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Gemini's App Store victory marks a significant shift in the AI app wars, potentially signaling Google's comeback after months of playing catch-up to OpenAI's dominance. While Google expands AI functionality for content creators on YouTube Shorts, OpenAI is taking a different approach by focusing on safety features like age-appropriate ChatGPT versions for users under 18, highlighting how the two tech giants are pursuing very different strategies in the race for AI supremacy. Plus: Meta unveiled its new smart glasses and Whitney Houston is…going on tour?

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According to many, acquiring established businesses beats starting from scratch, especially as boomer owners look to retire. While you can buy everything from ghost towns to baseball teams, experts say the boring businesses usually work best—like companies that clean other machines or maintain indoor plants—because solid cash flow and established customer bases matter more than flashy concepts. Plus: LimeWire buys Fyre Fest and a Ben & Jerry’s co-founder is quitting.

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Oracle secured a massive $300 billion contract with OpenAI while becoming the key player in TikTok's survival through Project Texas, a $1.5 billion initiative that gives Oracle unprecedented oversight of the app's US operations and user data. We examine how this 50-year-old database company leveraged its intelligence agency connections and cloud infrastructure to become both an AI boom beneficiary and a privatized national security service for digital platforms. Plus: There’s a rise in women using ChatGPT and Calm launches a new standalone app.

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Investors are pushing PepsiCo, arguing that the company's sprawling portfolio has become a liability rather than a strength. While Coca-Cola enjoys 28.5% operating margins compared to Pepsi's 11.2%, PepsiCo CEO Ramon Laguarta faces the challenge of proving his integrated food-and-beverage strategy can still work in an era where Wall Street demands focus over diversification. Plus: Tesla stock rallies after Elon Musk’s $1B investment and the TikTok ban might be off the table.

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AI is turning home security from a reactive "record and review" system into a proactive "predict and prevent" ecosystem that can recognize faces, predict behaviors, and automatically respond to threats. Conor Grennan and Jaeden Schafer join us from the AI Applied podcast to discuss how AI will fundamentally change how we live in our own homes. Plus: Shake Shack unveils a French Onion burger and Americans are souring on “big business.”

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Microsoft's shifted toward Anthropic, Oracle's had a massive stock jump and Apple's remained silent on AI during their latest hardware reveal. We’ll chat all that and more on this week’s AI update. Plus: M&Ms adds a new flavor and a billionaire flies an electric aircraft.

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What started as brides mimicking influencer behavior has become an organized movement with official guides, email templates, and company lists to help score free products for wedding parties. Some brands see opportunity in reaching new customers, but many smaller businesses are overwhelmed by automated requests from brides, raising questions about whether this wedding freebie frenzy actually benefits anyone. Plus: Apple announces iPhone 17 and Potbelly shares jump 30%.

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Despite a year of changes including menu simplification, store renovations, and a half-billion-dollar investment in labor hours, Starbucks is still reporting declining sales and facing strikes from over 600 unionized locations. We examine how CEO Brian Niccol's attempts to recreate the "third place" experience have been undermined by understaffing, operational complexity, and the fundamental tension between being a global corporation and a cozy neighborhood coffeehouse. Plus: OpenAI goes Hollywood and StubHub is looking to IPO.

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Food quality remains solid, but the value proposition of these “slop bowl” chains has completely collapsed as prices skyrocket while portion sizes stay the same. Chipotle's $19 burrito bowl raises eyebrows, while Sweetgreen's $29 kale salad feels like paying luxury prices for what amounts to rabbit food with fancy branding. So with these price increases, are these businesses thriving or just barely surviving? Plus: Tesla is losing US market share and McDonald’s brings out even more discount deals.

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AJ Wolfe, author of the New York Times bestseller Disney Adults: Exploring (And Falling in Love With) a Magical Subculture, talks about how a passionate group of fans influences Disney — and why listening to them often works. Plus: Lego wants you to build a Death Star and Mark Zuckerberg sues Meta, kind of.

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