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MARKETS

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Market Roundup

🏦 Economy

  • Editor’s Pick: Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” added a new up to $6,000 tax deduction for seniors 65+, up to $12,000 for couples. (MW)

  • Elon Musk warned the U.S. is “1,000% going to go bankrupt” unless AI and robotics save the economy from crushing debt. (FM)

  • Bessent forecasted a blockbuster economy in 2026, saying, "Main Street is about to prosper." (FOX)

  • Canada’s economy is on life support and the country is in recession watch, said an economist. (BBG)

📈 Hot Stock Picks

  • Editor’s Pick: InsiderMonkey listed 14 oversold value stocks that may offer rebound potential for investors. (IM)

  • Morningstar highlighted a group of top biotech stocks to consider buying, such as Intellia Therapeutics. (MS)

  • Wall Street analysts are broadly bullish on consumer cyclicals like Ferrari and others. (GM)

  • Lorne Steinberg Wealth Management's top stock picks for the week included Kimberly‑Clark and Linde. (BBG)

🏢 Industry

  • Editor’s Pick: Washington Post publisher and CEO Will Lewis stepped down days after the paper laid off about one‑third of its staff. (RTS)

  • Super Bowl LX players lost thousands of dollars due to California’s “jock tax,” which taxes their income for days spent in the state. (FBN)

  • Hims & Hers pulled its planned low‑cost compounded Wegovy knockoff pill. (AP)

🌕 Crypto

  • Editor’s Pick: Investors are turning bullish as Bitcoin price hovers near $70,000. (DLN)

  • China reaffirmed its crypto ban, cracking down on RWA tokenization and offshore yuan-linked stablecoins. (TB)

  • NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo has become a shareholder in Kalshi. (YS)

  • Coinbase returned to the Super Bowl with a karaoke-style ad flashing Backstreet Boys lyrics to promote crypto. (CT)

TECH

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Tech Roundup

🧠 AI

  • ⭐ Editor’s Pick: Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek bought AI.com for a record-breaking $70 million to launch an autonomous AI agent platform with a Super Bowl LX ad. (TB)

  • AI took center stage at Super Bowl LX as companies like Anthropic, OpenAI, Amazon and others ran big AI‑focused ads. (TC)

  • Meta was hit with a formal EU warning that it must open WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots or face antitrust action. (BBG)

  • ByteDance released Seedance 2.0, an AI video generator that can create multi‑shot scenes. (TI)

  • Anthropic revealed Claude now writes nearly 100 % of its own code, with engineers mostly reviewing AI‑generated pull requests rather than hand‑coding. (INEX)

  • A new AI tool can predict 130 types of cancer and other diseases by analyzing sleep patterns. (ERT)

🤖 Robots

  • ⭐ Editor’s Pick: Rapper Cardi B took a tumble while giving a robot a lap dance at a Super Bowl party. (TMZ)

  • Researchers are working to build empathy into AI robots so machines can better recognize and respond to human emotions. (BGR)

  • The Army’s new AI‑enabled M1E3 tank will autonomously detect and destroy drones while commanding robotic systems on the battlefield. (WM)

  • Robotic horses danced through Shanghai streets in a parade celebrating the upcoming Chinese New Year of the Horse. (XIN)

💰Venture Capital

  • ⭐ Editor’s Pick: Splose raised $46 million in a Series A, led by Spectrum Equity, to scale its AI‑powered allied health practice management platform. (SC)

  • Biotech startup Pandorum Technologies raised $18 million, led by Protons Corporate, to scale its tissue‑engineering solutions. (ISN)

  • WTEnergy raised €10 million ($12 million), led by SC Net Zero Ventures, to scale its tech for energy recovery from industrial waste and biomass. (EUS)

  • Quick‑commerce fashion startup Zilo raised $15.3 million in a Series A led by Peak XV Partners. (ENI)

FREEDOM

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Freedom Roundup

🏛️ Policy & Culture

  • Editor’s Pick: Hong Kong pro‑democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 20 years in prison. (BBC)

  • Trump blasted Olympic skier Hunter Hess as a “real loser” after Hess said he had “mixed emotions” about representing the U.S. at the Winter Olympics. (BN)

  • The Pentagon is cutting ties with Harvard, citing concerns its programs are too “woke” for defense needs. (TH)

  • UCLA fired its DEI director over social‑media posts seemingly celebrating Charlie Kirk’s assassination. (IHL)

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