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BUSINESSPrime Day Starts Today. The Bigger Test Is Amazon's AI Shopping Bet.
With billions in sales expected over four days and a new AI shopping assistant front and center, Amazon is using its biggest retail event of the year to answer a question Wall Street actually cares about.
BUSINESSChina Built the World's Fastest Supercomputer Without a Single US Chip. Here's the Catch.
LineShine just topped the global supercomputing rankings using entirely domestic technology β a pointed response to years of US export controls. Whether it moves the needle on AI is a different question.
BUSINESSShopify Is Banning Vape Sales in the U.S. Here's Why That's Bigger Than It Sounds.
Platform enforcement is proving faster than product-by-product policing β and Shopify's decision is about to show every other hosting provider what's coming next.
BUSINESSAriana Grande Told the White House to Stop Using Her Music. The Law Is Messier Than It Looks.
When the government uses a pop star's song without permission, the fight starts in public β but the real leverage sits inside a maze of copyright, platform rules, and music contracts.
BUSINESSHollywood Directors Just Signed a Four-Year Deal With Studios, but Nobody Knows What the AI Clause Says
The DGA reached a tentative deal Tuesday after 29 days of talks. Studios get labor peace. Directors get a contract. The AI terms β the part everyone actually cares about β have not been released yet.
BUSINESSAmazon Just Picked a Fight in LTL Freight
Amazon opened its internal freight network to all US businesses today. Freight stocks fell. The timing β nine days after FedEx's LTL division became an independent public company β is not a coincidence.
BUSINESSFast Food Earnings Just Delivered the Most Honest Read on the American Economy in Years
Taco Bell just posted 8% same-store sales growth. McDonald's says lower-income diners are still pulling back. Wingstop's domestic comps fell 8.7%. These are not separate stories. They are the same consumer economy in three different forms.
BUSINESSKim Kardashian Went to Monaco. The Real Story Is F1's Luxury Boom.
Kim Kardashian cheered on Lewis Hamilton at the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday. It was treated as celebrity news. The business story is more interesting.