Isobel Asher Hamilton

isobel@thedailyupside.com

Isobel Asher Hamilton (she/her) is a senior reporter at The Daily Upside. Previously she worked at Business Insider and Mashable. She specializes in covering Big Tech, social media, and AI. Isobel is based in London.

Big Tech

Amazon Pours Another $4 billion into Anthropic

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It’s not quite Christmas yet, but Amazon is putting cash in the stocking of its favorite AI startup, Anthropic.

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Media & Entertainment

Disney is Still Going Full Steam Ahead on its Cruise Division

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The House of Mouse hopes to double the size of its leisure fleet by 2031 in an “unprecedented period of growth.”

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Industries

Defense Startups Are Riding High

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Military tech startups are seeing a big boost in their valuations of late, spurred in part by former President Trump’s re-election.

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International Economics

Europe Lays Plans to Extract China’s Battery Know-How

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There’s a little bit of “What goes around comes around” behind Europe’s latest industrial policy initiative.

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Autos

Tesla Rides Higher on Self-Driving Regulation Report

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The Trump White House may usher in a big loosening of the rules around cars that can operate without human drivers.

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M&A

Cheerios Owner Buys Petcare Brand for $1.45 Billion

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Snacking conglomerates all agree: Petcare mergers and acquisitions are the cat’s pajamas. Just ask General Mills.

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Finance

Klarna Files for a US IPO

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Looser regulations might be leading Swedish buy-now-pay-later firm Klarna to choose the US over the UK to host its IPO.

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Energy

Shell Strikes a Blow For Fossil Fuel Industry in Climate Litigation — For Now

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Shell managed to overturn a Dutch legal order made in 2021 that had mandated the company cut its emissions 45% from 2019 levels by 2030.

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Consumer

Nestlé Tries to Hitch a Ride with Formula 1

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Nestlé and Formula 1 announced on Monday that starting with the upcoming 2025 season KitKat will be the sport’s “official chocolate bar.”

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Social Media

Australia Wants to Boot Kids off Social Media. Meta Says: Make Apple and Google Do It.

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Last week, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the government plans to introduce a law banning children from social media.

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Healthcare

Novo Nordisk’s Doing Brilliantly, Just Not Brilliantly Enough

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Novo Nordisk reported earnings, posting some chunky year-over-year growth and far outperforming its only real rival at the moment, Eli Lilly.

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Semiconductors

Semiconductors Brace for Short-Term Pain

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Semiconductor company Nvidia has managed to once again top Apple and become the world’s most valuable company.

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Media & Entertainment

Nintendo Takes Big Profit Hit After Failing to Switch It Up

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Nintendo revealed on Tuesday that it had suffered a 69% drop in its profits year-over-year for the most recent financial quarter.

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Energy

Big Tech’s Energy Rush Hits a Hurdle

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FERC kiboshed a bid to increase the amount of power that a nuclear plant in Pennsylvania is allowed to supply to one of Amazon’s data centers.

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Energy

Oil Giants Need Gas More than Oil Right Now

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Last week the Big Oil companies weighed in with their earnings reports, and it was mostly a pretty sorry assembly.

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Media & Entertainment

Did Streaming Kill the Music Industry?

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Music streaming services that offer more or less all the recorded music in history. So how is the industry supposed to grow?

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Big Tech

Uber’s Investors Are Still Growth-Hungry

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Uber’s stock drove off a ditch, sinking 9% on Thursday after the ride-hailing giant published its third-quarter earnings report.

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Economics

Saudi Arabia’s Sovereign Wealth Fund is Homeward Bound

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Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) signaled on Tuesday that it’s dialing down its investments outside the kingdom’s borders.

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Consumer

Hermès Keeps Up Its Luxury Exceptionalism

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Hermès reported financial results on Thursday that showed the scarf and handbag maker is doing pretty well.

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Big Tech

Meta’s Losing AR Developers to Snap

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Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that Meta is bleeding third-party augmented reality developers to its rival, Snap.

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