AMAT delivered, Rory didn't, Musk skipped his own trial, and the TCG market moved without Chaos Rising.
The internet had a week. We filtered it down to two minutes.
📈 Finance AMAT beat earnings with record Q2 revenue of $7.91B and guided Q3 to $8.95B - our predicted gainer delivered. The Trump-Xi Beijing summit produced nothing meaningful and markets sold off Friday morning on the disappointment. Cerebras doubled on its IPO debut. Retail traders now account for 20% of all US equity volume, up from 15% a decade ago. Nvidia May 20 is the next number that matters.
🏀 Sports Two series on the brink tonight - Cavs host Detroit in Game 6 (7 PM ET) after winning Game 5 in OT, and Minnesota hosts San Antonio in Game 6 (9:30 PM ET) after Wemby’s bounce-back Game 5 rout. The Knicks swept Philly. OKC swept the Lakers and sits 8-0. PGA Championship Round 2 is underway at Aronimink -Scheffler co-leads at 3-under after Round 1, Rory shot 74 and called it “sh*t.” The 2026 NFL schedule dropped: Giants-Cowboys SNF Week 1, Chiefs-Broncos MNF opener.
💻 Tech The Musk v. Altman trial reached closing arguments - Musk skipped to go to China with Trump, his lawyer apologized to the jury. Microsoft has spent $100B on OpenAI. Cisco popped 15% on AI orders while cutting 4,000 jobs. Amazon killed Rufus and replaced it with an Alexa shopping agent. Meta launched Incognito Chat for private AI conversations. Google I/O is May 19-20 - four days away.
🃏 TCG Per Collectrics (May 14): Umbreon ex #161 moved +$29.59 in a single day to $1,437.34. Destined Rivals is the most expensive booster box on the board at $568.76. Ascended Heroes leads total set raw value at $7,579.13 and PSA 10 gem rate at 66.1%. Perfect Order loses the least per pack at -$4.19 - best EV rip in the current lineup. Chaos Rising prerelease ends tomorrow. Full retail launch May 22.
Stay sharp. Signal over noise.
— The Bandicoots 🔥