Saturday, Jan 17, 2026
AI Is No Longer Advertising – It’s Steering Behavior
Meta is moving to automate advertising end-to-end, and the implications extend well beyond creative efficiency. In NewsTrackerToday, Mark Zuckerberg’s latest…
$4,500 Gold Sends a Warning Signal to Global Markets
Gold has pushed into uncharted territory, breaking above $4,500 an ounce as investors accelerate their shift into hard assets amid…
BP Sells a Legend: Why Castrol Was First to Go
BP has taken its clearest step yet toward financial reset. In NewsTrackerToday, the sale of a controlling stake in Castrol…
Alexa+ Is Done Talking – Now She Sells
Amazon is quietly repositioning Alexa+ from a conversational assistant into a transactional gateway. In NewsTrackerToday, the announcement that Alexa+ will…
Holiday Sales Rise as Consumer Confidence Slips
U.S. consumers are still spending this holiday season – but only on their terms. In NewsTrackerToday, the pattern emerging across…
2027 Is the Deadline: Washington Signals a Chip Tariff Showdown
The United States has put a clear date on its next semiconductor trade lever – and just as clearly delayed…
$108 Billion Isn’t Enough: Warner Bros. Shareholders Push Back
The bidding battle for Warner Bros. Discovery is evolving into a credibility contest rather than a simple price war. In…
China Hunts for Its Own SpaceX as LandSpace Eyes an IPO
China’s leading private rocket maker LandSpace has moved one step closer to a public listing, underscoring how Beijing is reshaping…
Billions Spent, Demand Fades: America’s EV Reset
The U.S. auto industry has entered what executives increasingly describe as the realism phase of electric vehicles. In NewsTrackerToday, this…
Weight Loss Without Needles: Novo Nordisk’s Pill Shakes Up GLP-1s
The U.S. approval of the first oral GLP-1 treatment for obesity marks a turning point not just for drug development,…
The Chip Race Heats Up: Why China’s AI Firms Are Going Public Now
Chinese chipmakers are rushing toward public markets in what is shaping up to be one of the most strategically charged…
How Roomba Fell: Regulators, Amazon and the End of iRobot
iRobot’s Chapter 11 filing last Sunday marked more than a corporate restructuring – it closed a chapter in consumer robotics…
The Rise of the Online CEO – and the Risk Nobody Talks About
The era of the “online CEO” is colliding with an uncomfortable reality: visibility does not automatically translate into credibility. In…
Traffic Chaos and Self-Driving Cars: The Blackout That Tested Robotaxis
Waymo’s temporary suspension of its robotaxi service in San Francisco has exposed a less discussed vulnerability of autonomous mobility: dependence…
From Losses to Records: The Unlikely Comeback of Build-A-Bear
Build-A-Bear is a rare example of a retail brand once written off after the decline of shopping malls that has…