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The Spurs beat OKC in 7 games to reach the Finals. Wembanyama won WCF MVP. Game 1 is Wednesday June 3. Even if you're not a basketball person, Wemby in the Finals is appointment television. This is the generational talent moment everyone predicted.

The Kid LAROI plays The Masonic on Friday. He's been on a strong touring run and The Masonic is one of SF's best mid-size venues. If you want something more energetic than a bar but more intimate than Chase Center, this is the move.

If you have any appreciation for 80s synth-pop, this is a must. The Human League (Don't You Want Me), Soft Cell (Tainted Love), and Alison Moyet (Only You) on one bill at The Warfield. This is a nostalgia powerhouse and The Warfield is the perfect venue for it.

Swedish DJ Alesso brings his set to Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. If you're into electronic/dance music, this is the week's marquee EDM show. The 8,500-capacity Civic is made for this kind of spectacle.

Louis Tomlinson plays Bill Graham Civic with The Aces supporting. If you know someone who was a Directioner, this is their event. The Aces are a genuinely good indie-pop opener worth showing up early for.

Pitbull at Shoreline is exactly what you'd expect: a massive outdoor party with hits you know every word to whether you want to admit it or not. Good group outing material. Mountain View is a drive but Shoreline on a Sunday evening in June is hard to beat.

Broadcom reports Q2 after the bell Wednesday. Consensus: $2.40 EPS, $22.1B revenue (up 47% YoY). The stock hit $488 intraday today before pulling back. AI revenue more than doubled last quarter. This is the last major semi to report and the clearest read on custom AI silicon dema...

Microsoft fell 4.3% after Alphabet announced an $80B equity offering for AI capex. The read-through: if Google needs to dilute shareholders to fund AI, maybe every Big Tech balance sheet is under more strain than investors thought. MSFT's $180-190B capex implies they may fol...

NVDA pulled back slightly (-0.9%) to $222 after hitting ATH $236 last week post-Jensen keynote. ASML surged 3.8% to $1,690 on continued EUV demand. TSM up 1.8% to $443. The semi complex remains strong but post-keynote NVDA enthusiasm is cooling as the N1X chip digests. Entry zone...

CoreWeave dropped to $120 from a $187 high. The GPU cloud provider remains one of the most direct AI infrastructure bets but trades like a meme stock. For a tranche approach, today's level is interesting if you believe in the thesis -- 36% off highs with Anthropic and OpenAI...

Apple hit a new ATH at $315 (52W high), up 2.8%. GOOGL dropped on the $80B equity offering. META is trading around $635 -- flat relative to the sector. Amazon dipped slightly. Tesla recovered 1.4% after Monday's OpenAI robotics selloff. The dispersion within Mag 7 is widenin

Michael Carrick got the job on a permanent basis after dragging United to 3rd (71 pts) following the Amorim disaster. He won 20 of 38 league games with essentially the same squad. Now comes the real test: a Champions League squad rebuild with INEOS opening the checkbook.

Bruno Fernandes finished with 21 Premier League assists, breaking the all-time single-season record. His 57M release clause is only available to overseas clubs. United officials say he's speaking openly about winning silverware next season, which reads as commitment. His wif...

Brazilian midfielder Ederson has agreed personal terms and a 38M deal is close. He's the Casemiro replacement United desperately need -- younger, more mobile, and coming off a strong Serie A campaign with Atalanta. City also scouted him but United moved faster.

Hayden Hackney won Championship Player of the Season under Carrick at Middlesbrough. Now Carrick wants a reunion at Old Trafford for around 25M. Spurs, Palace, and Everton are all interested, but Hackney-to-Carrick is the personal connection that tips it. He'd be a long-term...

Anthropic filed its confidential S-1 on Monday, just one week after closing its $65B Series H at $965B. Revenue run-rate is $47B. The company said it will go public 'after the SEC completes its review.' This is the safety-first AI lab that was founded to correct OpenAI&...

SpaceX begins its roadshow June 4 and is targeting a Nasdaq listing (ticker SPCX) around June 12. They're aiming to raise $75B at a $1.75T valuation. Morningstar thinks it's worth $780B -- less than half the target. The all-primary offering means proceeds go to the comp...

Alphabet announced an $80B equity offering to fund AI capex ($180-190B in 2026, 'significantly increasing' in 2027). Berkshire is buying $10B at a 6.5% discount to market. GOOGL dropped 2.5% premarket. Alphabet hasn't bought back shares since 2017 Q1 and that'...

San Francisco-based Tripo AI closed nearly $200M across Series A+ and A++ rounds. They're building AI 3D foundation models and just announced Project Eden -- a world model initiative for persistent, reusable, multiplayer interactive environments. Think game engines but AI-na...

Altman announced OpenAI Robotics on X over the weekend -- hiring for hardware, controls, systems, and ML for humanoid robots. Focus: help skilled workers on infrastructure first, then personal robots for everyone. This puts OpenAI directly on Tesla Optimus's turf. The market...

At COMPUTEX 2026, NVIDIA unveiled an open humanoid robot reference design: Unitree H2 Plus body, Sharpa five-fingered hands, Jetson Thor compute, and Isaac GR00T software. Jensen called it 'a multitrillion-dollar economic opportunity.' The notable choice: NVIDIA partner...

Tesla killed Model S and X production at Fremont in early May 2026 to convert that assembly line for Optimus humanoid robots. Target: ~1M units annual capacity. The conversion wraps in late July or August. Musk said he'll unveil the production version closer to start of prod...

Figure AI landed a commercial agreement with Catalyst Brands (JCPenney, Aeropostale, Brooks Brothers) to deploy humanoid robots in their Reno, NV distribution center. Sorting and packing, real warehouse work. Brookfield backs both companies. This is the kind of boring, real deplo...

Swift's mysterious countdown on June 1 revealed an original song for Toy Story 5, marking a return to her country roots. Three collector CD singles (standard, acoustic, piano) at $3.99 each went on sale immediately. The Jessie-themed cowgirl reveal on her site was peak Swift...

Ben Gibbard and company return June 5 on Anti- Records. If you've ever needed a soundtrack for staring out a window while processing feelings, this is probably it. Death Cab rarely misses, and early buzz suggests this is a return to form after the lukewarm Asphalt Meadows.

After stepping back from the spotlight, Lizzo's comeback album is called Bitch. That's either a reclamation or a provocation, probably both. Atlantic is betting big on a cultural moment. Whether the music backs up the branding is the only question that matters.

Modest Mouse returns with An Eraser and a Maze, their first in years. Same day, Evanescence drops Sanctuary on BMG. Vince Staples also has Cry Baby landing June 5. It's going to be a crowded release day.