🏦 Fed expected to hold steady, may signal cuts – The Federal Reserve is widely expected to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.25–4.50% in its upcoming meeting on June 18. Policymakers have hinted that rate cuts could be possible later this year if inflation continues to ease. Next week might see Wall Street cheer like it's free‑beer‑Friday, then immediately worry about inflation again.

🇦🇺 AWS goes full Crocodile Dundee – Amazon is tossing 20 billion Australian dollars at solar‑powered data centers in Victoria and Queensland, basically turning the Outback into one giant server rack by 2029. Kangaroos now get free Prime.

☁️ Google Cloud forgets to save the game – A mass outage earlier this week yeeted half the internet into timeout, freezing Spotify, Snapchat, and even a few smart fridges. Meanwhile, mogul experienced no such disruptions 😎

Cupertino’s annual developer lovefest didn’t just debut new watch faces, it fired the starting gun on Apple’s AI decade. The takeaway is simple: your iPhone is about to become a pocket‑sized ChatGPT with manners, and Tim Cook wants you to trust it more than your therapist.

What Happened?

At WWDC earlier this week, Apple rolled out Apple Intelligence, a privacy‑first generative AI suite baked into iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe. It also previewed new Vision Pro software features with visionOS 26 that turn the headset into a legit productivity play instead of a $3,499 Netflix helmet.

So What?

Apple is late to the AI party, but it brought the nicest bottle of wine. By running large language models on‑device and in its new Private Cloud, Apple is betting that consumers care about privacy more than raw parameter counts.

This hybrid setup also shields Apple from EU data crackdowns and keeps GPU bills from ballooning. More importantly, it lets Apple sell AI as a feature, not a product, weaving it into everything from Fitness+ to AppleCare.

Siri finally graduates from kindergarten, offering context‑aware summaries, email rewrites, and the ability to control third‑party apps without that awkward “Working on it” pause.

Why Should Investors Care?

• Ecosystem Glue: The more tasks Siri handles, the stickier Apple’s walled garden becomes.
• Silicon Flex: The M4 chip’s Neural Engine hits up to 38 TOPS, giving Apple a hardware moat.
• Services Upsell: Expect an inevitable paid tier for heavier AI workloads, turning privacy into a subscription.
• Regulatory Halo: On‑device processing sidesteps the data‑sovereignty headaches plaguing cloud‑heavy rivals.

Who Loses?

Third‑party note‑taking and email‑sorting apps. Also anyone still holding shares of “Siri is dumb” memes.

Bottom Line

Apple is not chasing OpenAI or Google in a parameter arms race. It's redefining the finish line: useful, invisible, and private. If it works, it will have turned privacy from a tagline into a revenue stream. That might just be the most Apple move ever.

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• Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner traded haymakers in a Roland Garros epic. After five and a half hours of some all-time great tennis, the 22‑year‑old Spaniard stormed back from two sets down to beat the world number 1, ripping winners like a human highlight reel and saving three match points in a row. This was the first of what is sure to be many Grand Slam finals to come between these two.
• The Dow dropped about 770 points on Friday, while oil spiked above $74 as Israel‑Iran tensions flared and continue to escalate. Looks like the market volatility rollercoaster isn’t slowing down anytime soon.
• London Tech Week 2025 drew over 45,000 innovators and investors from more than 100 countries, showcasing breakthroughs in AI, fintech, and digital health. Highlights included live demos of agentic AI wallets for personalized finance and a new AI-powered ransomware defense platform, both unveiled as part of the event’s focus on real-world applications and enterprise impact

I figured time‑travel stories were as tapped out as a Blockbuster in 2008. Then Stephen King’s 11/22/63 yanked me through a diner pantry and dumped me in 1958. Need proof King isn’t just a horror guy? This book is it.

Meet Jake Epping, an English teacher who thinks stopping JFK’s assassination will be easier than grading freshman essays. King skips the sci‑fi technobabble and marinates you in Buddy Holly riffs, Woolworth counter grease, and the slow‑motion dread of knowing exactly when a bullet will fly.

The real monster here is the butterfly effect. Every tiny choice Jake makes sends a hurricane somewhere else, and you feel each gust. No killer clowns, no rabid dogs, just the terrifying math of cause and effect.

11/22/63 is not only my favorite King novel; it's a masterpiece and one of my favorite books of all time. Block off a weekend for this one...you’ll look up, your coffee will be cold, and you’ll swear you just heard the Zapruder camera whirring behind you.

⭐ 4.87 / 5.0 in my book (no pun intended)

1. "Chaos is a ladder."
2. “It's not the years, honey. It's the mileage.”
3. "The past is never dead. It's not even past.”

Roland Garros burns through roughly 65,000 tennis balls every year. That's enough fuzzy yellow orbs to fill the cargo hold of a 747.

1. Game of Thrones (Petyr Baelish)
2. Raiders of The Lost Ark (Indiana Jones)
3. Requiem for a Nun (William Faulkner)