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[ad_1] Miners exposed to U.S. copper prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) are the biggest beneficiaries of President Donald Trump’s 50% tariffs on the metal, according to Bank of America. Trump’s abruptly announced tariff sent copper prices soaring Tuesday, with the September futures contract on the CME jumping about 13% to post it highest settle ever and best daily performance since 1989. Two key copper stocks with exposure to CME pricing are Freeport-McMoRan and Southern Copper , according to Bank of America analysts. About 36% of Freeport’s estimated 2025 revenues are attributable to U.S. copper prices while 40% of…

[ad_1] Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Nvidia has become the first company to hit a $4tn market capitalisation, on the back of a rapid rebound for Wall Street technology stocks in recent months.Shares in the Silicon Valley-based maker of artificial intelligence chips rose as much as 2.8 per cent on Wednesday to $164.36. The group had already surpassed Apple’s $3.92tn record from last December.Nvidia stock has risen by more than 40 per cent since early May, when US President Donald Trump first signalled a thaw in his…

[ad_1] It’s just turned July, but there are all the signs that the advertising industry could be on the cusp of an AI winter.An unexpected profit warning from WPP sent the advertising agency’s shares down as much as 18% on Wednesday. Shares of rival ad groups, including Omnicom, Publicis, IPG, and Havas, were also down.WPP said a combination of client losses, a slowdown in new business pitches, and pressured marketer caution amid economic uncertainty meant that its performance since the start of the year had been worse than expected. It forecast that its annual 2025 revenue would decline between 3%…

[ad_1] Broadcom is starting to “fire on all cylinders,” according to JPMorgan. The firm reiterated an overweight rating on the semiconductor stock on Wednesday, alongside a $325 per share price target. JPMorgan’s forecast calls for about 20% upside from Tuesday’s $271.80 close. Analyst Harlan Sur said a recent meeting with Broadcom executives in which they disclosed strong artificial intelligence demand at the XPU business underpins JPMorgan’s bullish view. Executives also described “gradual recovery trends” in Broadcom’s businesses outside of AI, Sur said. AVGO YTD mountain Broadcom stock in 2025. “The team is seeing a gradual ‘U’ shape recovery in its…

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[ad_1] Google announced on Wednesday that it’s rolling out Gemini to Wear OS watches, nearly two months after teasing the move back in May. The tech giant is also adding new Circle to Search capabilities by integrating its AI Mode search experience directly into the feature and adding support for gaming-related queries.  Gemini is rolling out to watches from Pixel, Samsung, OPPO, OnePlus, and Xiaomi that are running Wear OS 4+ over the coming weeks, the company says. The announcement is part of Google’s plans to replace Google Assistant with Gemini across all of its devices and platforms. To start talking to Gemini,…

[ad_1] Ironically, the more popular a video game is, the more effort fans invest in changing it.The International Trade Administration valued the video game industry at $184 billion globally in 2023. As it continues to grow, user-created game modifications — more often called mods — are rising in popularity, too.Mods are files or code inserted into a game to add new features, alter the graphics, or improve performance. Nexus Mods, one of the web’s most popular mod-sharing platforms, told Business Insider that the website has added about 40 million users since 2020, and now hosts mods for nearly 4,000 different…

[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on an interview with Fanny Deroubaix, a 38-year-old self-employed video game modder known online as Syboulette and based in France. It has been edited for length and clarity. Business Insider verified the source’s income with documentation.I didn’t even know my job was a possibility before I changed careers. Becoming a full-time modder who makes custom content, such as furniture and decor assets, for The Sims 4 was a happy mistake.I used to be a freelance art director in commercial advertising. Because all my commercial shoots were canceled during the pandemic, I played a lot…

[ad_1] Riskified is a software company based in New York City that provides fraud management, risk intelligence, transaction reversal support, and prevention technology to online merchants. Its clients include Mastercard, Shopify, and TickPick.TickPick is an online marketplace where users can buy and sell tickets for concerts, sports games, and other live events. The company is also based in New York City.Situation analysisTraditionally, fraud-prevention systems have relied on binary yes-or-no decisions to conclude whether a transaction is real. The goal is to approve authentic orders and decline fraudulent ones.But Jeff Otto, Riskified’s chief marketing officer, told Business Insider that this system…