🎷 “Bubl-ionaire” — Michael Bublé Christmas. iRobot’s RIP. J.Crew’s Ath-ski-surewear. +AI Barbie.

This is Nick. This is Jack. It is Tuesday, tea boy. Tuesday, December 16. And today's pod is the best one yet. This is a tea boy. The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. Yeah. Yetis, Jack and I are already planning our first pod of 2026. Jack, what are we gonna announce? We're gonna announce our stock picks for 2026. That's right. Our 2026 portfolio resolutions. How's your portfolio, Greg? Yeah. I don't know. You gotta listen to the first episode of that story. We'll find out in the New Year. Alright. That's coming in January. But in the meantime, Jack and I prepared the three best stories we've ever done. Jack, what's on today's tea boy? For our first story, Michael Buble is the top earning musician every December, 14 in a row. Mikey Buble is cornered the Christmas music market in a move Jack and I call Buble ing. For our second story, I, Robot, filed for bankruptcy yesterday. Your robot vacuum is crying in your closet. So we wrote an obituary for Roomba, and its life story is wilder than Forrest Gump's. And our third and final story, J. Crew ski jackets, aloe yoga apre wear, and SKIMS ski gear. Besties, the fashion industry recreation anymore. It's something else. Oh, it's something else entirely. But Yetis, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories, fantastic mix of stories, love the mix for t boy Tuesday, Jack. It's day three of Hanukkah. You have nine days until Christmas. What gift should you get? Well, Jack and I will tell you what gift you should not get. An AI toy. Yeah. Don't get an AI toy. Trust us. Yetis, you may have heard a story last month about the AI stuffed teddy bears that told kids some inappropriate things. Yeah. Like where to find the sharp knives in the kitchen. Not a good look. Well, that's not all. Now according to CNBC, some AI stuffed animals will tell kids where to light a match. Other AI stuffed animals will tell kids romantic advice. It's like Furby and Chat GPT had a baby who sells cigarettes on the playground. Batteries are not included. Huge privacy and safety and developmental concerns are. Oh, and that's not even the wildest part, is it, Jack? Some AI toys are even pitching Chinese propaganda. Get this, if you talk bad about president Xi, AI teddy bear is gonna report you. MIT Technology Review reports that China now has more than 1,500 registered AI toy companies. But Jack and I suggest you let Santa's workshop do the toy making instead, because even South Pole elves don't use Chat GPT. Jack, you can't put AI back in the Jack in the Box. If you tickle that Elmo, just hope he doesn't hallucinate. Stop biting me, Jack I was in a dream fat tip. T Boy City on your ad list. If you know, you know, because we're ready to go. …