Welcome to the Deek Dive. It's Monday, July 14th,
2025. We're here to give you that essential shortcut.
Cutting through the noise of the day will cover
business, tech, music, and whether the key insights
you need. That's right. It's all about finding
those connections, those, you know, aha moments.
We want you to really get the bigger picture,
but without all the fluff to help you really
engage. Exactly. So let's start with Wall Street.
Kind of interesting, right? Modest gains. NASDAQ
hits a new record. But what's really fascinating
is how investors reacted or maybe didn't react
to the latest tariff news. Yeah, it really is
telling, isn't it? President Trump announced
these new 30 percent tariffs on Mexico and EU
goods starting August 1st. But investors, they
largely just brushed it aside. Seems like the
market's kind of grown accustomed to the tariff
drama. So what are they focused on then? It looks
like it's more about the fundamentals. Upcoming
earnings reports. That's big. And also tomorrow's
inflation report. the June CPI data, that's crucial.
They're looking past the headlines to the core
economic drivers. OK, that makes sense. And speaking
of markets doing their own thing, wow, Bitcoin.
It surged past one hundred and twenty thousand
dollars first time ever. Incredible. Right. And
that definitely had a ripple effect. You saw
crypto linked stocks jump. Coinbase was up 1
.8 percent and MicroStrategy almost 4 percent.
So Bitcoin's momentum is pulling related stocks
up. What about more traditional deals? Well,
we saw a huge one in health care. Waters Corp
merging with Becht and Dickinson's diagnostics
unit. It's a 17 .5 billion dollar deal. creates
a new giant in lab equipment. $17 .5 billion.
But water stock actually fell. Yeah, nearer 14%.
Investors likely digesting the price tag and
the merger details. But it shows companies are
constantly repositioning for the long haul. So
the takeaway, even with all the noise, focus
is shifting to corporate health, long -term value,
stuff that subtly shapes your financial world.
Oh, shifting from finance to the digital world.
Let's talk technology. Washington seems to be
seriously doubling down on AI. Oh, absolutely.
Pentagon just awarded some big contracts, up
to $200 million each. These are big names, right?
OpenAI, Google. Anthropic, XAI too. Their developing
was called agentic AI. Agentic AI, what's that
exactly? Basically AI that can plan and execute
complex tasks on its own for national security
uses. And President Trump is pushing hard for
agencies to adopt AI aggressively. Interesting.
And at the same time, you have platforms like
Metta trying to control the content landscape.
Exactly. Metta, Facebook's parent, they're penalizing
accounts that just repost stuff without adding
anything original. You know, free writing. They've
already pulled like 10 million fake profiles
and demoted half a million accounts for spammy
behavior. So it's a fight for authentic creativity
against... Well, AI -generated spam, I guess.
Sort of, yeah. It raises that whole question.
And AI's impact isn't just content, it's commerce,
too. Look at Amazon Prime Day. Record sales,
$24 .1 billion in the US. And AI played a role
there. How? Apparently, yeah. Savvy shoppers
were using generative AI like chatbots to find
the best deals. Traffic to retail sites from
AI assistants jumped over 3 ,000%. It's quietly
changing how you shop. Wow. OK, and quickly on
EVs. All right, GM is upgrading a plant in Tennessee.
They're going to make these lithium iron phosphate
battery cells, LFP batteries. They're cheaper,
safer, good for affordable EVs. It's a move to
counter China's dominance in that specific battery
tech. So AIs everywhere, platforms are battling
spam and even EV batteries are evolving. Lots
happening. Definitely. It's redefining our digital
lives. All right, let's pivot from tech to tunes.
The music industry had a weekend full of surprises.
Justin Bieber dropped a whole new album, Swag.
First solo one in over four years. Yeah, total
surprise drop. And it sounds like a pretty fresh
direction for him, new collaborations. But he
wasn't the only one pulling a surprise. Right,
Travis Scott. Travis Scott dropped Jack Boys
2. It's a compilation, 17 tracks. So now you've
got this potential chart battle brewing. It shows
how artists are using these surprise releases
for maximum buzz. And speaking of buzz, a really
significant return for hip hop fans. That's huge.
Pusha T and No Malice, their first album together
in 16 years, let God sort them out. And the early
reviews. Really strong. Praising the lyricism.
So the takeaway here is artists finding new ways
to drop music, connect directly, unexpectedly.
Exactly. Keeps things exciting. Okay, finally,
let's check the national weather. It's really
a tale of two extremes across the US right now.
Definitely. Let's start East. Yeah. East Coast
is getting soaked. A slow moving cold front is
just dumping rain. Mid -Atlantic Northeast. We're
talking a level three flash flood risk. That
means, you know, significant, possibly dangerous
flooding. Cities like D .C., Philly. And they're
forecasting maybe three plus inches of rain per
hour in some spots. Really intense and tragically
a reminder of the danger lightning in southeast,
Georgia Yeah, very sad two teenagers killed over
the weekend It just hammers home that safety
message when thunder roars go indoors simple,
but critical absolutely critical Meanwhile flip
over to the west coast totally different story
complete opposite heat extreme heat Las Vegas
under an excessive heat warning forecasts around
111 112 degrees Fahrenheit could be their hottest
day of the year And of course that means elevated
wildfire risk, too So you've got this really
stark contrast, this regional climate divergence.
It demands really localized awareness, doesn't
it, for safety, for resources? For sure. So quite
a sweep today. We've seen market resilience,
accelerating tech, surprise music drops, and
this dramatic weather split. Yeah. And I think
the key thing, as always, is seeing the connections,
right? How AI influences your shopping, how global
trade maybe affects your local market, how platform
policies shape online creativity. Understanding
these threads helps you not just watch the world,
but actually engage with it. Well put. It definitely
makes you think about how all these different
shifts might ripple out. Lots to keep an eye
on. For now though, we hope this deep dive leaves
you feeling informed and maybe a little more
curious. Thanks for joining us. We'll catch you
tomorrow for more insights.