Anders Bylund

1 week ago | fool.com | Anders Bylund

The stock market has swooned recently, but chip designer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD 5.07%) really took it on the chin. The S&P 500 (^GSPC 1.81%) index was reaching record prices in January. As of April 12, it trades 13% below that high point. AMD, on the other hand, started struggling last summer. The stock has plunged 49% lower since July 10, 2024. You'd think AMD would be soaring these days.

1 week ago | fool.com | Anders Bylund

The Dutch Bros (BROS 1.09%) coffee chain has been around since 1992, but the company's nationwide expansion plan is pretty fresh. Dutch Bros entered the public stock market in 2021, planning to use the stock-based funds for an ambitious growth effort. Three and a half years later, the store count has more than doubled from 471 to 982. You can find its friendly drive-through Broistas in 18 states now, up from 11 in 2021. But the coffee market is always a-changing.

1 week ago | fool.com | Anders Bylund

Quantum computing will change the world. The technology promises to solve computing problems that are way beyond the powers of today's digital chips. The nuanced approach to mathematics can draw conclusions in shades of gray rather than black-and-white ones and zeroes. As such, quantum computing is pretty much guaranteed to disrupt everything from cryptography and genetic engineering to financial planning and weather forecasts. But the technology is not ready to hit the mainstream limelight.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Anders Bylund

1 day agoScientists Discovered How to Generate Truly Random Numbers. It May Make Your Data Unhackable. Classical computers could only imitate trye randomness. A new network paradigm can generate meaningfully random numbers—and fast. • In network encryption, randomness has huge value because it’s not “solvable” by hackers.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Anders Bylund

1 hour agoThere’s No Coming Back From Trump’s Tariff DisasterAmerica was the world’s economic anchor. Thanks to the president, it may never have that role again. Watching the wild lines of the S&P 500, U.S. Treasury bond yields, and various foreign markets is how I’ve spent most of the past week. This felt familiar; I’d spent much of 2017 doing the same, …Now‘Worse Than 1971’—U.S. Dollar Price ‘Collapse’ Predicted To Ignite $22 Trillion Bitcoin Challenge To Gold04/12 update below.