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Microsoft feared OpenAI reliance, Musk-Altman trial testimony reveals

TazaPulseMay 14, 2026

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, right, speaks as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman looks on during the OpenAI DevDay event in San Francisco on Nov. 6, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Elon Musk’s courtroom battle with Sam Altman over the last couple weeks has primarily revolved around the evolution of OpenAI. But it’s also shined a...

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Cisco (CSCO) Q3 earnings report 2026

TazaPulseMay 14, 2026

Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins speaks at the Semafor World Economy summit in Washington on April 15, 2026. Alex Wong | Getty Images Cisco shares soared 15% in extended trading on Wednesday after the networking company issued results and guidance that topped Wall Street’s projections. The company said it’s cutting its workforce this quarter by fewer...

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Mortgage rates jump to highest level since March

TazaPulseMay 14, 2026

An exceptionally hot read on inflation early Wednesday, the government’s Producer Price Index, or PPI, sent bond yields higher, and mortgage rates followed. Rates had already been surging higher earlier this week on news of more trouble in negotiations over the Iran war. The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage rose Wednesday to...

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Nvidia partners with David Silver AI startup Ineffable Intelligence

TazaPulseMay 13, 2026

Nvidia has announced a partnership with an AI startup, just months after it was founded by a former top scientist at Google DeepMind. Ineffable Intelligence, which is pursuing superintelligence and was founded in late 2025 by UCL professor and former lead of DeepMind’s reinforcement learning team, David Silver, will enter into an engineering-level collaboration with...

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PPI inflation report April 2026:

TazaPulseMay 13, 2026

Wholesale prices in April posted their highest annual increase in more than three years, signaling more nettlesome inflation as pipeline costs intensify. The producer price index rose a seasonally adjusted 1.4% for the month, much higher than the 0.5% Dow Jones consensus forecast and the upwardly revised 0.7% March increase, the Bureau of Labor Statistics...

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Kool-Aid Kraft Heinz to launch electrolytes with no artificial dyes

TazaPulseMay 13, 2026

Kool-Aid Hydration is launching with three flavors: grape, tropical punch and blue raspberry lemonade. Source: Kool-Aid Kool-Aid is launching electrolyte packets made without artificial dyes, aimed at reaching consumers who want to hydrate, but not for Gatorade or Liquid I.V. prices. The new product is part of parent company Kraft Heinz’s broader plan to modernize...

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Mortgage rates move to highest level in 5 weeks

TazaPulseMay 13, 2026

Homes at a new development in Fontana, California, US, on Saturday, May 9, 2026. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images Homebuyers appear to be getting used to the new normal of higher mortgage rates, even the highest in over a month. Buyer demand for mortgages helped to push total mortgage application volume up 1.7%...

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Trucking, construction industries buck Trump on gas tax pause

TazaPulseMay 13, 2026

Opposition to President Donald Trump‘s plan for a gas tax holiday to ease cost-of-living concerns is coming not just from his political foes, but also from the Republican-leaning trucking and construction sectors. Those industries rely heavily on the road and transportation infrastructure projects funded by the federal gas and diesel taxes. “A gas tax holiday...

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The stock market isn’t ignoring Iran. It’s rising for these three very real reasons

TazaPulseMay 13, 2026

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., May 5, 2026. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The U.S.-Iran war drags on with no sign yet of a peace deal. Someone needs to tell the stock market. After a small early drawdown near the outset of the war,...

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Waymo recalls 3,800 robotaxis after able ‘drive into standing water’

TazaPulseMay 13, 2026

A Waymo vehicle exits a charging lot on Jan. 15, 2026 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Waymo is recalling about 3,800 robotaxis in the U.S. to fix software issues that could allow them to “drive onto a flooded roadway,” according to a letter on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s website. The...