Good morning, Brood Daily Show, I'm Neil Freeman, and I'm Toby Ho.

On today's pod, you might have noticed that filling up a tank of gas has gotten considerably

more expensive, we'll discuss what's going on, and a story on where you may want to travel

to Tulsa instead of Tuscany.

Then AI has come for the dating apps and promises everlasting happiness, or at least more right

swipes. Plus, is meme stock madness back? We'll let you know in our Stock the Week, Dog the Week

section coming up in a bit. It's Friday, August 4th, let's ride.

All right Toby, it is Friday, so I need to know, was it a fast week or a slow week?

In other words, were you rushing or were you dragging?

I was perfectly on tempo, Neil. No, today this week was a fast week, it's because it's my

girlfriend's birthday tomorrow. Okay. And so that has been like this weight that's been

dragged me towards the end of the week. Your girlfriend's birthday is a weight.

No, in a good way though, because we're doing a field day in Central Park, where we're

getting a bunch of friends together doing like egg toss, doing some events, so I'm really excited

about that. That's the most you and Celia birthday, I can imagine. What about you?

It was a fast week for me, lots of work, lots of activities. If I were Gen Z, I'd say it's

giving Wednesday today. You are Gen Z, Neil. The fact that you do this podcast with me, I'm

rubbing off on you a little bit. All right, Neil, let's jump into our top story where we're

talking about two A's again, but no, it's not America's credit rating or my middle school report card.

It's just the first two letters of Apple and Amazon who reported earnings yesterday.

Let's start with Apple though, who reported its third straight quarter with a revenue decline.

iPhone Mac and iPad sales all fell, but it wasn't all rotten. Apple's services business, which is

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