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Analysis: The AI investment boom is about 1% of U.S. GDP, about half the share of GDP during the 1990s dot-com boom and comparable to the U.S. shale boom of the mid-2010s (Toby Nangle/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 11, 2026

Toby Nangle / Financial Times: Analysis: The AI investment boom represents about 1% of U.S. GDP, about half the share…

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Italy fines Cloudflare €14.2 million for refusing to block pirate sites on its DNS 1.1.1.1 service; CEO Matthew Prince says he will discuss it with U.S. officials (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 10, 2026

Featured Podcasts Access: The race for AI glasses is heating up. A show about the inside conversations of the tech…

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JPMorgan’s asset management unit cuts ties with proxy advisory firms to use its AI-powered Proxy IQ platform to help with U.S. voting, an industry first (Jack Pitcher/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 7, 2026

Featured Podcasts Channels with Peter Kafka: Inside Bari Weiss’ Rise: Los Angeles, Sun Valley, and the Mogul Network Media and…

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GWI: LinkedIn’s 2025 revenue grew from $7 billion in 2020 to $17 billion as users doubled to 1.3 billion; 4.7% of U.S. users checked more than once per day in 2025, up from 3.9% in 2020 (Stu Woo/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 7, 2026

Stuwoo / Wall Street Journal: GWI: LinkedIn’s 2025 revenue grew from $7 billion in 2020 to $17 billion as users…

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GM posts 5.5% increase in U.S. sales in 2025, while Jeep ends annual declines

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 5, 2026

2026 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X with Carbon Aero PackageGeneral managerDETROIT — General engines on Monday reported a 5.5% increase in annual…

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Fueled in part by U.S. tech companies, governments around the world are rushing to deploy GenAI in schools and universities, even as agencies such as UNICEF urge caution (Natasha Singer/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 4, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Meta’s AI Agent Plan, Grok’s Perversion, The Prison of Financial Mediocrity The Big Technology Podcast…

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SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic could go public in 2026; these three deals alone would exceed the total proceeds of about 200 U.S. IPOs in 2025 (George Hammond/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 1, 2026

Featured Podcasts The Talk Show with John Gruber: “Review of the year 2025”, with René Ritchie The director’s commentary track…

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Southwest shares rose more than any other U.S. airline in 2025

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 23, 2025

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft arrives at Los Angeles International Airport from San Francisco on March 28, 2025 in…

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U.S. companies sold $1.7 billion worth of investment-grade bonds in 2025, close to 2020’s record $1.8 billion, driven by borrowing in AI infrastructure; Goldman says AI accounts for about 30% (Kate Duguid/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 23, 2025

Kate Duguid / Financial Times: U.S. companies sold $1.7 billion worth of investment-grade bonds in 2025, close to 2020’s record…

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SMART USA Institute, funded by the U.S. CHIPS Act and focused on digital twins for chipmaking, says the Commerce Department will terminate its five-year, $285 million contract (Samuel K. Moore/IEEE Spectrum)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 21, 2025

Samuel K. Moore / IEEE Spectrum: The SMART USA Institute, funded by the US CHIPS Act and focused on digital…

Aung San Suu Kyi transferred to house arrest – Radio Free Asia

Olivia Enos and Mira Rapp-Hooper join RFA board of directors – Radio Free Asia

Satellite imagery reveals increased activity at North Korean nuclear complex – Radio Free Asia

Solomon Islands political crisis won’t ‘fundamentally change’ relations with Beijing – Radio Free Asia

ASEAN, China unlikely to finalize South China Sea Code of Conduct at next summit – Radio Free Asia

Demand for offices rebounds to its highest level since the start of the Covid pandemic

Rivian renegotiates $4.5 billion DOE loan, adjusts capacity plans for Georgia plant

Blue Owl shares jump after private credit firm cites SpaceX gains

Lawyers warn of serious risks

Eli Lilly (LLY) first quarter 2026 results

Trump flatly threatens Disney in his efforts for 86 Jimmy Kimmel

Trump walks around the White House sticking coins on the doors

Democrats have a way to eliminate the Supreme Court’s damage to voting rights

Trump confuses Iran and Ukraine, clear sign of brutal mental decline

Pete Hegseth Was A Total Train Wreck At Iran War Hearing

The US Senate unanimously passed a rule banning senators from trading on prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket, amid growing concern over insider trading (Dan Mangan/CNBC)

North Korea-linked hackers stole an estimated $577 million through the Drift Protocol and KelpDAO hacks in April, accounting for 76% of total crypto hacking losses so far in 2026 (TRM Insights)

US Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves bipartisan child safety bill requiring AI companies like OpenAI and Meta to implement age verification (Emily Birnbaum/Bloomberg)

U.S. officials prepare broad AI policy memo that outlines rules for national security agencies’ use of AI, including avoiding single vendors (Bloomberg)

strong demand for AI in China nearly doubles prices for Nvidia’s B300 servers to around $1 million each, as crackdown on chip smuggling dries up black market supply (Reuters)

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Analysis: The AI investment boom is about 1% of U.S. GDP, about half the share of GDP during the 1990s dot-com boom and comparable to the U.S. shale boom of the mid-2010s (Toby Nangle/Financial Times)

Italy fines Cloudflare €14.2 million for refusing to block pirate sites on its DNS 1.1.1.1 service; CEO Matthew Prince says he will discuss it with U.S. officials (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)

JPMorgan’s asset management unit cuts ties with proxy advisory firms to use its AI-powered Proxy IQ platform to help with U.S. voting, an industry first (Jack Pitcher/Wall Street Journal)

GWI: LinkedIn’s 2025 revenue grew from $7 billion in 2020 to $17 billion as users doubled to 1.3 billion; 4.7% of U.S. users checked more than once per day in 2025, up from 3.9% in 2020 (Stu Woo/Wall Street Journal)

GM posts 5.5% increase in U.S. sales in 2025, while Jeep ends annual declines

Fueled in part by U.S. tech companies, governments around the world are rushing to deploy GenAI in schools and universities, even as agencies such as UNICEF urge caution (Natasha Singer/New York Times)

SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic could go public in 2026; these three deals alone would exceed the total proceeds of about 200 U.S. IPOs in 2025 (George Hammond/Financial Times)

Southwest shares rose more than any other U.S. airline in 2025

U.S. companies sold $1.7 billion worth of investment-grade bonds in 2025, close to 2020’s record $1.8 billion, driven by borrowing in AI infrastructure; Goldman says AI accounts for about 30% (Kate Duguid/Financial Times)

SMART USA Institute, funded by the U.S. CHIPS Act and focused on digital twins for chipmaking, says the Commerce Department will terminate its five-year, $285 million contract (Samuel K. Moore/IEEE Spectrum)