spending

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Vast data-center ambitions and a memory-chip crunch are driving Big Tech’s artificial-intelligence spending higher — and it’s likely coming at the expense of stock buybacks and dividends.

From MarketWatch • May 10, 2026

The findings could help the semiconductor industry avoid spending billions of dollars on approaches that may never overcome these physical limitations.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

It will have to pass a list of spending plans every year - called a budget.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

New York Fed surveys show households increasingly expect to lose jobs to AI, he said, which could push savings higher rather than pull spending forward.

From Barron's • May 9, 2026

I prefer geeking out on Nintendo or practicing guitar over spending a cold night at a football game.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith