Broadcom is more likely to deliver big gains for investors in 2025 than AI chip leader Nvidia , as major technology companies seek to reduce their dependence on a single supplier, according to fund manager Stephen Yiu. Yiu, portfolio manager of the Blue Whale Growth Fund, said that while Big Tech giants, such as Microsoft , Amazon , Google and Meta Platforms , had bought up Nvidia’s graphics processing units (GPUs) in vast quantities, they were now also developing their own custom chips for artificial intelligence applications in an effort to diversify. “Broadcom is not Nvidia, but we would expect…
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Government censorship, scam accounts, celebrity impersonation, propaganda and a user revolt over a journalist accused of demonizing trans people — these are just some of the hurdles faced by the nascent social media platform Bluesky. But they’re also signs of its rapid growth since the election.As Bluesky attracts more activity, particularly from those fleeing Elon Musk’s X, it is facing the price of success: tough moderation decisions and a growing number of bad actors.Nearly 25 million people have signed up for the platform, according to metrics site ClearSky. While that number is still a fraction of X’s user base, Bluesky’s controversies and challenges…
Before “Fox NFL Sunday” goes live on air, Howie Long is seen writing. Ask the colleagues around him on the set, and they’ll say he’s always writing.Michael Strahan teases Long about it. Jimmy Johnson laughs at what he calls “volumes” of notes. Terry Bradshaw lovingly calls the often-serious Long “boring” when he doesn’t chime in on jokes — primarily because he’s focused on his notes. Jay Glazer said Long’s handwriting is so small that he has no idea how Long reads his notes.No matter the situation, Long makes sure to jot down detailed notes—even if he admits to using less…
Amtrak Locomotive Engineer Davis Grilley drove The Winter Park Express from Denver Union Station to Winter Park in Winter Park, Colorado on Friday, December 20, 2024. Hyoung Chang | Denver Post | Getty ImagesAmtrak temporarily suspended all train service between New York and Philadelphia Sunday morning due to downed overhead power wires that were blocking the tracks.The delays and cancellations come at one of the busiest travel periods of the year, just days before the Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa holidays and as the region faces freezing temperatures.The travel suspension first occurred around 7 a.m. ET, with estimates of resumption only around…
And now, 12 Final Thoughts from the first weekend of the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff.1. The first on-campus Playoff game kicked off at 8:10 p.m. ET in front of 77,622 roaring fans at Notre Dame Stadium. You didn’t have to be in the 25-degree South Bend weather to get the chills. Anyone watching on TV could appreciate the magnitude of this moment for a sport that has only ever played its postseason at bowl games and neutral sites.The honeymoon lasted about 40 minutes, until Indiana fell behind Notre Dame 14-0 and the first wave of complaints began. The wrong…
Wall Street bulls mounted a valiant effort and pushed the stock market sharply Friday on a double dose of encouraging news. But the rally was not enough to overcome Wednesday’s Fed-driven plunge. The S & P 500 dropped for the second straight week, losing 2%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average made it three down weeks in a row, with a loss of more than 2.2%. The Nasdaq posted a 1.8% weekly decline, breaking a four-week winning streak. Looking under the hood of the S & P 500, all sectors closed lower for the week, despite Friday’s rally. Energy was…
They arrived within six months of each other, two stars summoned to Cleveland as franchise saviors and the final pieces necessary for a championship run. The Cavaliers packed their arena with employees and team personnel in September 2022 to welcome Donovan Mitchell at his introductory news conference. It was a signal both internally and across the NBA that the Cavs were contenders again. But six months earlier, when Deshaun Watson took the podium in March for an introductory news conference, it felt more like an interrogation than a Browns coronation.Two years later, the Cavaliers and Browns are in far different spaces. Mitchell…
Navigating a busy college schedule is hard. Navigating a busy college schedule while running your own business is even harder. For Elena Bonvicini, who founded the viral clothing brand EB Denim in high school, scaling her business during her time at the University of Southern California was a tall order. By the time she was a junior, EB Denim was bringing in over $1 million in revenue and Bonvicini was managing a handful of employees and interns.The success got her thinking: Why keep paying tuition and taking classes when she already had her dream job?”I was realizing I was already…
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump delivers remarks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 16, 2024.Brian Snyder | ReutersPresident-elect Donald Trump said Sunday Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his interest in a meeting regarding the war with Ukraine.”President Putin said that he wants to meet with me as soon as possible,” Trump said during his remarks at Turning Point’s America Fest convention. “So we have to wait for this, but we have to end that war. That war is horrible, horrible.”Trump, who is set to return to the White House in January, previously said on the campaign trail that…
HARTFORD, Conn. — As USC’s bench emptied onto the XL Center floor, with the No. 7 Trojans having defeated the No. 4 UConn Huskies 72-70, JuJu Watkins’ hands shot to the sky. Basking in her 25-point performance that lifted USC past UConn for the first time in school history, Watkins turned to the small section of supporters decked out in red and yellow inside the sold-out arena and acknowledged their support.“It hit a little different knowing the history from last year and how they sent us home,” Watkins said.The stakes were different this time. In April, in the Elite Eight,…
