Tech18 stories ›
Alphabet sheds $500B in worst trading day ever as AI spending and search fears rattle Wall Street
Alphabet's stock recorded its largest single-day market value loss after earnings showed weaker core search revenue and a bigger-than-expected negative free cas
BBC · +12 outlets
Amazon posts $42.4B negative free cash flow and Q3 miss, even as AWS grows 39%
Amazon missed on earnings and revenue while its cloud unit posted its fastest growth in five years, with heavy AI capital spending driving the cash burn.
CNBC · +15 outlets
Reddit will move to a logged-in-only experience as Google search traffic shrinks
Reddit's CEO said Google's AI Mode does not drive traffic, prompting a shift away from the open web and weak sales guidance that sank the stock.
Engadget · +10 outlets
Intel stock plunges 21% on weak guidance as memory shortage hits PC demand
Intel blamed a PC slowdown and memory chip shortage for fourth-quarter revenue guidance well below analyst estimates.
CNBC · +7 outlets
Binance pauses withdrawals as hackers suspected of stealing billions in crypto
Binance's founder said the exchange likely lost at least $1.7 billion in what would be the largest crypto hack ever.
TechCrunch · +14 outlets
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reportedly targeted in alleged Chinese spy plot
A New York Times report said US intelligence surveilled a person close to Huang over spying concerns, which Nvidia said were investigated and debunked.
CNET · +14 outlets
AI18 stories ›
Google DeepMind releases Gemini 4 Carbon two weeks after Argon, tops intelligence index
The frontier release arrived alongside Alphabet earnings, where slowing search ad growth unsettled investors.
The Decoder · +13 outlets
New York enacts ban on unsafe AI chatbot behavior with children
States are moving ahead of federal action on AI rules, with child safety as the first battleground.
AP News · +13 outlets
US DOJ inquires about Nvidia's $13B Hugging Face acquisition, sources say
Antitrust scrutiny of the AI platform deal adds a new regulatory risk to Nvidia's expansion.
The Decoder · +9 outlets
Nvidia to invest $3 billion in Meta equity offering as AI partnership expands
The investment deepens ties between the top AI chip supplier and a major buyer of its hardware.
WSJ · +13 outlets
Mistral publicly releases Large 4 (Le Chonk) trillion-parameter model, targets cybersecurity
The European open-weights release is framed as proof the EU can field frontier-scale models.
The Decoder · +11 outlets
Ottawa takes stake in Cohere as the AI company opens a $4.5 billion funding round
Sovereign backing for a domestic AI champion mirrors growing state involvement in AI investment.
Reuters
Media18 stories ›
Disney lays off at least 100 employees in theme parks and Experiences division
The cuts hit Disney's Experiences unit, which includes theme parks and Imagineering, as the company reviews its priorities.
TheWrap · +14 outlets
People Inc. lays off 195 staffers across print and legacy web brands
The cuts amount to roughly 6% of headcount as the publisher restructures around changing media consumption.
Thewrap · +2 outlets
RedBird Capital and Sound Ventures strike $1 billion AI and media investment deal
Gerry Cardinale's firm teams with Guy Oseary's venture outfit to back emerging tech companies as RedBird expands its Hollywood footprint.
Thewrap · +5 outlets
CNN, MS NOW and Politico expand White House lawsuit over continued press pool ban
The outlets say reporters remain barred from Air Force One and Oval Office coverage despite a court order restoring credentials.
Thewrap · +13 outlets
DoorDash agrees to buy Instacart for about $17 billion
The deal would create a combined food delivery and advertising powerhouse.
Adweek · +14 outlets
Jesse Sisgold exits Skydance for C-suite role at RedBird Capital Partners
The longtime Skydance executive departs as Warner's sports properties are being assimilated into the studio.
The Hollywood Reporter · +2 outlets
Startups18 stories ›
Binance pauses withdrawals as hackers suspected of stealing billions in crypto exchange breach
A cyberattack on the world's largest crypto exchange reportedly siphoned off billions, prompting a halt to customer withdrawals.
TechCrunch · +14 outlets
Kalshi raises $1B at $40B valuation as it expands beyond prediction markets
The prediction-market platform's jumbo round reflects growing investor appetite for event-based trading products.
Reuters · +9 outlets
Cognition weighs new funding round at $70B to $80B valuation
The AI coding startup behind Devin is seeking a fresh round just months after its last raise.
Business Insider · +3 outlets
Amazon reports booming AWS cloud revenue but misses expectations on negative free cash flow
AWS strength was offset by overall weakness, including $2.4 billion of negative free cash flow, while Jassy touted a path to $1 trillion in AWS revenue.
TechCrunch · +14 outlets
Upwind raises $400M at $3.8B valuation after rejecting Datadog acquisition offer
The cloud security startup more than doubled its valuation and said revenue quadrupled in 2026.
Dealroom · +14 outlets
OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings acquires ADT in $15.3B deal to bring AI to home security
The acquisition would fold a legacy home security giant into an OpenAI-affiliated holding company.
TechCrunch · +4 outlets
Business18 stories ›
Alphabet shares post worst day ever, shedding $500 billion on revenue miss and AI capex jitters
Alphabet's disappointing quarter revived investor concerns about the cost of the AI buildout and dragged the broader market lower.
CNBC · +15 outlets
Amazon shares slide on weaker Q3 revenue and soft holiday guidance despite AWS cloud growth
Amazon's negative free cash flow and unchanged capex plans raised questions about the scale of its AI spending.
Fortune · +10 outlets
Intel shares plunge about 22% as weak PC chip guidance dents turnaround
Intel's forecast of lower PC chip sales and falling margins undercut its year-long rally as an AI player.
Ft · +5 outlets
DoorDash to acquire Instacart in $17 billion deal, uniting delivery giants
The deal combines DoorDash's restaurant delivery with Instacart's grocery partners in a major consolidation of the on-demand sector.
CNBC · +14 outlets
ServiceNow shares plunge 27% in worst day ever as earnings revive AI disruption fears
ServiceNow's underwhelming results and Fortinet's drop dragged the software sector lower amid AI-related concerns.
CNBC · +5 outlets
Crypto exchange Binance probes potential security issue as $2.54 billion frozen by Circle, Tether
The freeze by major stablecoin issuers came as Binance said it was investigating and that funds were safe.
CNBC · +14 outlets
Science18 stories ›
BU-led study estimates 75% of deceased former NFL players had signs of CTE
The widely covered Boston University analysis of brains from players who died between 2008 and 2023 renews scrutiny of football-related brain injury and the spo
The Guardian · +7 outlets
Scientists say Einstein's equations may explain cosmic acceleration without dark energy
The mathematicians argue the standard cosmological framework has a flaw, a claim that would need to survive substantial scrutiny to displace dark energy.
Sciencedaily · +14 outlets
Astronomers report possible sixth dwarf planet beyond Pluto found by Rubin Observatory
The candidate object, detected by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, would be among the largest known bodies in the outer solar system if confirmed by further obser
Space · +14 outlets
Study: six sugar substitutes tied to 62% faster decline in memory and thinking
The analysis of nearly 13,000 adults links heavy artificial sweetener intake to accelerated cognitive aging, though the study design cannot establish causation.
Sciencedaily · +14 outlets
NASA's Juno finds Jupiter's plasma-wave shield differs from Earth's
Juno data show Jupiter defends against the solar wind with a more complex system of plasma waves and multiple shock regions than Earth's magnetosphere.
Sciencedaily · +8 outlets
Researchers isolate and culture two strains of closest archaeal relatives to eukaryotes
The JAMSTEC and Kyoto University team's cultivated strains give a rare live window into the archaeal lineage thought to have given rise to complex cells.
Phys · +4 outlets
Biotech18 stories ›
Lilly's retatrutide beats Ozempic on blood sugar and weight loss in phase 3 diabetes trial
The triple-G drug produced roughly double the weight loss of Novo Nordisk's Ozempic, though with higher rates of side effects and treatment discontinuations.
STAT · +13 outlets
Personalized mRNA melanoma vaccine cuts recurrence or death risk by 42% in phase 3 trial
The Moderna-Merck cancer vaccine results, presented at ESMO, were hailed as a major step for personalized cancer therapy, though overall survival benefit remain
Oncology News Central · +14 outlets
Genmab soars to record high as head and neck cancer bispecific succeeds in phase 3
Positive data for the antibody acquired in Genmab's $8 billion Merus deal sent shares up sharply, adding more than $7 billion in market value.
Biopharmadive · +5 outlets
LABOR DEPARTMENT FINALIZES PBM DISCLOSURE RULE REQUIRING FEE AND COMPENSATION DATA
Starting in 2027, pharmacy benefit managers must share fee and compensation details with self-funded employer clients; employers backed the rule while PBMs call
Biopharmadive · +11 outlets
FDA issues draft guidance to speed personalized 'plug and play' gene therapies for rare diseases
The framework, developed with CMS, offers an approval pathway for individualized gene editing therapies benefiting patient subsets with the same disease.
Biopharmadive · +10 outlets
FDA approves GSK's functional cure for hepatitis B
The approval marks a new treatment approach for chronic hepatitis B, a virus affecting hundreds of millions worldwide.
Drug Discovery News · +14 outlets
Climate18 stories ›
US Senate nears initial vote on permitting reform bill as environmental groups and senators raise late objections
The bipartisan bill aims to ease regulatory barriers that delay energy projects, but it faces fresh doubts and an ultimatum from key senators before the first p
Insideclimatenews · +13 outlets
China's clean-tech exports in 2026 projected to avoid CO2 equal to Brazil's annual emissions
Analysis of solar, battery and EV exports frames China's manufacturing dominance as a major driver of global emissions reductions.
Carbonbrief · +4 outlets
UK budget sets out 'radical reform' of clean energy plans, including new course on energy and consumer bills
The chancellor's package reshapes UK energy policy with a focus on keeping bills low, drawing mixed reactions from the clean energy sector.
Carbonbrief · +14 outlets
US data centers could reverse 15 years of declines in power-sector emissions
Surging electricity demand from AI data centers threatens to undo progress on decarbonizing the US power mix.
Bloomberg.com · +14 outlets
DOE announces $10.1B in loans to Constellation and Alliant for 3.7 GW of generation uprates
The conditional commitments cover nuclear uprates at existing plants and reflect continued federal support for firm, low-carbon generation.
Utilitydive · +3 outlets
GE Vernova to acquire Trench Group for $9B as gas turbine orders slow
The deal adds high-voltage equipment manufacturing capacity that GE Vernova says will help it serve rising electricity demand.
Utilitydive · +8 outlets
Games18 stories ›
Sir Patrick Stewart, Star Trek and X-Men icon, dies at 86
Tributes poured in from Star Trek colleagues, Marvel's Kevin Feige, Hugh Jackman, and Bethesda, who honored his role as Emperor Uriel Septim in The Elder Scroll
Polygon · +14 outlets
EA shuts down BioWare, studio behind Mass Effect and Dragon Age
BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk said EA's sale to a Saudi-led consortium was the 'final nail in the coffin' and that the closure is sad, though his greater conc
Eurogamer · +14 outlets
The Elder Scrolls 6 to be named Sentinel, with reveal as soon as next month, report says
The Verge's Tom Warren reported that Bethesda plans to attach the subtitle Sentinel to The Elder Scrolls VI and could confirm the full name around Skyrim's 15th
Pushsquare · +14 outlets
Greg Zeschuk blames game industry executives who have never made a game
The BioWare co-founder said in a rare interview that executives 'just don't know how it works' and that the studio's closure has left his focus on laid-off work
Pcgamer · +6 outlets
Phantom Blade Zero launches to over 700,000 concurrent Steam players
S-Game's debut wuxia action RPG arrived with a day one patch improving ray tracing and bug fixes, after an estimated 1 million units sold before launch.
Kotaku · +14 outlets
Mouthwashing getting live-action film from Jennifer's Body director Karyn Kusama
The Hollywood Reporter says Scott Derrickson and Karyn Kusama are attached to adapt the hit indie horror game, which also just hit consoles and Xbox Game Pass.
Ign · +8 outlets
Sports18 stories ›
Bears acquire All-Pro DT Jeffery Simmons from Titans in blockbuster deadline trade
Chicago sends multiple first-round picks for Simmons, a rare midseason move for a star defender that reshapes the NFC race and the 2026 draft board.
ESPN · +14 outlets
Dream beat Valkyries 80-69 in Game 6 to force first Game 7 in WNBA Finals history
Atlanta's fast start and hot shooting extended the series to a decisive Game 7 in San Francisco, the first in WNBA Finals history.
ESPN · +14 outlets
Brewers win first World Series title, ending 57-year franchise drought
Milwaukee closed out the Rays in Game 5 and celebrated the first championship in franchise history.
ESPN · +14 outlets
Red Wings suspend Dylan Larkin without pay after he asks to leave Detroit
Interim GM Shawn Horcoff said Larkin's agent informed the team he no longer wants to play for Detroit, and the club is exploring trade options.
ESPN · +14 outlets
Seahawks land eight-time Pro Bowl guard Quenton Nelson from Colts
Nelson, dealt after eight-plus seasons in Indianapolis, called the move to Seattle 'a new opportunity' as the Colts' deadline selloff continues.
ESPN · +14 outlets
June Jones, coach who popularized the run-and-shoot offense, dies at 73
Jones led Hawaii and coached in the NFL, becoming one of the most influential offensive minds of his era.
ESPN · +14 outlets
Entertainment18 stories ›
Patrick Stewart, Star Trek and X-Men Icon, Dies at 86
Stewart died Wednesday at his Los Angeles home after what his spokesperson described as a brief journey with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia; his fin
Rolling Stone · +14 outlets
Skydance's JB Perrette Unveils TV and Streaming Leadership Team, Several Execs Departing
Perrette, co-chair and chief business officer of Skydance TV and DTC, set his executive org structure after the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, with Warner Bros.
Deadline · +7 outlets
The Gaming Series 'From' Becomes Netflix's No. 1 Series in America
The MGM+ thriller found a new audience after arriving on Netflix, topping the streaming service's U.S. charts four years into its run.
Collider · +11 outlets
Faith Evans Ordered to Pay $12.5M to Notorious B.I.G.'s Former Manager in Estate Suit
The ruling ends one lawsuit tied to the estate of Voletta Wallace, who appointed Wayne Barrow executor before her death in 2025; a separate case with Biggie's s
Rolling Stone · +6 outlets
Disney's Live-Action 'Moana' Tops Streaming After Theatrical Flop
The remake, one of Disney's biggest box office misses of 2026, found a new audience as a No. 1 streaming debut on Disney+.
Collider · +14 outlets
Sony Cancels International Theatrical Release of 'Klara and the Sun'
The Jenna Ortega-led adaptation was pulled from global theaters following poor reviews and weak box office returns.
Collider · +13 outlets
Luxe18 stories ›
Hyatt raises full-year outlook as luxury demand lifts Q3 RevPAR above expectations
Hyatt's luxury-weighted portfolio is outperforming, but its all-inclusive segment is lagging, leaving results tied to affluent leisure spending.
Skift · +9 outlets
Kering data breach exposed 7.4 million customers, spotlighting luxury cybersecurity
The breach highlights the exposure of high-value client data across luxury houses.
Luxury Lifestyle Magazine
Wyndham launches Homes & Havens vacation rental brand to challenge Marriott
Wyndham is entering the premium home rental segment where Marriott's collection is far larger.
Skift · +3 outlets
MGM Resorts says Las Vegas pricing power is slipping as travel costs bite
Higher transportation costs are pressuring room rates, with convention business partly offsetting weaker leisure demand.
Skift · +6 outlets
Norway's Norwegian Cruise Line posts turnaround traction; still trails rivals
Better close-in demand, cost cuts, and higher-priced 2027 bookings suggest the activist-driven plan is taking hold.
Skift · +1 outlets
Sixth Street acquires Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale for $372 million
The deal adds a flagship Arizona luxury resort to Sixth Street's hospitality holdings.
HOTELSMag.com · +8 outlets