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$Palantir (PLTR.US)$ Palantir short float down 0.07%, 4.18% of total float short
$Robinhood (HOOD.US)$ Robinhood short float up 19.52%, 2.88% of total float short
$Tesla (TSLA.US)$ Tesla short float down 1.92%, 2.73% of total float short
$MARA Holdings (MARA.US)$ Marathon short float down 7.88%, 20.67% of total float short
$SoFi Technologies (SOFI.US)$ SoFi short float down 8.37%, 14.42% of total float short
$Hims & Hers Health (HIMS.US)$ Hims short float up 16.76%, 22.3% of total float shor...

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1. Microsoft $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ is now under investigation by the FTC. which is examining various aspects of its business, including cloud computing and AI products. While $Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$ Google is also under investigation, they did begin the process of appealing a ruling requiring changes to its Play Store operations after an antitrust case by Epic Games, arguing the decision misjudges its competition with $ $Apple (AAPL.US)$ Apple, wh...

$Alphabet-C (GOOG.US)$ $Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$
- DoJ said, Google should divest off Chrome and may not reenter the browser market for five years
- prohibited from "acquiring any interests in search rivals, potential entrants, and rival search or search ads-related AI products"
- halt all "anticompetitive payments to distributors, including Apple, Samsung" so that Google isn't the default search engine on their devices
- content creato...

$Alphabet-C (GOOG.US)$ google has gone positive

Why do I still believe % $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ will hit $200 before it hits $100?
• $Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$ ordered 400K GB200 chips valued at $10B.
• $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ purchased 60K GB200 chips worth $2B.
• $Meta Platforms (META.US)$ acquired 360K GB200 chips for $8B.
Demand for Nvidia's Blackwell chip is absolutely INSANE

$S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ buybacks jumped 35% in Q2 2024 to $236 billion, near the all-time record.
Furthermore, a massive 52% of stock repurchases were conducted by the index's top 20 firms.
This compares to a long-term average of 48% and pre-pandemic average of 45%.
Apple, $Apple (AAPL.US)$ , Alphabet, $Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$ , Meta, $Meta Platforms (META.US)$ , and Nvidia, $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ ALONE back $63 billion of stock.
The Information Technology sector saw $68 billion of repurchases while...

It is reported that Project Aria is a pair of glasses equipped with sensors, and Meta $Meta Platforms (META.US)$ has been using it internally to train augmented reality perception systems. Now, Meta has revealed that it has released Project Aria to multiple third-party research teams, aiming to address some of the most complex challenges in creating practical all-weather ...