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TSMC, that colossus of the silicon steppes, commands a kingdom of 70% market share, while its rivals, like ants beneath a magnifying glass, scurry with paltry 7%. A foundry it is, yet not of bread or wine, but of chips-those crystalline totems of modernity. Its customers, like supplicants, bring their blueprints, and TSMC, with a nod and a wink, breathes life into their dreams. But what of the day the sorcerer’s apprentice dares to challenge the master? The kettle may sing, but it will not whistle.

United’s CEO Scott Kirby’s growth plan? It’s like ordering extra guacamole at Chipotle – ambitious, slightly risky, and guaranteed to make shareholders sweat. New planes! Fancy Wi-Fi! But here’s the catch: operational mishaps, labor costs rising faster than a soufflé, and international headwinds that could knock your socks off. It’s the airline equivalent of juggling chainsaws. Impressive… if you like bloodsport.

Cidara’s CD388 flu treatment, now in phase 3, is basically the biotech version of a surprise party for investors. It’s a non-vaccine preventive, targeting seasonal influenza in high-risk groups, which sounds like the kind of thing your mom would call “innovative” while Googling “how to survive winter.” The phase 2b trial results? Encouraging enough to make you wonder if the drug’s marketing team hired a hype man from the 2008 Obama campaign.

Indeed, the very fabric of CoreWeave’s narrative is woven with threads of rising debt and stock dilution, particularly in light of its hefty $9 billion engagement with Core Scientific. The romanticized nature of its recent highs has receded somewhat in the wake of this reality check, yet the company’s nascent partnership with Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) could serve as a salve for anxious investors, providing them with a glimpse of potential prosperity.

D-Wave Quantum (QBTS)-the dapper maverick in the quantum circuit party-is rushing headlong into the AI future. But is it really the better bet for your hard-earned cash compared to the BIG DOG, Nvidia (NVDA), the thick-necked titan of contemporary AI? Strap on your tinfoil hats; it’s time for a gut-check between these two tech gladiators.

The night had barely begun when, just past midnight on Thursday, Mirion set the price for a secondary stock offering. They are hawking a modest 17.3 million shares of their Class A common stock, priced at a princely $21.35 per share. In sum, the company stands to rake in a princely sum of just shy of $370 million, a figure that surpasses their original expectations of $350 million. A touch of fortune, perhaps, or merely a reflection of good taste?

Now, if you’ll permit a brief detour through computing history: the graphical processing unit, or GPU, was once merely the unsung hero of video game graphics. Picture it, if you will, toiling away in the shadows of gaming consoles, rendering pixelated dragons and digital Dungeons & Dragons landscapes. Fast forward to today, and these silicon workhorses have become the beating heart of artificial intelligence development. Who knew?