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IREN stock jumps after Bernstein tags it a top AI pick as bitcoin holds near $91,000

IREN stock jumps after Bernstein tags it a top AI pick as bitcoin holds near $91,000

IREN shares jumped 9.3% Monday, outpacing other crypto miners as bitcoin hovered near $91,200 ahead of Tuesday’s U.S. CPI data. About 53 million IREN shares changed hands, with the stock trading between $45.85 and $51.62. Investors are watching IREN’s AI expansion and a $9.7 billion Microsoft deal, as well as upcoming earnings projected for February. Rate cut expectations have shifted after recent U.S. data.
13 January 2026
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Prediction Markets Go Mainstream in 2025: DraftKings Launches Predictions App, Coinbase Sues States, and Polymarket’s POLY Token Buzz Builds

Prediction Markets Go Mainstream in 2025: DraftKings Launches Predictions App, Coinbase Sues States, and Polymarket’s POLY Token Buzz Builds

DraftKings launched DraftKings Predictions, a CFTC-regulated app for trading event contracts, now live in 38 states with some restrictions. Coinbase filed lawsuits against Connecticut, Illinois, and Michigan, arguing that prediction markets should be regulated federally, not by state gambling authorities. Polymarket also reported renewed growth.
20 December 2025
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Spotify Stock Jumps on Music‑Video Launch: What to Know Before the December 10, 2025 Open

Spotify Stock Jumps on Music‑Video Launch: What to Know Before the December 10, 2025 Open

Spotify shares closed up 3% at $589.67 on December 9 after launching music videos for Premium users in the U.S. and Canada. The stock traded flat after hours. The new feature, available on mobile, desktop, and TV, includes videos from artists such as Ariana Grande and Tyler Childers. Spotify remains about 25% below its 52-week high despite a 27% gain year-to-date.
10 December 2025
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CoreWeave (CRWV) Stock Today, November 28, 2025: Price, Black Friday Set-Up and 5‑Year AI Cloud Outlook

CoreWeave (CRWV) Stock Today, November 28, 2025: Price, Black Friday Set-Up and 5‑Year AI Cloud Outlook

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWV) enters the shortened Black Friday trading session as one of Wall Street’s most closely watched artificial intelligence infrastructure stocks — and one of its most volatile. After a bruising November marked by a guidance cut, data‑center delays and aggressive insider selling, fresh research and ownership disclosures published on November 28, 2025 are reshaping the conversation around CoreWeave stock. Long-term forecasts, new institutional buyers and renewed scrutiny of the company’s debt load are all in focus today. Nasdaq+3MarketBeat+3Simply Wall St+3 CoreWeave stock price heading into the Black Friday session As the U.S. market reopens for a half‑day
28 November 2025
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Top IoT News Today – November 19, 2025: Router Hijacks, Smart Meters 2.0, Edge AI, and Market Momentum

Top IoT News Today – November 19, 2025: Router Hijacks, Smart Meters 2.0, Edge AI, and Market Momentum

The Internet of Things (IoT) is touching everything today from home heating and smart meters to industrial robots and farm irrigation. November 19, 2025 has brought a particularly dense cluster of headlines across security, energy, edge AI, and market research. Here’s a detailed rundown of the most important IoT stories you need to know today. 1. IoT Security Shock: “Operation WrtHug” Hijacks Tens of Thousands of ASUS Routers A major new IoT-focused cyber‑espionage campaign is unfolding — and this time, it’s targeting consumer and small-office routers. SecurityScorecard’s STRIKE team, working with ASUS, has revealed “Operation WrtHug”, a large‑scale hijacking of
19 November 2025
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Roblox Stock Surges: Viral Games Ignite Unprecedented Growth in Q3 Earnings

Roblox Stock Surges: Viral Games Ignite Unprecedented Growth in Q3 Earnings

Q3 Earnings Smash Expectations Roblox’s Oct. 30 earnings release stunned analysts. Bookings (non-GAAP sales of virtual currency) hit $1.92 billion in Q3 ng.investing.com, handily beating the $1.65B consensus reuters.com. This reflected a 70% surge in user spending versus year-ago. Daily active users climbed ~70% YoY to 151.5M ng.investing.com, and hours spent in games jumped 91% to 39.6 billion. By contrast, GAAP revenue was $1.36B (+48%) ng.investing.com and GAAP loss $0.37/share (slightly smaller loss than expected) ng.investing.com. In remarks, CEO Dave Baszucki said the quarter showed “tremendous progress we’ve made toward our goal of capturing 10% of the global gaming market”
30 October 2025
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AI Gold Rush or Bubble? Tech’s Trillion-Dollar Question

AI Gold Rush or Bubble? Tech’s Trillion-Dollar Question

Is the AI Boom a Bubble? Comparing Hype vs. Reality in 2025 Introduction: Boom, Bubble, or Both? The rise of generative AI has unleashed a wave of innovation and investor euphoria not seen in decades. Breakthroughs like OpenAI’s ChatGPT (launched late 2022) triggered a stampede of capital and countless startups, as well as ambitious AI initiatives at nearly every major tech company. By 2023–2025, headlines touting AI’s revolutionary potential were everywhere, and any business even tangentially tied to artificial intelligence saw its stock soar. This AI gold rush has drawn comparisons to past tech frenzies – from the dot-com boom
19 September 2025
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Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses Gen 2: Twice the Battery, 3K Video & AI – Are They Leading the Smart Glasses Revolution?

Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses Gen 2: Twice the Battery, 3K Video & AI – Are They Leading the Smart Glasses Revolution?

Key Facts Summary: Next-Gen Specs and Features: What’s New in Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2) Meta’s second-generation Ray-Ban smart glasses come packed with under-the-hood upgrades addressing many pain points of the first version. The headline improvements are in battery life and camera quality. The Gen 2 glasses last up to 8 hours per charge under typical use – about double the endurance of the original Ray-Ban Stories (which managed roughly 4 hours in real-world use) 9to5google.com 9to5google.com. This all-day battery makes a huge difference, turning the glasses from a short-use gadget into something you can wear from “morning-to-night” (think music festivals or day-long
18 September 2025
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Meta’s Leaked Ray-Ban HUD Glasses and ‘Oakley Orion’ Prototype Spark AR Showdown Ahead of Connect 2025

Meta Connect 2025 – Ray-Ban ‘Hypernova’ Glasses, Oakley Smart Shades & Meta’s $800 AI Bet

Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Go AR with “Hypernova” HUD At Meta’s annual Connect conference, Mark Zuckerberg pulled back the curtain on Ray-Ban Meta 3, the next generation of smart glasses co-developed with EssilorLuxottica. The biggest reveal was a high-end model internally dubbed “Hypernova”, essentially Ray-Ban Wayfarer-style glasses with a monocular heads-up display (HUD) built into the right lens reuters.com. Unlike prior Ray-Bans that only captured photos and audio, these new glasses can overlay digital info – maps, messages, translations – onto your view of the real world businessinsider.com. In one demo, directions and text notifications appeared in the wearer’s field of
17 September 2025
AI vs AI: The Autonomous Cybersecurity Arms Race Reshaping the SOC

AI vs AI: The Autonomous Cybersecurity Arms Race Reshaping the SOC

Introduction: The Dawn of Autonomous AI in Cybersecurity Imagine a near future where a malware strain is not hand-coded by a human, but generated on the fly by an AI, and where the security system defending your network is itself an AI that detects and neutralizes the threat in milliseconds. This scenario is quickly moving from science fiction to reality. Recent advances in artificial intelligence – particularly large language models (LLMs) and generative AI – are transforming the cyber battlefield on both offense and defense. Attackers are equipping themselves with AI tools that can write phishing emails, find software vulnerabilities,
15 September 2025
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Rokid AR Smart Glasses in 2025 – Rokid Max, New Releases, and the Augmented Reality Competition

Rokid AR Smart Glasses in 2025 – Rokid Max, New Releases, and the Augmented Reality Competition

Image: The new Rokid Glasses use a monochrome green micro-LED waveguide display to overlay information (like navigation prompts and object labels) in the wearer’s field of view techradar.com techradar.com. This built-in AR display is a feature Meta’s current Ray-Ban glasses lack, potentially giving Rokid an edge in functionality. Conclusion: Rokid’s AR smart glasses have evolved from a novel gadget into a credible consumer product line in 2025. The Rokid Max and Max 2 deliver an impressive personal cinema and casual AR experience, garnering praise for their visual quality, comfort, and value. At the same time, reviews temper the hype by pointing out that without
5 September 2025
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Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra vs iPad Pro – Samsung’s Thinnest Tablet Series Takes on Apple and More

Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra vs iPad Pro – Samsung’s Thinnest Tablet Series Takes on Apple and More

Galaxy Tab S11 vs S11 Ultra: Key Differences Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra (front) and Tab S11 (back) share a sleek design, with the Ultra featuring a small notch for its front camera and a dual-lens rear camera, while the standard S11 omits the notch and has a single rear camera. Both tablets look nearly identical at a glance – a clean aluminum slate with flat sides and uniformly thin bezels. However, size and spec differences set them apart: In summary, the Tab S11 Ultra is for those wanting the biggest canvas and a slight edge in specs (and budget
4 September 2025
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Astrology Just Got an AI Upgrade – Inside the Rise of AI-Powered Horoscopes

Astrology Just Got an AI Upgrade – Inside the Rise of AI-Powered Horoscopes

Co–Star, launched in 2017, uses NASA data combined with AI to generate real-time, hyper-personalized horoscopes and had over 30 million accounts by 2023 with more than 1 million daily active users. The Pattern’s AI analyzes natal charts to deliver detailed interpretations focusing on love, career, health, and personal growth, with more than 10 million downloads and 8 million monthly active users. Sanctuary blends AI-generated daily readings with live astrologers, has over 7 million downloads and about 3 million monthly users, and partnered with Marriott’s Moxy Hotels in 2024 for astrological travel tips. AstroTalk, based in India, claims over 40 million
21 August 2025
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GPT‑5 Has Arrived: OpenAI’s Next‑Gen AI Stuns With Upgrades in Coding, Reasoning, and Safety

Sam Altman’s AI Bubble Warning: Is the Tech Frenzy Nearing a Dangerous Peak?

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told tech reporters in San Francisco that the AI industry is in a frenzy and warned of a bubble. OpenAI’s private funding rounds have pushed its valuation to around $300 billion or more, with talk of a potential secondary sale at about $500 billion. Mira Murati’s new AI venture reportedly raised about $2 billion at a $12 billion valuation despite no product or revenue. Nvidia’s stock price surge propelled its market capitalization to $4 trillion by July 9, 2025, up about 1,300% since late 2022. The Magnificent Seven tech giants now account for nearly one-third of
19 August 2025
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Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra vs S9+ vs S9: The Ultimate Tablet Showdown and What’s Next

Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra vs S9+ vs S9: The Ultimate Tablet Showdown and What’s Next

The Galaxy Tab S9 family comprises the Tab S9 (11″), Tab S9+ (12.4″), and Tab S9 Ultra (14.6″), launched in mid-2023, with S Pen included and IP68 water and dust resistance on all models. All three run the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy, with the S9 offering 8GB or 12GB RAM, the S9+ fixed at 12GB, and the S9 Ultra up to 16GB RAM, plus microSD expansion up to 1TB. Dynamic AMOLED 2X displays run at 120Hz on all models, with the S9 at 11″ 2560×1600 (~274 ppi), the S9+ at 12.4″ 2800×1752 (~266 ppi), and the S9 Ultra
19 August 2025
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AI Just Changed Forever – Here’s Everything That Happened in the Last 48 Hours

AI Just Changed Forever – Here’s Everything That Happened in the Last 48 Hours

Major AI Product Launches & Updates (Aug 7–8, 2025) Corporate Moves, Funding Frenzy & Executive Shakeups Breakthroughs in AI Research & Innovation Government & Legal Developments in AI AI Ethics, Safety & Society: Key Debates of the Week Sources: OpenAI GPT-5 launch report (Reuters) reuters.com reuters.com; Google $1B education initiative (Reuters) reuters.com reuters.com; Anthropic model updates (Pymnts/Bloomberg) pymnts.com pymnts.com; TS2 Space AI News Roundup ts2.tech ts2.tech ts2.tech ts2.tech ts2.tech; MIT News – AI-designed polymer study news.mit.edu; Reuters – AI in materials ts2.tech; Reuters – Profluent AI genome editor (Brownstone/TS2 summary) ts2.tech ts2.tech; The Guardian – DeepMind Genie 3 (AGI world
8 August 2025
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Astrophotography’s Next-Gen Gear Wars (2025–2026): Ultimate Cosmic Camera Showdown

Astrophotography’s Next-Gen Gear Wars (2025–2026): Ultimate Cosmic Camera Showdown

Nikon Z8 features a 45.7 MP full-frame stacked CMOS sensor with native ISO 64–25,600 and a Night Vision mode for dark-sky shooting, priced around $4,000. Canon EOS R6 Mark II delivers 24.2 MP, ISO up to 102,400, and 8 stops of in-body image stabilization, making it a strong low-light option at about $2,500. Canon EOS R8 weighs about 461 g, offers 24.2 MP and strong high-ISO performance, with a travel-friendly price around $1,299 and automatic white balance that helps reduce light-pollution glow in JPEGs. Sony’s A7 IV and A7S III remain astro-friendly, the A7 IV with 33 MP and ISO
31 July 2025
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Why Your Next TV Might Be a Projector: What You Need to Know Before You Buy

Why Your Next TV Might Be a Projector: What You Need to Know Before You Buy

In 2025, a midrange projector plus a screen can deliver a 120-inch image for about $2,000, cheaper than most 98-inch LED TVs. The Epson LS12000 uses a laser light engine with 3LCD imaging to produce a native 4K (3840×2160) picture with deep blacks and 1,500–3,000 lumens brightness. JVC’s DLA-NZ8 and NZ9 are native 4K (D-ILA) projectors famed for deep blacks, with some models offering 8K e-shift upscaling. No consumer projector has a native 8K chip in 2025; 8K is achieved via techniques like e-shift on high-end models, often costing around $25,000. The BenQ X3100i is a 4LED DLP projector that
29 July 2025
2025’s Hottest Phones Face Off: Flagship vs. Budget (and Feature Phones) and What’s Coming in 2026

2025’s Hottest Phones Face Off: Flagship vs. Budget (and Feature Phones) and What’s Coming in 2026

In 2025 flagship smartphones use premium materials—Apple’s Pro iPhones with titanium alloy frames and Gorilla Glass Victus 2/3—while foldables such as Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7 showcase improved Ultra-Thin Glass hinges. Displays in 2025 feature OLED panels with 120Hz LTPO refresh rates, QHD+ resolution on many flagships, and brightness over 1,500 nits, with foldables refining durability and crease handling. Performance centers on 3nm/4nm chips like Apple A18 Bionic (~3nm, 10+ billion transistors) and Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, with RAM up to 16GB on top models and 6–8GB on mid-rangers. Android and iOS remain dominant, with Android
19 July 2025
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Inside YouTube’s 2025 Empire: Ads, Algorithms, and the Fight for Video Dominance

Inside YouTube’s 2025 Empire: Ads, Algorithms, and the Fight for Video Dominance

In Q4 2024, YouTube’s advertising sales reached $10.5 billion, up from $9.2 billion in Q4 2023, boosted by U.S. midterm spending. Analysts estimated YouTube’s 2024 ad revenues at $35–36 billion, about 13–14% of Alphabet’s total ad intake, with some valuing YouTube at roughly $550 billion as a standalone enterprise. As of 2025, YouTube Premium and YouTube Music have more than 125 million paying subscribers, with subscription revenues around $14.5 billion in 2024. YouTube Shorts generated over 70 billion daily views by 2023, and Shorts joined the main YouTube Partner Program in early 2023 to share ad revenue with creators. YouTube
16 July 2025
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Stock Market Today

RELX share price slides again on AI worries; what to watch ahead of Feb 12 results

RELX share price slides again on AI worries; what to watch ahead of Feb 12 results

8 February 2026
London, Feb 8, 2026, 0801 GMT — Market closed. RELX shares closed down 4.62% on Friday at 2,145 pence, leaving the business-information group near its 52-week low after a volatile week for data and legal services names. The stock is down sharply from its year high of 4,205p, with trading volume of about 10.1 million shares, Hargreaves Lansdown data showed. (Hargreaves Lansdown) The latest drop matters because investors have been repricing “defensive” information services as generative AI tools creep into legal and research workflows, one of RELX’s core profit engines. Even with the FTSE 100 ending Friday higher and the
Glencore shares steady after Rio walks away — what to watch before Monday’s trade

Glencore shares steady after Rio walks away — what to watch before Monday’s trade

8 February 2026
Glencore shares closed up 0.6% at 478.10 pence Friday after Rio Tinto ended merger talks, issuing a “no intention to bid” statement. Glencore’s board rejected the proposed deal terms, citing concerns over valuation and governance. Attention now turns to possible asset sales, including its $5 billion Kazzinc stake, ahead of Glencore’s annual results on Feb. 18.
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