Today: October 28, 2026
Today: October 28, 2026

Artificial Intelligence

Political|Science|Technology

China's foreign minister urges stronger governance of deep sea and outer space

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for stronger governance of the deep sea, polar regions and outer space as he addressed the opening of the country's Global

Business|Economy|Finance

US equity funds post inflows for a second straight week

US equity funds attracted inflows for a second consecutive week in the seven days to October 21, as easing Treasury yields and strong corporate earnings so far bolstered investor

Science|Technology

AI-discovered bugs may soon trigger fresh disruptions, cyber experts say

Advances in artificial intelligence have uncovered a stream of new software vulnerabilities that are almost certain to trigger more

Business|Economy|Finance|Technology

AI trade meets the Fed

An eye-catching week is in store as rate-setters at the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and Bank of Japan announce policy decisions, while investors will gauge whether

Economy|Science|Technology

Bank of Japan warns of risks from AI market shock, cyberattacks

The Bank of Japan warned on Friday of rising risks caused by AI, including growing cybersecurity threats and potential market shocks, that

Science|Technology

OpenAI and Poland’s NASK collaborate on AI safety research

OpenAI said on Friday it would collaborate with Poland’s NASK National Research Institute on AI safety, security and technical research, as rising incidents of rogue behaviour by AI

Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology

SK Hynix puts US IPO of chip unit Solidigm on hold after Seoul authorities raise concerns

SK Hynix on Friday put on hold a planned US listing for its Solidigm chip unit due to market volatility — a move which also comes

Health|Science|Technology

Microsoft develops AI tool that can diagnose 'sequentially' like a doctor

Microsoft researchers say an AI tool that diagnoses patients step by step, as doctors do, was more than twice as accurate as general physicians at solving complex

Business|World

US Treasury drops Venezuela from countries facing outbound US investment restrictions

The US Treasury Department on Thursday announced proposed rules for screening outbound investment in China, Russia and other countries, a list that no

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

US Treasury proposes a rule to crack down on high-tech investments in China, other adversaries

The U_S_ Treasury Department has proposed a rule to crack down on American high-tech investments in China, Russia, North Korea and other “countries of concern."

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Steep bill for AI buildout punishes Meta, other tech favorites

The tab for the next round of the AI buildout came due on Thursday.

Economy|Finance|Science|Technology|World

Trading Day: Maximum pAIn

A wave of worry around AI and tech crashed over global markets on Thursday, slamming equities and bond yields as investors sought the refuge of

Business|Environment|Science|Technology

Facing pushback on data centers, tech giants are promising hosts more money and fewer secrets

With host communities across the U.S. turning against their gargantuan data centers, America’s technology giants are promising to take fewer taxpayer handouts, keep fewer secrets or shower more money onto the communities willing to allow the server warehouses

Science|Technology

Rush is on to patch a software vulnerability that could impact 70% of websites worldwide

Governments and corporations worked throughout the night to update software after the AI-assisted discovery of vulnerabilities in a programming language vital to about 70% of websites globally

Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology|US

Short sellers make $6 billion in unrealized profits as neoclouds slide on AI debt fears

Investors betting against US neocloud and data center companies have raked in $6 billion in paper profits so far this month, after fears their debt-fueled AI buildout was becoming

Business|Europe|Technology

Publishers, advertisers call EU, UK antitrust regulators to suspend Meta's new commercial terms

Digital advertisers and publishers lobbied on Thursday for EU and UK regulators to suspend Meta Platforms' new commercial terms due to come into effect on

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US banks are blocking third-party AI agents access to customer accounts, sources say

Major US banks have been blocking third-party AI agents from operating inside customer accounts and making transactions, two people familiar with the situation said, following a

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UK regulator urges pension trustees to stress-test over AI concentration risk

British pension funds could have greater exposure to AI-related risks than trustees realise, Britain's pensions regulator said on Thursday, and urged them to challenge

Arts|Technology

SAP clients increasingly worry about AI models' origin, CFO says

Customers are increasingly asking where the AI inside their business software was built, SAP's finance chief told Reuters on Thursday, with export controls and

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

IMF, OECD warn AI could widen rich-poor country divide

Artificial intelligence could boost global growth, but poorer countries, smaller companies and younger workers risk missing out unless access to power, digital

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Meta Q3 revenue tops estimates and Zuckerberg says Muse accounts have topped 10 million

Meta Platforms says its third-quarter profit jumped more than threefold, as revenue climbed sharply

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Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in New Mexico case over Cambridge Analytica scandal

Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in New Mexico case over Cambridge Analytica scandal

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Walmart launches tools for AI agents to shop for customers

Walmart on Wednesday intrduced new tools that will allow artificial intelligence agents to shop and complete transactions for customers, as the retailer seeks

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A strong profit report from SpaceX helps lift tech stocks and Wall Street

U.S. stocks climbed following strong profit reports from SpaceX, Capital One Financial and other big companies

Arts|Business|Economy|Finance|Technology

A SpaceX-Tesla megamerger could benefit both companies and Elon Musk's personal fortune

Stocks of Elon Musk's two biggest companies are rising Wednesday after he suggested a combination was in the works to form a trillion dollar colossus in possibly the biggest deal ever

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BlackRock adds robotics ETF to growing ranks of AI-themed products

BlackRock rolled out another in a suite of exchange-traded funds tied to AI on Wednesday, even as the willingness of investors to wholeheartedly embrace

Science|Technology

Anthropic adds former Harvard science dean to oversight body

Anthropic said on Wednesday that Christopher Stubbs, former dean of science at Harvard University, had joined its oversight body, which holds the power to appoint a majority of the

Health|Science|Technology

Meta smart glasses give blind veterans in South Carolina a new tool for independence

Meta smart glasses give blind veterans in South Carolina a new tool for independence

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

Nvidia CEO encourages Europe's lagging AI sector and offers tools to accelerate data center buildout

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged Europe’s lagging artificial intelligence industry to get going and touted a modular system to quickly build the AI data centers with the massive computing power Europe currently lacks

Arts|Crime|Science|Technology

An AI model’s false tip to Philadelphia police reveals how digital agents can do as they’re told and still cause trouble

An expert on AI governance explains why these rare mistakes may soon be common, and with much higher stakes.

Arts|Asia|Business|Economy|Europe|Finance|MidEast|Technology|World

Musk mulls megacap

It was hard to keep track of global markets from hour to hour on Tuesday, with Brent crude hitting fresh five-month highs before plunging, which rippled through tech-

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OpenAI president urges AI safeguards as group he funds opposes regulation

As OpenAI executives step up their public calls for federal AI safety rules, a political group the company’s president helped fund is spending millions

Arts|Technology

The anti-AI writing police are everywhere. What are they looking for?

The anti-AI writing police are everywhere. What are they looking for?

Business|Science|Technology

China's Moonshot AI to operate in Singapore, jobs post shows

Chinese AI startup Moonshot is expanding into Singapore, with a new sales role listed on the company's LinkedIn page this week. 

Business|Economy|Technology

AI data center projects boost US warehouse demand and rents, real estate company JLL says

AI data center construction projects, particularly near Dallas/Fort Worth and Washington, DC, are generating new demand for warehouse space and helped

Business|Science|Technology

Musk says SpaceX-Tesla merger is 'a good idea' as companies form deal committees

Elon Musk said on Tuesday that a merger of his two companies SpaceX and Tesla would be "a good idea" and that they had formed special committees to

Political|Science|Technology

New UN initiative will aim to tackle the military uses of AI

The United Nations is launching a new initiative on the military uses of artificial intelligence, aimed at addressing some dire concerns about the threat the rapidly developing technology could pose to humanity

Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology|US

Most US stocks rise following strong profit reports from Equifax, Hasbro and other big companies

Most of the U.S. stock market rose Tuesday following strong profit reports from Equifax, Hasbro and other companies

Education|Technology

France backs UNESCO drive to involve more young people in political decisions

A UNESCO drive to get more young people into decision-making bodies, including those on how to prevent wars, won the backing of France's foreign minister on

Finance|Science|Technology

Anthropic's public benefit fund and how it compares with other big philanthropic efforts

Anthropic said it would commit 5% of its shares to a new public benefit fund, as debate intensifies over how the growing wealth generated by artificial intelligence should be

Business|Economy|Finance|Science|Technology

AI startup ASI valued at $3 billion in latest funding round

Artificial intelligence startup ASI said on Tuesday it had raised $325 million in a funding round valuing the company at $3 billion, amid growing investor appetite for AI software

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Salesforce deepens AI bets with $5.66 billion Braze deal

Salesforce is buying Braze in a deal valued at about $5.66 billion, bolstering its AI push with tools that let brands send personalized messages and respond to

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Ahead of massive IPOs, AI companies are sketching plans to share their wealth

As they steam toward massive public offerings on Wall Street, the companies at the forefront of artificial intelligence have begun sketching plans to share their wealth with the public

Business|Finance|Technology

Meta's AI spending, Muse assistant adoption in focus for quarterly results

Meta's massive artificial intelligence outlays and adoption of its Muse personal assistant will be in focus when it reports third-quarter results on Wednesday, as the social media

Business|Economy|Science|Technology|World

China defends DeepSeek after US ban of its AI from government systems

China has criticized a U.S. ban on AI startup DeepSeek for federal civilian agencies and is warning of possible retaliatory measures, highlighting tensions in the tech race between the two countries

Crime|Science|Technology

Ex-OpenAI worker accused of bugging conference room planned to fly to Saudi Arabia, prosecutors say

Federal prosecutors say a former OpenAI engineer secretly installed a recording device in a conference room to gather company details

Business|Science|Technology

Musk, Anthropic outline dueling approaches to AI-era philanthropy

Anthropic and Elon Musk have laid out sharply different blueprints for sharing some of the spoils of the AI boom, a split that may shape how

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Germany's Merz urges AI investment ahead of Nvidia deal

Chancellor Friedrich Merz appealed to Germany's businesses to embrace artificial intelligence at an industry summit in Berlin on Monday that was meant to attract

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US stocks rebound with AI earnings test ahead, euro falls on France unrest

The Nasdaq rose more than 1% on Monday as tech shares rebounded ahead of a big week for AI-related earnings, while

Science|Technology

China's MiniMax launches updated AI model M3.1 Flash, claims major improvements

Chinese AI startup MiniMax launched an updated version of AI model M3.1 Flash, it said in a statement on Monday.

Election|Technology

Senator Schumer urges FCC to reject conservative group's bid to use political AI-generated robocalls

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Monday urged the Federal Communications Commission not to approve a petition to allow political AI-

Business|Finance|Science|Stock Markets|Technology

Musk pledges to give a share of his SpaceX company to 'every kid in America'

Billionaire Elon Musk on Monday pledged to give one share of his company SpaceX to “every kid in America” next year

Business|Science|Technology

How one hacker used AI agents and a few thousand dollars to break into scores of sites

Over the past couple of weeks, a cybersecurity researcher watched as a Chinese-speaking hacker broke into websites belonging to more than 100 companies

Business|Economy|Technology|World

China economy grows thanks to AI export boom but domestic slump remains a drag

China economy grows thanks to AI export boom but domestic slump remains a drag

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Anthropic commits 5% of its stock to a new 'public benefit' fund

Anthropic says it is committing 5% of its shares to a new “public benefit” fund, with the amount potentially increasing as its shares grow in value

Business|Science|Technology

Microsoft pulls out of UK Nscale data centre deal over power delay

Microsoft has pulled out of a deal to anchor a flagship data centre for Nvidia-backed Nscale after power connection delays pushed its expected supply date

Arts|Business|Technology

Even LinkedIn is getting tired of your AI-written posts

Even LinkedIn is getting tired of your AI-written posts

Science|Technology

North Korea says it tested new torpedo system with AI capabilities

North Korea says it has tested a new torpedo system that uses artificial intelligence for target detection and guidance

Economy|Environment|Science|Technology

US is reviving shuttered nuclear plants to meet growing electricity demand and to power data centers

The United States is making an unprecedented attempt to revive three shuttered nuclear plants to meet growing demand, especially from data centers

Finance|Health|Science|Technology

States sue AI giant OpenAI, saying its popular chatbot is hurting children and deceiving adults

Eight states are suing the artificial intelligence giant OpenAI, saying the company’s popular chatbot violated consumer protection laws by hurting children and deceiving adults

Economy|Finance|Science|Technology|World

Central bankers eye higher rates as AI boom fuels scramble for cash

The artificial intelligence boom is setting off a global race for money, forcing central bankers to contemplate a future in

Science|Technology

US's AI task force sets path for study and reviews, leader tells CNBC

A new government task force on AI used its inaugural meeting to set up protocols, a risk study and various committees, Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton told

Economy|Environment|Science|Technology

Exactly how much of an environmental menace is AI? Here’s what we know

Exactly how much of an environmental menace is AI? Here’s what we know

Science|Technology

China moves to curb tech exports, including AI, citing national security risks

China plans to restrict or ban exports of 40 technologies, including AI, chips, and solar power, as its tech race with countries like the U.S. intensifies

Business|Economy|Finance|Technology

As AI rally wobbles, stock market's spotlight turns to earnings

Stumbles in the market-leading AI trade are set to test investor confidence in the rally in the coming week as Wall Street focuses on quarterly results

Science|Technology

What happens if AI agents start speaking their own language?

What happens if AI agents start speaking their own language?

Arts|Business|Economy|Science|Technology

IMF-World Bank meetings focus on global risks and potential benefits of AI

The head of the International Monetary Fund has called for urgent guardrails to manage risks from the AI boom, comparing it to a Formula 1 car that could go off track

Economy|Science|Technology

IMF chief says AI risks may exceed opportunities without safeguards and ethical framework

The risks of artificial intelligence may exceed its opportunities if no adequate safeguards and ethical framework are put in place, IMF

Science|Technology

Meta releases open-weight Muse Spark model for coding, agentic tasks

Meta Platforms on Thursday released an open-weight version of its Muse Spark artificial intelligence model for coding and AI agents, expanding developers' ability to download and

Arts|Economy|Finance|Science|Technology

Fed chair Warsh says price stability is key but shies away from signals about rates

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh says he won't prejudge what the U.S. central bank will do about interest rates at its upcoming meetings

Business|Science|Technology

Tesla's new Roadster turns in air with SpaceX thrusters, won't land until 2028

Tesla unveiled a redesigned Roadster powered with rocket-style thrusters on Thursday and said it would start production in 2028, more

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Why CoreWeave's troubles are rattling the AI boom

CoreWeave's mounting debt is raising fresh concerns about the AI boom, as investors question whether demand can justify the billions being borrowed

Asia|Business|Economy|Finance|Science|Stock Markets|Technology

Global tech rout loses steam

The AI equity rout accelerated significantly in Asia on Thursday on growing fears about the murky, circular financing powering the intelligence

Science|Technology

Volvo Cars expands automated driving partnership with Nvidia

Volvo Cars is expanding its partnership with Nvidia to develop a new generation of driver-assistance and automated-driving technology, the companies said