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Semiconductor stocks are under fresh pressure after Broadcom's disappointing results triggered a two-day selloff across the chip sector, threatening Wall Street's recent winning streak. The weakness is broad-based, dragging on the wider tech complex and raising questions about whether AI-driven demand expectations have simply run too far ahead of reality.
Staying in tech, Bluesky's chief operating officer Rose Wang is sounding an alarm about proposed social media bans on teenagers, arguing the regulations would actually entrench the biggest platforms rather than challenge them. Wang told CNBC that compliance costs and regulatory complexity make it nearly impossible for smaller, healthier alternatives to gain a foothold — a paradox policymakers may not have fully reckoned with.
And on the consumer side, Ferrari's first electric vehicle, the Luce, is generating significant online backlash over its design, which is putting some pressure on the brand's carefully cultivated mystique. The stock remains below four hundred dollars, and investors are now weighing whether the EV pivot represents a genuine long-term growth catalyst or a rare misstep from one of the most disciplined luxury brands in the world.
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