Volkswagen is doubling down on used-car and rental strategies to bolster revenues amid a tough market. Its finance arm is aggressively marketing pre-owned vehicles (a proven profit center) and expanding mobility offerings through partners like Europcar. At the same time, VW must navigate industry challenges – from chip shortages to collapsing used-EV values and fierce competition from Chinese automakers. Investors are watching closely: VW’s stock has been weak, but some technical charts hint at a bounce, and analysts remain cautiously optimistic that core sales and cost cuts will underpin a moderate profit rebound into 2025 reuters.com stockinvest.us. As
29 October 2025
Saudi Economy Rockets: IMF Ups Forecast, 5% GDP Growth on the Table – and a Nobel Laureate Boosts Innovation

Saudi Economy Rockets: IMF Ups Forecast, 5% GDP Growth on the Table – and a Nobel Laureate Boosts Innovation

IMF Forecast and Growth Outlook Saudi Arabia’s outlook brightened this week after the IMF lifted its 2025 GDP forecast to 4.0% Reuters. Reuters notes this upgrade is driven by faster-than-expected unwinding of OPEC+ oil cuts and rebounding output Reuters. IMF Middle East director Jihad Azour has warned that oil price recoveries significantly improve the Kingdom’s finances – each additional 1 million barrels/day adds ~3.2% of GDP to the fiscal balance Worldoil. In practical terms, breakeven oil prices remain high (around $94/bbl excluding extra spending) Worldoil, so the recent rise of Brent back toward ~$70 supports the budget. Finance Minister Mohammed
29 October 2025
22nd Century Group (XXII) Soars After $9.5M Windfall, Expands Low-Nicotine Cigarette Rollout

22nd Century Group (XXII) Soars After $9.5M Windfall, Expands Low-Nicotine Cigarette Rollout

$9.5M Insurance Settlement Sparks Rally 22nd Century Group (NASDAQ: XXII) received a substantial $9.5 million cash payout this week from an insurance settlement tied to a November 2022 incident at its Grass Valley facility. The settlement, for business interruption claims, provides a non-recurring cash windfall that immediately bolsters the company’s balance sheet. Shares of XXII surged 39% in post-market trading on Tuesday to about $2.10 on the news Benzinga, reflecting renewed investor optimism after the stock languished near all-time lows. (Even after the bounce, the micro-cap remains roughly 90% below its year-ago levels.) Management hailed the insurance proceeds as a
29 October 2025
Putin’s Oil Nightmare: Ukraine’s Drone Blitz Cripples 20% of Russia’s Refining – Oil Markets Rally

Putin’s Oil Nightmare: Ukraine’s Drone Blitz Cripples 20% of Russia’s Refining – Oil Markets Rally

Ukraine’s Deep-Strike Oil Campaign Ukraine has dramatically expanded its drone and missile strikes against Russia’s energy sector. Since early 2025 Kyiv has carried out dozens of long-range raids “hundreds of kilometers” inside Russia, deliberately targeting refineries, pipelines and fuel depots ts2.tech. In an Oct. 24 speech Zelenskyy noted, “We hit a certain number of their refineries… When they started to restore and saw the queues of cars, they redistributed the volumes to other refineries.” He vowed to keep up pressure on every spare plant that is boosting output eenews.net. Independent analysis confirms the scope of the campaign. BBC Verify finds
29 October 2025
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Cambium Networks Stock Jumps on Starlink News as Delisting Looms – Analysts See 385% Upside

Cambium Networks Stock Jumps on Starlink News as Delisting Looms – Analysts See 385% Upside

Stock Slumps Amid Delisting Fears Cambium Networks’ stock has been in a tailspin, reflecting both company-specific struggles and broader market skepticism. At just $0.62 per share as of Oct. 29, CMBM has lost nearly 90% of its value over the past 12 monthsfinimize.com. This collapse wiped out hundreds of millions in market capitalization – the company is now valued at only ~$17 millioninvesting.com, a stark contrast to its peers. (For example, rival Aviat Networks trades near $24 with a ~$250M market capinvestors.aviatnetworks.com, underscoring how far Cambium has fallen behind.) Cambium’s share price briefly dipped into penny-stock territory ($0.23 at the
29 October 2025
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Crypto Market Explodes: Bitcoin Nears $115K as Hot Presale Tokens (BlockchainFX, Nexchain, Ozak AI) Promise 100x+ Gains

Crypto Market Explodes: Bitcoin Nears $115K as Hot Presale Tokens (BlockchainFX, Nexchain, Ozak AI) Promise 100x+ Gains

US–China Trade Deal Sparks Rally Equity and crypto markets are celebrating progress on a US–China trade truce. A Reuters roundup notes global stocks “jumped” on Oct.28 after reports of a framework deal on tariffs reuters.com. The S&P 500 hit a record high (+1%), while China’s CSI 300 and Japan’s Nikkei also rose reuters.com. Multi-asset strategist Evelyne Gomez-Liechti observed the familiar pattern – Trump threats followed by market relief once talks resume reuters.com. Ross Hutchison of Zurich Insurance adds: “There is scope for investors to buy into positive news flow here” reuters.com. Cryptocurrency has moved in sync. CoinDesk reported that “preliminary
29 October 2025
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Profusa (PFSA) Stock Skyrockets 36% on Milestone News – Can This Biotech Sensor Play Rebound?

Profusa (PFSA) Stock Skyrockets 36% on Milestone News – Can This Biotech Sensor Play Rebound?

Milestone News: Manufacturing Boost and European Deals Profusa’s after-hours surge came on the heels of a positive company update. The California-based digital health firm announced it has completed key manufacturing initiatives, creating enough production capacity to supply more than twice the units needed to meet its 2026 revenue goals for the Lumee™ continuous oxygen sensor systembenzinga.com. Fred Knechtel, Profusa’s CFO, said the team is “laser-focused on achieving revenue from sales of Lumee tissue oxygen monitoring systems… at the start of the second quarter of 2026,” with inventory shipments to distributors planned in Q1 2026benzinga.com. To support that timeline, Profusa finished
29 October 2025
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Australia’s Inflation Bombshell: RBA Cuts Wiped Off Table as Markets Recoil

Australia’s Inflation Bombshell: RBA Cuts Wiped Off Table as Markets Recoil

Shock CPI Report Upends Rate-Cut Hopes On Oct. 29, official data showed Australia’s consumer price index (CPI) surged unexpectedly in Q3 2025. Headline CPI rose 1.3% from the previous quarter – the largest jump in 2½ years – pushing the annual rate to 3.2% (vs. 2.1% in Q2) reuters.com. Underlying inflation was even more worrying: the RBA’s preferred “trimmed mean” measure jumped 1.0% in Q3 (annual 3.0%), well above the 0.8% gain analysts predicted reuters.com bloomberg.co.jp. (By contrast, trimmed mean inflation had been easing – from 6.8% in late 2022 down to 2.7% – until this quarter.) Nearly every category
29 October 2025
Meta’s Q3 Showdown: Can AI Spend and Ad Growth Drive Another Rally?

Meta’s Q3 Showdown: Can AI Spend and Ad Growth Drive Another Rally?

Meta’s Q3 Preview: Riding the AI Wave Meta will release its Q3 2025 earnings Wednesday after the close. Wall Street’s consensus sees ~$49.5 billion revenue and ~$6.7 EPS businessinsider.com ig.com. That implies roughly 22% organic growth – fueled by a rebound in ad spending and AI-driven ad targeting. (By comparison, in Q2 Meta reported $47.52B revenue, +22% YoY ig.com.) Management guided Q3 revenue at $47.5–50.5B ts2.tech, so analysts’ estimates are near the top end of that range. Investors will scrutinize advertising trends in the quarter. Meta’s business is still 98% ads, and “AI-powered recommendation models drove 5% more conversions on
29 October 2025
Bloom Energy’s Big Break: $5B Brookfield AI Deal Sends Stock Surge – Experts Weigh In

Bloom Energy Stock Skyrockets on AI Mega-Deal & Blowout Earnings – Near 400% 2025 Rally

Stock Skyrockets on AI Deal and Earnings Bloom Energy’s stock has been on a tear in 2025, and the past few weeks brought that rally to a climax. On October 13, Bloom announced a landmark partnership with Brookfield Asset Management – a deal that will see up to $5 billion invested to deploy Bloom’s fuel cells as on-site power at Brookfield’s forthcoming fleet of AI data centersts2.tech. The news tapped directly into market excitement around artificial intelligence and clean energy, sending Bloom’s shares soaring ~24–30% intraday to an all-time high around $108reuters.com. Year-to-date, Bloom was already one of the market’s hottest
29 October 2025
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VSee Health (VSEE) Stock Rockets 75% on $10M Hospital Teleradiology Deal – Is This Telehealth’s Next Big Winner?

VSee Health (VSEE) Skyrockets 200% on Federal Telehealth Approval – Will the Surge Last?

Stock soars on federal approval, then steadies at new highs VSee Health’s stock (NASDAQ: VSEE) has experienced a whirlwind rally over the past two trading days. On October 28, shares of the telehealth upstart skyrocketed on news of a coveted federal security certification. The price leapt from just $0.62 at Monday’s close to as high as $2.52 during Tuesday’s intraday trading – a ~4× gaints2.tech. Extraordinary trading volume accompanied the spike, with over 156 million shares changing hands (versus under 2 million on an average day)ts2.tech. Such a surge is remarkable, especially for a micro-cap stock, and prompted trading halts
29 October 2025
Nokia Stock Skyrockets on Major 5G Contracts – Analysts Eye Upside

Nokia Stock Skyrockets on AI Hype and Nvidia’s $1B Bet – 5G Deals Fuel Decade-High Rally

Nokia Soars as Nvidia Invests – AI Hype Ignites a Decade-High Rally Nokia’s stock price surged to its highest level since 2016 after news of Nvidia’s investment, capping a dramatic late-October rallyreuters.com. The share price nearly doubled from earlier in the month, closing up 20.8% on Tuesday and climbing further on Wednesdayreuters.com. Investors flocked to Nokia after Nvidia – the world’s leading AI chipmaker – agreed to take a $1 billion stake in the company, a move analysts call a “strong endorsement of Nokia’s capabilities” in next-gen networksreuters.com. Nvidia’s investment will make it Nokia’s second-largest shareholder (at ~2.9% ownership) and came
29 October 2025
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Microsoft (MSFT) Stock Update & Insight Report – 2 Oct 2025

Microsoft Soars Past $4 Trillion on AI Deals as Earnings Loom

MSFT Stock Flirts with Record Highs on AI Momentum Microsoft’s stock has been on a tear in late 2025, fueled by enthusiasm for its AI initiatives and strong business fundamentals. MSFT shares are trading near all-time highs, having climbed about 25% since January and roughly 60% year-over-yearts2.tech – dramatically outpacing the broader market. On October 28, the stock spiked on news of Microsoft’s expanded deal with OpenAI, briefly rallying almost 4% and touching an intraday high around $554. That surge propelled Microsoft’s market capitalization above the historic $4 trillion threshold for the first timeeuronews.com. The stock settled back to close up
29 October 2025
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