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Retail
While many discount retailers struggle in 2025—prompting store closures at chains like Big Lots and Dollar General—Five Below is taking a different path. The teen- and tween-focused discount chain announced it will open 150 new stores this year, a bold move in a sector grappling with inflationary pressure
Automotive
Tesla has issued a major recall affecting 46,096 Cybertrucks in the U.S. due to a faulty piece of exterior trim that may detach while the vehicle is in motion—posing a serious safety risk to other drivers. The recall, filed with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety
Semiconductors
SoftBank Group has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Ampere Computing, a Silicon Valley-based chipmaker, for $6.5 billion in an all-cash transaction. The deal, expected to close in the second half of 2025, marks a bold strategic move by SoftBank to deepen its investment in AI infrastructure and high-performance
Decentralization
The open-source publishing platform Ghost, widely known as a privacy-respecting alternative to Substack, has officially joined the fediverse—a decentralized network of social platforms powered by the ActivityPub protocol. This integration marks a significant shift in how independent publishers can share, distribute, and interact with content across the broader social
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
At GTC 2025, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang introduced two groundbreaking systems that redefine what personal computing looks like in the age of AI: DGX Spark and DGX Station. Dubbed “personal AI supercomputers,” these systems are powered by Nvidia’s cutting-edge Grace Blackwell platform and represent a new category of desktop
Robotics
At GTC 2025, Nvidia made a bold bet on the future of robotics with the launch of Isaac GR00T N1, the world’s first open, fully customizable foundation model for generalized humanoid reasoning and skills. This major milestone signals the dawn of generalist AI-driven robots designed to adapt, learn, and
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Nvidia is printing profit—literally. The company now earns $2,300 in profit every second, riding the explosive wave of AI adoption. What once was a gaming hardware company is now a titan of AI infrastructure, with its data center business outpacing even its iconic GPUs. Now, Nvidia is raising
Cybersecurity
In a landmark move, Google’s parent company Alphabet has announced its largest acquisition to date: the purchase of cloud cybersecurity startup Wiz. The New York-based company, founded by Israeli entrepreneurs, will now become part of the Google Cloud division. The deal—reportedly valued above the previous $23 billion offer
Business Insights
Robinhood, the trading app that made a name for itself by “democratizing finance” and bringing Wall Street to the fingertips of everyday investors, is now taking a bold—and controversial—leap into the world of prediction markets. On Monday, the company announced a new feature called the "Prediction Hub&
Retail
Forever 21, once a dominant force in American mall culture and a fast-fashion pioneer, has filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time in six years. This time, the outlook is even more grim. The operating company behind the brand is expected to liquidate all U.S. operations and close
Retail
Retail store closures are accelerating in 2025, and now Dollar General is the latest major chain to downsize. Following the likes of Joann Fabrics, Walgreens, and Big Lots, Dollar General Corporation announced it will shutter 141 stores across its two brands: Dollar General and PopShelf. The closures were revealed in
E-commerce
Shopify has acquired Vantage Discovery, a startup focused on building AI-powered search technology for retailers, as part of its ongoing push to deepen its artificial intelligence capabilities. Founded in early 2023 by former Pinterest engineers Lance Riedel and Nigel Daley, Vantage Discovery was created to bring “Pinterest-like” search functionality to