Silicon Valley's AI talent war just reached a compensation milestone that makes even the most legendary scientific achievements of the past look financially modest. When Meta recently offered AI researcher Matt Deitke $250 million over four years (an average of $62.5 million per year)—with potentially $100 million in the first year alone—it shattered every historical precedent for scientific and technical compensation we can find on record. That includes salaries during the development of major scientific milestones of the 20th century.

The New York Times reported that Deitke had cofounded a startup called Vercept and previously led the development of Molmo, a multimodal AI system, at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence. His expertise in systems that juggle images, sounds, and text—exactly the kind of technology Meta wants to build—made him a prime target for recruitment. But he's not alone: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly also offered an unnamed AI engineer $1 billion in compensation to be paid out over several years. What's going on?

These astronomical sums reflect what tech companies believe is at stake: a race to create artificial general intelligence (AGI) or superintelligence—machines capable of performing intellectual tasks at or beyond the human level. Meta, Google, OpenAI, and others are betting that whoever achieves this breakthrough first could dominate markets worth trillions. Whether this vision is realistic or merely Silicon Valley hype, it's driving compensation to unprecedented levels.

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Key Points

• This tech leader is seeing growing demand for cloud services, yet its stock trades at just 14 times expected earnings.

• A well-known athleisure superstar looks like it's oversold, and value investors should take a look.

• This diversified apparel company could be at the start of a turnaround.

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The stock market has shown incredible resiliency in 2025. After shaking off the trade wars and uncertainty for the economy, the S&P 500 is sitting close to new all-time highs. As August, which is historically a weak month for the markets, approaches, there are solid companies trading at reasonable valuations that are worth buying.

If you have $1,000 to commit to a long-term investment plan, read why three Motley Fool contributors like Alibaba (NYSE: BABA), Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU), and VF Corp (NYSE: VFC) right now.

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An undervalued tech giant

John Ballard (Alibaba): Shares of Alibaba are starting to climb out of the slump they've been in for the past few years. This is a great time to consider starting an investment in the tech giant. An improving economy in China and strong demand for the company's cloud services are major catalysts that could potentially double the share price within five years.

Alibaba's e-commerce marketplaces, Taobao and Tmall, are posting steady growth in 2025. The March-ending quarter showed these businesses growing customer management revenue by 12% year over year. This primarily comes from fees charged to third-party merchants that sell goods on these marketplaces, which creates very profitable revenue streams for Alibaba.

Alibaba has multiple levers to grow revenue in its e-commerce business. It credited recent growth from several initiatives, including the integration of its Cainiao logistics in its e-commerce business, in addition to new software service fees that helped capture a higher percentage of revenue from merchant activities.

Another catalyst supporting the stock's recovery is strong growth in Alibaba Cloud. Enterprises are adopting artificial intelligence (AI) services at a rapid rate. Alibaba said its AI-related product revenue has grown at a triple-digit rate for seven consecutive quarters. Its investments in AI are positioning the company for strong growth over the next decade.

Despite positive trends across the company, investors can buy shares at just 13.5 times this year's consensus earnings estimate -- a genuine bargain. The stock could double if investors pay a higher multiple of earnings that is consistent with the average S&P 500 price-to-earnings multiple of 30. Wall Street appears to be in the process of rerating Alibaba shares right now, making it a timely buy for the month of August.

Too cheap to ignore

Jennifer Saibil (Lululemon): Lululemon has been having a very tough time over the past few years, and its stock is down around 45% in 2025 alone. However, at the current price, it looks like the market is overselling it, and it's trading at a bargain price.

After many years of strong growth, that growth has decelerated sharply. There are several factors working against it, including pressure in discretionary spending and increasing competition. Lululemon helped create the athleisure movement, but there are low barriers to entry in its industry. In fact, in the premium athleisure space, customers are often looking for the next important and exclusive brand. On top of that, there have been worries about how Lululemon will be affected by tariffs. It's no wonder investors have been losing enthusiasm for the stock.

The 2025 fiscal first quarter (ended May 4) did little to quell the pessimism. Sales increased 7% year over year in the quarter, but comparable sales (comps) were up only 1%. Even worse, they decreased 2% in the Americas region. Management maintained its guidance for a mid-single-digit increase in revenue for the full year, but it revised its guidance down for full-year earnings per share (EPS).

However, there's reason for optimism. Lululemon stock trades at a P/E ratio of only 14, and at this price, it looks like a good value. Lululemon is highly profitable with an operating margin of 18.5%. That was down 1.1 percentage points from last year in the first quarter, mostly due to tariffs. However, it's still industry-leading, way above similar athletic wear and regular apparel companies.

The tariffs situation could be improving as the Trump administration continues to make deals with other countries. And in terms of other countries, although the Americas market has been disappointing, Lululemon is doing very well in China, where sales increased 22% over last year in Q1.

At the current price, it could finally be time to give Lululemon stock another shot, especially if you're looking for a value stock.

A turnaround is afoot at VF Corp.

Jeremy Bowman (VF Corp): With the broad market at an all-time high, it may be a good time for investors to look to beaten-down stocks that could be undervalued.

VF Corp. looks like one of those stocks right now. The apparel brand manager, which owns brands like Vans, The North Face, Timberland, and Dickies, has been one of the worst-performing apparel stocks in the market over the last five years. The stock is down about 85% from its peak in 2021.

Weakness at Vans, a dividend cut, and broader headwinds on consumer discretionary products all weighed on the stock, but VF Corp. showed signs of a turnaround in the fiscal Q1 earnings report on Wednesday.

While overall revenue was flat, the company delivered solid growth at all of its core brands except Vans, which is going through a "channel rationalization," meaning management is reducing the number of distribution points. However, Timberland was up 11%, and The North Face was up 6%. Vans, on the other hand, was down 14%, but the overall business is healthier than it might look.

If management can stabilize Vans and improve profitability, the company should be on good footing. Its adjusted operating loss was much better than expected in Q1, and management's guidance calls for full-year growth in adjusted operating income and free cash flow.

VF Corp. now trades at a price-to-sales ratio of just 0.5. That gives the stock upside potential if it can achieve a profit margin of just 5%, which would equal a price-to-earnings ratio of just 10 at the current P/S ratio.

For a company with a set of well-known premium brands, that should be achievable. If the turnaround continues to make progress, VF could double or triple from here.

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The week containing the July 4th holiday weekend saw TV viewers spend 8% more time streaming content compared to 2024.

Key Points

• Roku reports its second-quarter numbers after Thursday's market close.

• A clear path to profitability, improving guidance, and rising partnership prospects can make it a strong performance.

• Roku stock has still initially stumbled after posting financial results -- more often than not -- over the past year.

• 10 stocks we like better than Roku ›

A lot of companies have a lot riding on impressing the market this earnings season. Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) certainly has a lot to gain -- or lose -- depending on how its fresh financials play out. Shares of the TV video-streaming pioneer have more than doubled the market's return in 2025, and are up a hearty 53% over the past year.

Roku reports its second-quarter results on Thursday afternoon, shortly after the market close. Roku's guidance for the period calls for a net loss of $25 million, improving on the $34 million deficit it posted a year earlier. It sees revenue increasing 10.5% to $1.07 billion. Let's go over a few of the reasons why the shares can move higher on Friday following the telltale earnings release. Let's close with one reason why the reaction may not be so rosy.

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1. Profitability can come sooner than you think

A big knock on Roku has been its lack of profitability. It generated positive net income for a six-quarter stretch from the second half of 2020 to all of 2021, but it has remained in the red outside of that run. It's worth noting that Roku hit an all-time high during that span of time. The stock would have to be a five-bagger from today's starting line to get back there. What if Roku is closer to becoming profitable sooner rather than later?

Roku's guidance three months ago was encouraging. The niche leader sees a loss of $30 million for all of 2025. It already scored a net loss of $27 million for the first quarter. Its outlook calls for a $25 million deficit for the three months that ended in June. If it's still modeling a $30 million hole on the bottom line for the entire year, that would translate into a profit of $22 million for the next two quarters combined.

Will its new guidance show positive net income for the current quarter or will the burden to dig Roku out of the red rest solely on its fourth-quarter performance? What if profitability is already here? Back in February it was calling for a $40 million deficit for both the first quarter and all of 2025. It improved on both of those forecasts when it announced results at the start of May. After 13 consecutive quarters of losses, the bottom-line turnaround could be here.

2. Engagement could keep rising

Roku closed the curtain on two of its most popular metrics at the end of last year. It is no longer reporting the number of users on its free operating system. The move also meant the end to putting out average revenue per user (ARPU), as it would be easy math to calculate its audience if you divide platform revenue by ARPU. It's not just Roku doing this. The country's leading premium video service is also no longer putting out its subscriber count.

Thankfully Roku is still offering up the time that folks are spent streaming through the platform. Viewers spent 35.8 billion hours cradling the Roku remote during the second quarter, a nearly 17% year-over-year jump. Since Roku's flagship platform revenue is basically the ability to monetize its audience through ads and nudging viewers to try new services, the streaming hours metric has become even more critical. There are no signs that Roku's popularity is in trouble, and one can argue that extreme weather this summer has probably kept a lot of people at home in front of their TVs.

3. New partnerships can keep emerging

One of the most noteworthy things to happen during the second quarter was a partnership announced with Amazon. The leading online retailer operates a popular demand-side ad buying platform, and in mid-June it announced that it would start offering its advertisers a way to reach Roku's growing user base. The integration is a win-win deal for both parties, even if Amazon's Fire TV competes with Roku.

The fruits of that deal won't move the needle in the second quarter. The unexpected partnership won't be a factor until the latter half of this year. However, Roku will have a chance to discuss the partnership and how it can increase the ARPU that it is no longer reporting. This could also spur other partnerships as Roku establishes itself as the best way for advertisers to get noticed in the era of connected TV marketing. Roku is ready for its close-up as a growth stock again.

A reason to sell?

Take a closer look at the stock chart above. You'll see Roku moving higher with its 53% surge over the past 12 months. Now zoom in on the purple E circles that point out when it posted its past four quarterly results. The stock has moved lower after announcing fresh financial results three of those four times.

On the one hand, it's encouraging to see that Roku isn't just surviving but actually thriving after initially poorly received quarterly results. However, it could give an investor pause seeing how the market response hasn't been positive the day after Roku's financial updates.

Long-term investors don't have to worry about timing the market. It's also worth noting that the three positive catalysts noted could make this a winning Friday instead of a sinking one. Roku has a lot to prove this week. Stay close to see how it all unfolds.

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Key Points

• This growth stock is up over 40-fold since 2015 and is still growing revenue at high rates.

• This e-commerce powerhouse operates in an environment where 85% of sales are still offline, giving it a long growth runway.

• This streaming stock could be at a turning point.

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Building wealth in the stock market is not difficult. The biggest challenge is staying focused on the long-term potential of a business when market volatility strikes, as it inevitably will. As long as you invest in competitively positioned companies that have lots of room to expand over the long term, you're going to be successful.

As the markets hit new highs at the midway point of 2025, three Motley Fool contributors believe Shopify (NASDAQ: SHOP), MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI), and Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) can make solid additions to a long-term investor's portfolio. Here's why these stocks are poised to deliver outstanding returns.

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An excellent stock to invest in e-commerce growth

John Ballard (Shopify): Shopify has been an amazing performer for investors. The shares have rocketed from a split-adjusted share price of about $3 following its initial public offering in 2015 to around $120 today. But what makes Shopify a brilliant growth stock is that it is still growing revenue at over 20% annually, with potential to keep growing at high rates for a long time.

The company's main driver of growth is not subscriptions to its platform, but merchant solutions, such as payment processing, shipping solutions, and capital lending. Shopify has reported 20% or more quarterly revenue growth for the last two years, with merchant solutions now comprising 74% of the business.

Merchant solutions are a high-margin revenue stream for Shopify. Because of this, Shopify continues to invest in driving this side of the business. Over the last year, it doubled the number of markets for Shopify Payments. It is also launching free tools, such as TariffGuide.ai, which uses artificial intelligence to help merchants figure out how to reduce costs in their supply chain based on product details. Shopify's innovation is an advantage in building the go-to operating system for e-commerce.

Of course, merchant solutions only grow if businesses using Shopify's platform are selling more and generating payment fees. This incentivizes Shopify to help merchants succeed. This forms a sort of partnership between the company and its merchant customers, which ultimately benefits the company and shareholders.

E-commerce is a multitrillion-dollar market, yet the total value of transactions completed by a Shopify merchant in the last quarter was less than $75 billion, or $350 billion on an annual run-rate basis. The recent expansion of Shopify Payments to 16 new markets should help it further penetrate this opportunity to drive more growth. All signs point to Shopify growing substantially in the years to come.

Great performance, tons of opportunity

Jennifer Saibil (MercadoLibre): MercadoLibre is an e-commerce powerhouse serving Latin America, and it's demonstrating fantastic growth. Its population is underpenetrated in e-commerce, giving it a long growth runway. It also has a growing presence in financial services, and its wide-ranging businesses in areas that are still adopting technology mean it has years of growth ahead.

In the 2025 first quarter, revenue increased 64% (currency neutral) year over year. Gross merchandise volume (GMV) was up 40%, and total payment volume increased 72%. It's also highly profitable. Operating income increased 45% over last year with a 12.9% margin.

Although e-commerce is growing rapidly, physical stores still account for 85% of sales in the company's regions. As the leader in e-commerce, MercadoLibre has 5% of the total retail market, and it's helping to generate the shift over to digital shopping by improving its value proposition with speedy deliveries, an increased assortment, and more. It's working, and unique active buyers continue to increase, up 25% year over year to 67 million in the first quarter. Like Amazon, it's also monetizing its platform with a lucrative and growing advertising business.

The fintech business is younger and growing even faster. Monthly active users increased 31% year over year in the first quarter to 64 million, and the credit portfolio increased 74%. The large incumbent banks in Latin America still account for the vast majority of banking in the region, but MercadoLibre is capturing market share through offering easy-to-use digital services and high yields on accounts. It's also expanding its platform with new products and features, and it's planning to open a fully digital bank in Mexico and Argentina.

MercadoLibre stock is up 41% year to date, crushing the market. It's been especially attractive to investors this year since it has low exposure to tariffs, but it tends to beat the market at any time. With its well-run business and wide opportunities, it should continue to create shareholder value for the foreseeable future.

This streaming stock could be ready for a breakout

Jeremy Bowman (Roku): There's no doubt that Roku has struggled in recent years. The leading streaming distribution platform is still operating at a loss, even though streaming now has a larger share of viewing in the U.S. than broadcast and cable combined.

The stock has been a laggard as well since a pandemic surge led to a collapse, but it could finally be ready to turn the corner. First, Roku said it expected to report an operating profit on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis in 2026, and the company's recent results continue to show it making progress toward that end. In the first quarter of 2025, the company reported revenue growth of 16% to $1.02 billion, and its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) improved 37% to $56 million.

Last month, Roku announced a new partnership with Amazon, integrating Roku's authenticated CTV footprint with Amazon's DSP (demand-side platform). The partnership gives Roku a new way to leverage its ad inventory and technology and neutralizes one of its closest competitors in streaming distribution.

Additionally, the recent earnings report from Netflix showed that there's still robust growth in the streaming sector if Roku can take advantage of it. Meanwhile, Alphabet also showed off solid growth in its earnings report with advertising growth at 10%.

Analysts are expecting 11% growth from Roku in the second quarter to $1.07 billion when it reports earnings in August. If the company can top that and take steps toward profitability, there's a lot of upside potential for the stock.

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On Tuesday, OpenAI announced a partnership with Oracle to develop 4.5 gigawatts of additional data center capacity for its Stargate AI infrastructure platform in the US. The expansion, which TechCrunch reports is part of a $30 billion-per-year deal between OpenAI and Oracle, will reportedly bring OpenAI's total Stargate capacity under development to over 5 gigawatts.

The data center has taken root in Abilene, Texas, a city of 127,000 located 150 miles west of Fort Worth. The city, which serves as the commercial hub of a 19-county region known as the "Big Country," offers a location with existing tech employment ecosystem, including Dyess Air Force Base and three universities. Abilene's economy has evolved over time from its agricultural and livestock roots to embrace technology and manufacturing sectors.

"We have signed a deal for an additional 4.5 gigawatts of capacity with oracle as part of stargate. easy to throw around numbers, but this is a gigantic infrastructure project," wrote OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on X. "We are planning to significantly expand the ambitions of stargate past the $500 billion commitment we announced in January."

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The San Diego Comic-Con pop-up for the DC Studios anti-hero series, starring John Cena, has some explaining to do.

Days after AI coding startup Windsurf announced that it’s being acquired by Cognition, Windsurf exec Jeff Wang took to X to offer more details about the drama and uncertainty around the deal.

Key Points

• Reddit's investments in AI and proprietary data could help the company deliver strong growth for years to come.

• Unity Software is a fallen growth stock with a promising turnaround strategy.

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Reddit (NYSE: RDDT) and Unity Software (NYSE: U) are two former high-flying growth stocks that are trading well off their previous peaks. Sometimes stocks fall for good reasons, but at other times, a discounted share price can be a great buying opportunity.

Let's look at why these stocks fell, how the underlying businesses are performing, and whether they can recover their former glory.

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1. Reddit

Reddit has reported strong revenue growth since completing its initial public offering (IPO) last year. But the stock has fallen from its recent highs over concerns about the potential for a slowing ad market and competition in the digital advertising market.

The recent sell-off is a good buying opportunity, as Wall Street still underestimates the power of Reddit's highly engaged user base.

Despite uncertainty with the ad market and Wall Street's concerns over competition, Reddit reported robust revenue growth in the first quarter. Daily active unique users grew 31% year over year to 108 million, while ad revenue surged 61% to $359 million.

In June, Reddit announced new ad tools that promise to drive more advertising demand. These new tools are powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and will provide marketers real-time insights into discussions happening on Reddit.

Reddit is also bringing AI features to its users. Reddit Answers reached 1 million weekly users in Q1. It's basically a ChatGPT-style chatbot that pulls answers from all the discussions happening on Reddit's platform.

Reddit is growing much faster than other social media companies like Pinterest, Meta Platforms, Snap, and even Google's search business. It has a lot of valuable data on its platform, which it's monetizing by licensing it to other AI companies for use in training their models.

While the stock has already rebounded about 50% from its recent lows, it's still trading 36% off its all-time high. Analysts are expecting the company to report year-over-year revenue growth of 51% for Q2, according to Yahoo! Finance.

Another strong quarter could push the stock higher, but regardless of where the stock trades in the near term, Reddit appears on track to grow into a more valuable business down the road. Its AI investments and data are underappreciated by Wall Street, making the stock worth holding for the long term.

2. Unity Software

Unity is one of the most widely used game engines that developers use for making video games. It offers a suite of tools to make games for all the major platforms (mobile, PC, and console). It was a fast-growing business through 2023, regularly reporting more than 20% quarterly revenue growth. But the combination of an expensive valuation amid falling revenue has weighed on the share price the past few years.

The stock is down 86% from its previous highs. CEO Matthew Bromberg stepped in last year to turn the business around. Management is exiting non-essential products and services and returning Unity's business to focus on high-growth and high-margin revenue opportunities.

Investors looking at Unity's recent financial results won't see much to like. Its "portfolio reset" was responsible for the 6% year-over-year decrease in revenue last quarter. However, Bromberg's strategy could get the business back on track and unlock Unity's full potential, which isn't reflected in the stock's valuation.

Unity just completed the migration of its advertising business to its new, AI-powered platform, Unity Vector. This will allow Unity to provide deeper insights in order to deliver better advertising results for its customers. Management indicated that this won't be fully reflected in its Q2 revenue, but Vector puts the company's Grow Solutions segment, which made up two-thirds of the business last quarter, on course to deliver strong growth over the long term.

The other part of Unity's business is its Create Solutions segment, which posted an 8% year-over-year decline in revenue last quarter. This includes revenue from the tools Unity sells to game developers. It is planning three important updates to its Unity 6 software this year. One of these updates includes AI features that will help developers build games faster. This could be a significant demand driver for Unity's software.

While the company's financials look like a mess, the stock could move higher over the next year as the company returns to profitable growth. Analysts expect revenue to decline 2% for 2025 before growing 9% next year to $1.9 billion. By 2029, analysts expect Unity's focus on investing in more profitable opportunities to grow adjusted earnings per share to $2.34.

The stock is currently trading at just 13 times 2029 estimates, which is cheap. This growth stock could trade over 20 times earnings, potentially doubling the share price in the next four years.

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With so many options available today, choosing the best streaming services can feel overwhelming. Whether you’re into blockbuster movies, reality TV, documentaries or just want access to news channels, there’s a platform tailored to your tastes and budget. From premium subscriptions like Disney Plus, Netflix and Max to free streaming options like Tubi or Pluto TV, there’s something for everyone.

If you’re looking to cut the cord completely, you might also want to explore live TV options that offer cable-like channels without the hassle. We’ve also put together a separate guide to the best live TV streaming services if you’re after a full channel lineup that includes sports, local stations and breaking news. In this buying guide, though, we’re focusing on the top on-demand streaming services worth subscribing to right now — whether you’re binging shows solo or setting up family-friendly entertainment for the weekend.

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The premiere of Alien: Earth is just weeks away, and FX/Hulu dropped one last trailer to pique our interest, along with a much more detailed synopsis. It's meditative and existential in tone, with a haunting tune playing over footage of mysterious alien craft, dead bodies, blood-spattered humans fleeing through futuristic corridors, and, of course, a spooky silhouette of a xenomorph in the distance.

As previously reported, the eight-episode series is set in 2120, two years before the events of the first film, Alien (1979), in a world where corporate interests are competing to unlock the key to human longevity—maybe even immortality. Showrunner Noah Hawley has said that the style and mythology will be closer to that film than Prometheus (2012) or Alien: Covenant, both of which were also prequels.

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How many Google AI researchers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? A recent research paper detailing the technical core behind Google's Gemini AI assistant may suggest an answer, listing an eye-popping 3,295 authors.

It's a number that recently caught the attention of machine learning researcher David Ha (known as "hardmaru" online), who revealed on X that the first 43 names also contain a hidden message. "There’s a secret code if you observe the authors’ first initials in the order of authorship," Ha wrote, relaying the Easter egg: "GEMINI MODELS CAN THINK AND GET BACK TO YOU IN A FLASH."

The paper, titled "Gemini 2.5: Pushing the Frontier with Advanced Reasoning, Multimodality, Long Context, and Next Generation Agentic Capabilities," describes Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 2.5 Flash AI models, which were released in March. These large language models, which power Google's chatbot AI assistant, feature simulated reasoning capabilities that produce a string of "thinking out loud" text before generating responses in an attempt to help them solve more difficult problems. That explains "think" and "flash" in the hidden text.

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The European Commission has stalled one of its investigations into Elon Musk’s X for breaking the bloc’s digital transparency rules, while it seeks to conclude trade talks with the US.

Brussels was expected to finalise its probe into the social media platform before the EU’s summer recess but will miss this deadline, according to three officials familiar with the matter. They noted that a decision was likely to follow after clarity emerged in the EU-US trade negotiations. “It’s all tied up,” one of the officials added.

The EU has several investigations into X under the bloc’s Digital Services Act, a set of rules for large online players to police their platforms more aggressively.

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