The college football Week 1 expert picks for the Friday games featuring Colorado vs Georgia Tech, Auburn vs Baylor, and the rest of the top showdowns.

The results announced Wednesday were hotly anticipated because Nvidia has emerged as a bellwether of a two-year-old AI boom that has been propelling the stock market to new heights while making the Silicon Valley chipmaker the first publicly traded company with a $4 trillion market value.

Artificial intelligence development accelerates as 11% of voters use AI daily, while tech leaders debate benefits and risks of rapidly advancing technology.

AI data centers are driving electricity demand growth not seen in decades, creating a new investment supercycle. Nuclear and renewable energy providers with long-term tech contracts are emerging as unexpected AI winners. Four stocks span the opportunity from established dividend payers to speculative moonshots.

Byron Deeter, partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, said companies no longer need such large labor forces to grow because of tech productivity tools.

From labor shortages and healthcare gaps to misinformation and data security risks, there are areas where technology could drive meaningful change.

Duke basketball will face Texas Tech at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 20, marking the Blue Devils’ second trip to NYC in 2025-26.

Casey Coleman, the former chief information officer for the GSA, said AI will allow federal workers to do "better, more creative, higher-value work."

Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell, Ambassador of India to the U.S. Vinay Kwatra, and Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson help open the new India