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Nvidia is quietly reshaping the memory landscape. An analyst flagging that Nvidia's decision to dial back certain chip capabilities could actually drive higher consumption of high-bandwidth memory — a development that would be a meaningful tailwind for Micron, which has been positioning itself as a key HBM supplier heading into the next wave of AI infrastructure buildout.
Shifting to macro, a pointed piece this morning challenges the credibility of the Fed's inflation mandate under a potential Kevin Warsh leadership. The argument is direct — with U.S. debt at current levels, the government structurally benefits from inflation running above two percent, and any Fed chair promising a hard return to that target is fighting against the fiscal math. It raises serious questions about central bank independence in a high-debt regime.
And on the legal front, Meta faces a significant setback after an appeals court ruled that thousands of social media addiction lawsuits can proceed. The court found that Section Two Thirty of the Communications Act cannot be invoked as a shield at this stage of litigation. That removes a critical early defense, and with thousands of cases in the pipeline, the potential liability exposure is substantial.
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