Can Bluesky Dethrone X? & ‘Wicked,’ ‘Gladiator II’ Captures Double-Header Magic

Morning Brew Daily

Episode 459: Neal and Toby preview the much-anticipated openings of ‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator II’, duly named ‘Glicked,’ and chat if it's able to capture the same magic as 2023’s ‘Barbenheimer.’ Then, there’s been a mass exodus of users from X since the election and Bluesky has been the main beneficiary. But…can it handle the influx of traffic? Also, it turns out the widely popular mobile game Pokémon Go has been collecting player data to train its AI model to navigate the real world. Meanwhile, MicroStrategy is the Stock of the Week, and Ford is the Dog of the Week. Lastly, China has built miles and miles of train tracks connecting its major cities, but it actually might not need that much. Oops.

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00:00 - Money With Katie Wealth Planner!

03:00 - Wicked and Gladiator II

08:20 - Bluesky vs ‘X’

12:45 - Pokemon Go and AI

19:00 - Stock of the Week

22:30 - Dog of the Week

25:15 - China's High Speed Rail

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