Amazon Prime Day 2026 Kicks Off Today With Four Days of Deals and a Few Things Worth Knowing First
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Alphabet Loses $250 Billion in Market Value as Google’s Top AI Researchers Defect to Rivals
Alphabet suffered its worst single-day stock decline in more than a year on Monday after two of
Substack Just Launched Brand Sponsorships, and the Creator Economy Noticed
Substack crossed a line Monday that it spent years insisting it would not cross. The newsletter platform
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You Can Now Own a Piece of Elon Musk’s Rockets. Here Is What That Actually Buys You
SpaceX (SPCX) went public in the biggest IPO ever, closing up 19% at $160.95. Buying in means owning Falcon 9, Starlink, and xAI at once, but Musk keeps the votes.
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SpaceX’s Tiny Free Float Has Wall Street Bracing for a Wild IPO Ride
SpaceX hit the public markets with a $1.75 trillion valuation and a free float so small that
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A 20-Year-Old YouTuber Just Broke A24’s Box Office Record With ‘Backrooms,’ and Hollywood Should Be Nervous
Kane Parsons was 16 when he uploaded the YouTube video that started everything. Now he is 20,
Spectrum Is Bleeding TV and Internet Customers: Inside Cord Cutting 2.0
Spectrum keeps losing customers on both sides of its business. Its parent company, Charter, shed about 60,000
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American Airlines Suspends Six Routes as Jet Fuel Prices Spike 50 Percent
American Airlines just became the first major U.S. carrier to publicly flinch at the fuel-price shock that
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Starbucks Korea’s ‘Tank Day’ Promotion Reopened a National Wound
South Korea’s Starbucks ran a “Tank Day” promotion on the Gwangju massacre anniversary. The boycott that followed is a lesson in what a global brand can’t borrow.
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The American News Business Is Cracking: NPR Buyouts, CBS Radio Goes Dark, and Local TV Bleeds
The infrastructure that tells Americans what is happening to them is coming apart in real time, one
3,700 Trades by Trump: The Inside-Information Corruption Question
The Office of Government Ethics released two Form 278-T disclosures last week showing roughly 3,642 securities transactions
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A Jury Took Less Than Two Hours to Kill Elon Musk’s $150 Billion Vendetta Against OpenAI
A California jury needed less than two hours to kill Elon Musk’s blockbuster lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman. The verdict, based on statute of limitations, leaves the biggest question in AI unanswered: who holds an $852 billion company accountable to its founding mission?
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ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. The Day Before Google I/O 2026, the Gap Is Not Subtle
After six months paying for ChatGPT Plus, Claude Pro, and Gemini Advanced, the verdict the day before Google I/O 2026 is lopsided. One is doing the work; the other two are competing for second.
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Kevin Warsh Takes the Fed Today, and the Country’s Inflation Math Just Got Harder
Kevin Warsh walks into the Eccles Building on Thursday as Federal Reserve chair, sworn in after a
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NBC Canceled Nine Shows for 2026. Its Executives Admit They Loved Them
NBC and NBCUniversal canceled nine shows ahead of the May 11 upfront, and the executives keep saying they loved them. The real reason is sports and streaming.
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GTA 6 Pre-Order Hype Added $2 Billion to Take-Two Before a Single Order Was Real
An unverified Best Buy email about GTA 6 pre-orders added nearly $2 billion to Take-Two’s value before a single order was real. The May 21 earnings call is the real test.
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Inflation Hits 3.8% as Iran War Drives Gas Prices to a Three-Year Peak
April 2026 CPI hit 3.8% annual, the highest since 2023, driven by a 28% surge in gasoline prices from the closed Strait of Hormuz. The Fed has run out of room.
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Spirit Airlines Shuts Down: Iran War Fuel Spike Kills First Major US Airline In 25 Years
Spirit Airlines ceased all operations on May 2, 2026, becoming the first major U.S. airline to fold in 25 years after jet fuel prices doubled amid the Iran war. The carrier’s collapse reveals the fragility of ultra-low-cost airlines operating on razor-thin margins when geopolitical shocks hit commodity markets.
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