In a move that has sent shockwaves through the global technology sector, Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) and OpenAI have finalized a strategic partnership that fundamentally redefines the artificial intelligence hardware landscape. The deal, announced in late 2025, centers on a massive deployment of AMD’s next-generation MI450 accelerators within a dedicated 1-gigawatt (GW) data center [...]
At the end of every year, I find that it is important to review the total returns of five major investment categories. Stocks have delivered an 87.11% total return, leading the major asset classes. However, precious metals have outperformed, driven b...
As 2025 draws to a close, the promise of artificial intelligence has shifted from mere conversation to autonomous action. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) has officially signaled the dawn of the "Agentic Era" with the full-scale rollout of two experimental AI powerhouses: Project Mariner and Project CC. These agents represent a fundamental pivot in Google’s strategy, [...]
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:VNDA) shares are trading higher Wednesday after the company announced it received FDA approval of NEREUS for the prevention of vomiting induced by motion.
The landscape of artificial intelligence has undergone a seismic shift as 2025 draws to a close, marked by a massive migration of elite talent from OpenAI to Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META). What began as a trickle of departures in late 2024 has accelerated into a full-scale exodus, with Meta’s newly minted "Superintelligence Labs" (MSL) [...]
Warren Buffett steps away as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, leaving behind a stock near all-time highs and with a market capitalization of more than $1 trillion.
On December 11, 2025, Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) fundamentally shifted the trajectory of artificial intelligence with the release of Gemini Deep Research. Moving beyond the era of simple conversational chatbots, this new "agentic" system is designed to function as an autonomous knowledge worker capable of conducting multi-hour, multi-step investigations. By bridging the gap between information [...]
In a move that has sent shockwaves through the creative and tech industries, OpenAI has officially unveiled GPT Image 1.5, a transformative update to its visual generation ecosystem. Announced during the company’s "12 Days of Shipmas" event in December 2025, the new model marks a departure from traditional diffusion-based systems in favor of a native [...]
Date: December 31, 2025Sector: Artificial Intelligence / TechnologyStatus: Private (Pre-IPO) / Leading "AI Tiger" Introduction As 2025 draws to a close, the global artificial intelligence landscape has matured from a frantic gold rush into a disciplined war of attrition. At the center of this evolution in the East is Zhipu AI (Beijing Zhipu Huazhang Technology). [...]
In a move that has sent shockwaves through both Hollywood and Silicon Valley, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) and OpenAI announced a historic $1 billion partnership on December 11, 2025. The deal, which includes a direct equity investment by Disney into the AI research firm, marks a fundamental shift in how the world’s most [...]
The world economy seems to be reaching growth limits because there are too few easily extractable energy resources (as well as other resources, such as fresh water), relative to the world’s population.
In a move that signals a paradigm shift for the artificial intelligence industry, Anthropic (Private) officially released its "Agent Skills" framework as an open standard on December 18, 2025. By transitioning what was once a proprietary feature of the Claude ecosystem into a universal protocol, Anthropic aims to establish a common language for "procedural knowledge"— [...]
As of December 31, 2025, MicroStrategy Inc. (NASDAQ: MSTR) stands as one of the most polarizing and fascinating case studies in modern corporate finance. No longer viewed simply as a legacy software provider, the company has successfully transitioned into what it describes as the world’s first "Bitcoin Development Company." By integrating a steady enterprise software [...]
On December 17, 2025, Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) fundamentally altered the landscape of the internet by announcing that Gemini 3 Flash is now the default engine powering Google Search. This transition marks the definitive conclusion of the "blue link" era, a paradigm that has defined the web for over a quarter-century. By replacing static lists [...]
As the clock ticks toward 2026, OpenAI is locked in a high-stakes search for a new "Head of Preparedness," a role designed to be the ultimate gatekeeper against existential threats posed by the next generation of artificial intelligence. Offering a base salary of $555,000—complemented by a substantial equity package—the position has been described by CEO [...]
As 2025 draws to a close, the landscape of global computing is being fundamentally rewritten by "Project Stargate," a monumental $500 billion infrastructure initiative led by OpenAI and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). This ambitious venture, which has transitioned from a secretive internal proposal to a multi-national consortium, represents the largest capital investment in a single technology [...]
In a development that has sent shockwaves through the tech industry, Anthropic has announced that its latest flagship model, Claude 4.5 Opus, has achieved a milestone once thought to be years away: outperforming human software engineering candidates in the company’s own rigorous hiring assessments. During internal testing conducted in late 2025, the model successfully completed [...]
On October 21, 2025, OpenAI fundamentally shifted the landscape of digital navigation with the release of Atlas, an AI-native browser designed to replace the traditional search-and-click model with a paradigm of delegation and autonomous execution. By integrating its most advanced reasoning models directly into the browsing engine, OpenAI is positioning Atlas not just as a [...]
The year 2025 has cemented a historic shift in the biological sciences, marking the end of the "guess-and-test" era of drug discovery. At the heart of this revolution is AlphaFold 3, the latest AI model from Google DeepMind and its commercial sibling, Isomorphic Labs—both subsidiaries of Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL). While its predecessor, AlphaFold 2, solved [...]
From an infrastructure perspective, New Year’s Eve is a massive challenge. In fact, it’s one of the biggest stress tests our power grid faces all year.
As 2025 draws to a close, the artificial intelligence landscape looks radically different than it did just twelve months ago. On January 20, 2025, a relatively obscure Hangzhou-based startup called DeepSeek released a reasoning model that would become the "Sputnik Moment" of the AI era. DeepSeek R1 did more than just match the performance of [...]
As we close out 2025, the tech landscape looks fundamentally different than it did just twelve months ago. The primary catalyst for this shift was the August 7, 2025, release of GPT-5 by OpenAI. While previous iterations of the Generative Pre-trained Transformer were celebrated as world-class chatbots, GPT-5 marked a definitive transition from a conversational [...]
In a move that has sent shockwaves through Silicon Valley and redefined the valuation of human capital in the age of artificial intelligence, Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: META) has successfully recruited Andrew Tulloch, a co-founder of the elite startup Thinking Machines Lab. The transition, finalized in late 2025, reportedly includes a compensation package worth a [...]
As 2025 draws to a close, the artificial intelligence landscape has shifted from models that merely talk to models that do. Leading this charge is OpenAI’s "Operator," an autonomous agent that has spent the last year transforming from a highly anticipated research preview into a cornerstone of the modern digital workflow. By leveraging a specialized [...]
As the clock strikes midnight and ushers in 2026, the artificial intelligence industry faces its most significant regulatory milestone to date. Starting January 1, 2026, California’s Senate Bill 53 (SB 53), officially known as the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (TFAIA), becomes enforceable law. The legislation marks a decisive shift in how the world’s [...]
As 2025 draws to a close, the landscape of artificial intelligence has been fundamentally reshaped by a shift from "instant response" models to "deliberative" systems. At the heart of this evolution was the February release of Claude 3.7 Sonnet by Anthropic. This milestone marked the debut of the industry’s first true "hybrid reasoning" model, a [...]
In a move that signals the end of hardware-gated AI features, Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) has officially begun the global rollout of its next-generation live translation service. Powered by the newly unveiled Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio model, the feature allows users to experience near-instantaneous, speech-to-speech translation using any pair of headphones, effectively democratizing a [...]
In a move that has fundamentally rewritten the economics of the silicon age, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and OpenAI have announced a historic $100 billion strategic partnership aimed at constructing the most ambitious artificial intelligence infrastructure in human history. The deal, formalized as the "Sovereign Compute Pact," earmarks a staggering $100 billion in progressive investment from [...]
As the clock strikes midnight on December 31, 2025, the American retail sector is closing the books on a holiday season that was as record-breaking as it was revealing. While total nominal spending climbed by 4.2% year-over-year, the celebration is tempered by the reality that much of this growth
As 2025 draws to a close, the U.S. equity markets are finishing a year defined by record-breaking highs, yet a significant rift has formed between the two most watched barometers of American prosperity. The S&P 500, bolstered by a relentless surge in artificial intelligence and semiconductor demand, has
As of December 31, 2025, the landscape of software engineering and cybersecurity has undergone a fundamental shift with the official launch of OpenAI's GPT-5.2-Codex. Released on December 18, 2025, this specialized model represents the pinnacle of the GPT-5.2 family, moving beyond the role of a "coding assistant" to become a fully autonomous engineering agent. Its [...]
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As the clock strikes midnight on 2025, the era of "move fast and break things" is officially being replaced by an era of "comply or be dismantled." For years, the technology sector has navigated a landscape of looming threats and theoretical lawsuits, but 2026 marks the definitive transition from litigation
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