Fraud Tactics & Risks - Increased online shopping during heavy shopping seasons like Black Friday makes consumers more vulnerable to fraud and scams [1] - Scammers use AI to reverse engineer legitimate websites, create imposter social media accounts, and generate fake reviews, making scams more convincing [4][5] - Scammers exploit the desire for deals and bargains, especially during times of economic pressure [2] - Red flags include prices that are too good to be true (e.g., 70-90% off) [11] Prevention & Protection - Use website reputation checkers like Scam Advisor, URL Void, and Trustpilot to verify the legitimacy of websites [7] - Check the Better Business Bureau for information on domain names [8] - Use credit cards for online purchases due to their fraud protection [8] - Be wary of merchants who only accept payment methods like Venmo, Zelle, gift cards, or wire transfers [9][10] - Use VirusTotal dot com to evaluate URLs for potential scams [12] Response to Scams - Immediately contact the bank or payment provider to lock down accounts [13][14] - Report the incident to the FBI at IC3 dot gov and the FTC at FTC dot gov [14] - Utilize resources like the Identity Theft Resource Center for assistance and guidance [14]

Investment Strategy & Focus - The technology providers are expected to maintain strong earnings growth [1] - The industry sees opportunities in companies beyond the immediate AI technology providers, including those enabling automation and efficiency improvements in other sectors [4][6] - The market should pay attention to companies showing margin expansion [8] Key Companies & Technologies - Nvidia's CUDA software system is considered a significant asset, similar to Apple's App Store [2] - AMD and Broadcom are also developing technologies (TPUs) that present opportunities [4] - Symbiotic is identified as a company benefiting from the AI trend through automation solutions [6] Market & Economic Conditions - The discussion about a potential bubble is considered overdone, and the current situation differs from the tech boom of the late 1990s due to current growth stocks experiencing approximately 20% average growth [10][11][15] - Capital expenditure is ramping up, indicating healthy investment in the sector [11] - There are concerns about the concentration of the market around OpenAI [14] Company-Specific Analysis (Oracle) - Oracle's debt-to-equity ratio was 427%, down from 780% year-over-year [12] - Oracle's price-to-earnings ratio is up 130% year-over-year, while debt is only up 9% [13] - Oracle's ability to shift its data-centric cloud computing focus is noted [15] Examples of AI Adoption - Walmart's 6% revenue growth, with 27% e-commerce growth, and 35% increase in delivery speeds for digital orders arriving in under 3 hours, showcases AI adoption [6] - Raytheon is utilizing AI to improve supply chain logistics [7]

Dylan, you've got a really interesting story, I think like so many startups. It comes from a place of necessity for the founder. Talk to us a little bit about what you've dealt with.Yeah. Firstly, Tim, thanks very much for having me. Great to be here.And yeah, like you mentioned, I diagnosed celiac when I was ten years old and so have a lot of personal experience navigating dining out of home and ordering online while needing to know what's in my food and just over a long period of time got more and more fr ...

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Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is shaking things up among the world's most valuable companies. And it all comes down to AI, to chips, and to potential competitive threat to Nvidia. I'm talking about Google's stock price that is already up a trillion dollars in terms of market capitalization since mid October.And it's leapfrogged Microsoft to become the world's third most valuable company. Now, we see a recognition of strong earnings, of strong large language model. Gemini 3 has rave reviews, but a ...

Layoff Details - Apple eliminated several dozen sales roles, impacting account executives for government agencies and university systems, as well as those managing briefing centers [1][2][3] - The layoffs are considered rare for Apple [1][4] Strategic Shift - Apple is streamlining its sales approach to businesses, schools, and governments [1] - The company aims to create more efficiency and cut costs [6] - A significant portion of sales already occurs through third-party retailers (the channel) [4][6] - Apple states it is continuing to hire and affected employees can apply for new roles [5] AI Impact - The layoffs are primarily attributed to cost-cutting and efficiency, not directly related to artificial intelligence [6] - Previous AI-related job cuts involved the self-driving car project, with some employees moved to generative AI [7]

Does it matter to you from a market sentiment perspective if there's squabbling at the top of the US domiciled companies. Is it a worry that we'll see perhaps invidious being questioned in terms of its dominance. I think it's quite healthy.We've seen the trade has delivered enormous returns for markets over the last two years and we're, I think, all kind of experiencing the sigh of relief of this exhale. I guess in a way, we've moved from a rising tide, lifts all boats to more choppier waters, and investors ...

What are you seeing in the private markets in certain isolated instances that maybe reflect some anxiety that we're getting in the public markets. Well, I'm old enough that I lived through the last bubble, Caroline. And history doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes.Yeah. And there's definitely some rhyming going on like me. And the valuations are high and they're high early.The thing that's different is, my goodness, is there galactic level growth in these startups. The demand is amazing and it sort of start ...

Your. Robot is kind of humanoid. Like a little, but not totally.How does it differ from other robotics. Yeah, I think we just think about safety as a really high priority item and we define it as being like passively safe. And what it means is that you can put the robot into any configuration and you can cut power and the robot will still be stable.So this is why we built this whole mobile space as opposed to LAX. Why did you ultimately come to decide that this was the way in which you should think about ro ...

Quantum Technology & Drone Integration - Quantum technology is being integrated into drones to complete the four theaters (land, sea, space, air) for quantum networking, computing, and sensing [1][2][3] - The company is partnering with Heaven, a drone company, to pioneer quantum networking communications between drones [3][4] - Quantum computers will be used to coordinate drone fleets, enact surveillance, and perform early signal detection using satellite imagery [5] - Quantum sensors will be embedded in drone platforms for positioning, navigation, and timing advancements [5] Quantum Computing Advancements - The company claims to have pioneered every aspect of quantum computing, networking, and sensing for 30 years [6][8] - The company achieved 99.99% fidelity (four nines of fidelity) with its qubits [9] - A 20x speedup was achieved in computation, turning almost a month of classical computation into just a day and a half [7][9] - Portions of a problem were sped up by 656 times compared to classical approaches [9] - The new computer, Tempo, is claimed to be 260 million times more powerful than 4K [10] Company Positioning & Market Presence - The company considers itself a pioneering company in quantum computing, being the first public company in the space [6][7] - The company raised $3 billion between July and October [12] - The company views being public as a natural part of its evolution, enabling communication and credibility to drive government and commercial traction [12]