A Walmart-related recession indicator that’s preceded the last 4 economic downturns is flashing red – Business Insider

Mark Zuckerberg in 2021 announced a push to build an avatar-filled ‘metaverse’ where users globally could socialise, game and shop in virtual spaces © Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Meta has set out plans to meaningfully cut back its metaverse efforts next year, as chief executive Mark Zuckerberg narrows his focus on winning the artificial intelligence race.  Executives…

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Static Media/Getty Products like The Big Mac, The Whopper, Munchkins, and the Frappuccino have become part of the fabric of daily life. But for each of those succulent success stories, there are countless fast food menu items that were brought to market only to fail to attract consumers, and eventually fail from memory. Chains are…

Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) and Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) have quietly become the two most dominant forces inside the Magnificent Seven, riding different paths to the same destination: artificial intelligence supremacy. Nvidia’s GPUs remain the backbone of the global AI buildout, powering everything from data centers to cutting-edge model training. Alphabet, meanwhile, is pushing its own…

Santa might have a gigantic present in his bag on Christmas Eve, when the estimated jackpot for the night’s drawing will be at least an estimated $1.7 billion — the fourth largest in Powerball and U.S. lottery history. That’s because no tickets came up winners of Monday night’s jackpot of an estimated $1.6 billion jackpot….