Hey, don’t look now, but storage stalwart Western Digital appears to be making the leap from interesting stock to retail darling.
 

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Taco Bell was named the fastest drive-thru for the fifth year in a row, but its AI-powered drive-thrus developed with Nvidia may come with a catch, including glitchy behavior and inaccurate orders that have been so frustrating that customers are trolling the AI. Speed also seems to come at the cost of friendliness — the fast-food chain that was rated the friendliest was also the slowest. 

Despite trading sideways at the beginning of the session, yesterday the S&P 500 just barely eked out a new all-time closing high for the second consecutive day. This marks the longest winning streak for the benchmark index since July. The Nasdaq 100 also climbed to a new highest close, while the Russell 2000 outperformed.