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Tech18 stories ›

Tech stocks tumble as Amazon and Intel earnings revive AI spending fears; Nasdaq hits near three-month low
Investors are questioning whether massive AI capital spending by hyperscalers will pay off, after weak guidance from Intel and Amazon's record cash burn.
BBC · +14 outlets
Google value plunges about $500bn as AI search summaries hit ad revenue
The stock fell to a six-month low after Google signaled that AI Overviews-style search results are weighing on advertising revenue.
BBC · +10 outlets
Binance loses $6.3B in record crypto heist; North Korean hackers blamed
Tracing firms suspect the TraderTraitor group breached a Binance employee laptop, marking the largest crypto theft on record.
TechCrunch · +9 outlets
Intel heads for worst day in over 50 years on weak guidance; Dell, AMD and Nvidia also slide
Intel's soft outlook and a PC slump dragged chip peers down, deepening the broader AI-led selloff.
24/7 Wall St. · +4 outlets
Amazon says it will start selling its AI chips to other companies in 2027
The move would pit Amazon's in-house silicon against Nvidia and AMD in the merchant AI accelerator market.
24/7 Wall St. · +14 outlets
Amazon Q3 results show AI demand outpacing supply but slowing growth and record cash burn
Analysts point to AWS demand exceeding supply while capital spending and free cash flow come under pressure.
Yahoo Finance · +13 outlets

AI18 stories ›

US tech stocks slide sharply over AI cost and capex concerns, wiping out over $1 trillion
Investor anxiety over the scale and payoff of AI spending intensified after Amazon and Intel earnings, dragging the sector lower.
BBC · +13 outlets
Alphabet loses about $500bn in market value as AI search threatens Google ad sales
Google's own AI-driven search results are being cited as a drag on its core advertising business.
PYMNTS.com · +8 outlets
New York enacts law banning 'unsafe' chatbot behavior with children
The measure adds state-level chatbot safety rules as federal AI regulation stalls.
NY State of Politics · +9 outlets
Anthropic staff warn AI could be catastrophic as the company's safety rules weaken
Internal dissent at Anthropic follows its IPO filing, which has drawn scrutiny of its safety commitments.
Quartz · +14 outlets
Anthropic's IPO filing draws wide analysis of what the S-1 says about the AI industry
The filing marks one of the first major AI lab listings and has become a reference point for the sector's business models.
The New York Times · +11 outlets
Bloomberg: AI policy fears grip stock and bond traders with midterms days away
Investors are pricing political uncertainty over AI regulation ahead of the US midterm elections.
Bloomberg.com · +5 outlets

Media18 stories ›

Amazon CEO Says Prime Video Is Profitable, Content Spending Rose 7% to $5.9B in Q3
Amazon's ad and video businesses are under scrutiny after the company missed Q3 earnings estimates, with management touting Prime Video's tens of billions in re
Variety · +3 outlets
UK Competition Watchdog Opens Investigation Into Meta's Publisher Content Scraping Terms
The CMA is examining whether Meta's proposed terms for using publisher content could unfairly harm news organizations, even after Meta paused the changes.
Pressgazette · +14 outlets
Byron Allen Sells Entire Starz Stake Seven Months After Acquiring 10.7%
The quick reversal ends Allen's brief activist-style investment in Starz at a time of ongoing consolidation speculation in the streaming sector.
Blex Media · +4 outlets
AI Content Retrieval Is Already Eroding Publisher Revenue, Court Told
Digital Content Next told a court its members are seeing revenue declines after the arrival of AI search tools, as a new free scraping-detection service aims to
Pressgazette
People Inc. Lays Off 195 Staffers, About 6% of Workforce, Citing Rapid Media Changes
The cuts span print and legacy web brands as the publisher restructures amid advertising and audience shifts.
Variety · +3 outlets
CNN, MS NOW and Politico Challenge Trump White House Press Restrictions
An attorney for the outlets said a federal judge has already ruled after the White House limited access to Air Force One and the Oval Office, citing an immense
Deadline · +14 outlets

Startups18 stories ›

Upwind raises $400M Series C at $3.8B valuation after rejecting Datadog acquisition offer
The cloud security startup said it walked away from a Datadog buyout before raising one of the largest cyber rounds of the year.
Dealroom · +12 outlets
North Korean hackers blamed for record $6.3B theft from Binance; exchange pauses withdrawals
Hackers suspected of working for North Korea allegedly breached an employee laptop to steal billions in crypto from the world's largest exchange.
TechCrunch · +14 outlets
Kalshi raises $1B at $40B valuation as it expands beyond prediction markets
The funding extends Kalshi's push into broader financial products beyond event-based prediction contracts.
Reuters · +10 outlets
Waymo partners with Toyota to supply robotaxis for Japan and the UK
Waymo will begin testing self-driving versions of Toyota's electric bZ4X in Japan next year, marking its first international expansion push with the automaker.
TechCrunch · +4 outlets
Serval raises $150M Series C at $3B valuation to take on ServiceNow
The Sequoia-led round is the third raise in 12 months for the IT service management challenger, which plans to hire over 500 people.
Business Wire · +9 outlets
Ottawa to invest up to C$1.6B in Cohere as valuation soars to $35.7B
Canada and Nvidia are backing the domestic AI model developer as governments move to fund sovereign AI champions.
The Globe and Mail · +2 outlets

Business18 stories ›

Binance says $6.3 billion security breach is largest crypto theft on record, halts withdrawals
The exchange says an engineer's laptop was compromised, roughly $3 billion has been frozen and losses will be covered, while analysts note hackers bypassed stan
CNBC · +14 outlets
Alphabet posts worst day ever, shedding half a trillion in market value on revenue miss
The revenue miss revived investor anxiety about AI capital spending and dragged the Nasdaq and broader market lower.
WSJ · +14 outlets
Intel heads for worst day in more than 50 years on weak guidance and AI chip concerns
Intel's results spooked investors over its ability to make enough AI server chips amid a weak PC market, pressuring AMD shares as well.
CNBC · +8 outlets
Amazon shares slide after quarterly results miss and soft holiday forecast
Amazon's cloud unit grew 39% with deals signed with Meta and OpenAI, but investors punished the company over the earnings miss and weak holiday outlook.
StreetInsider · +11 outlets
Binance-linked selloff: bitcoin falls below $77K, Coinbase hits over two-year low
Coinbase shares sank to a more than two-year low as bitcoin slid below $77,000 and Wall Street cut price targets, though the exchange reported a 66% jump in qua
CNBC · +2 outlets
Wall Street turns ruthless as earnings misses fuel deep selloffs and AI spending fears
Tech stocks led a broad slump as investors questioned whether the trillions being poured into AI infrastructure will pay off and hyperscalers leaned on legacy b
Bloomberg.com · +6 outlets

Science18 stories ›

Webb telescope finds unusual chemistry in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, hinting at icy worlds beyond Neptune
The observations give the best look yet at material that formed far outside the solar system and may resemble the composition of outer solar system bodies.
The Economic Times · +14 outlets
Mathematicians argue standard cosmic model has a flaw that could remove the need for dark energy
The claim, if it holds, would reshape cosmology's account of the universe's accelerating expansion, though it requires wider scrutiny.
Sciencedaily
Study links six popular artificial sweeteners to faster memory and thinking decline
A study of nearly 13,000 adults associated high sweetener intake with about 1.6 extra years of brain aging, though the design cannot prove causation.
Sciencedaily · +14 outlets
Rare 4.1-billion-year-old Martian meteorite found in Mali points to a wetter early Mars
The meteorite is among the oldest known samples of Mars, giving researchers a window into the planet's early environment and water history.
Phys · +4 outlets
Webb discovers ultra-rare ring galaxy just 2 billion years after the Big Bang
Ring galaxies are rare in the early universe, so the find adds a data point on how galaxies assembled in the first few billion years.
Live Science
NASA-funded study details one of the oldest Mars meteorites ever found
University of New Mexico researchers helped identify a 4.1-billion-year-old Martian rock that supports evidence of a wetter early Mars.
NASA (.gov) · +4 outlets

Biotech18 stories ›

FDA and CMS outline streamlined approval path for individualized gene editing therapies
The joint FDA/CMS framework would let a single approval cover multiple personalized gene-editing treatments for rare diseases and pairs it with expanded access,
Endpoints News · +7 outlets
Lilly says retatrutide beat Ozempic, delivering roughly double the weight loss in a head-to-head trial
The Phase 3 readout positions retatrutide as potentially the strongest obesity drug developed to date, intensifying competition in the GLP-1 market.
ABC7 Chicago · +13 outlets
Genmab's $8B Merus bet pays off as bispecific combo halves risk of death in Phase 3 head and neck cancer trial
The findings suggest the recently acquired medicine could become a new standard for a form of head and neck cancer, lifting Genmab shares to record highs.
Biopharmadive · +2 outlets
HHS will let compounders make six unapproved peptides, despite FDA scientist objections
The policy temporarily bars enforcement on six peptides that won a contested outside-adviser recommendation, a boost to the peptide craze that drew objections f
Biopharmadive · +14 outlets
Labor Department finalizes PBM disclosure rule requiring fee and compensation data sharing
Starting in 2027 pharmacy benefit managers must share fee and compensation data with self-funded employer clients, drawing praise from employers and overreach c
Biopharmadive · +14 outlets
FDA approves GSK's functional cure for hepatitis B
The approval adds a functional cure option for chronic hepatitis B, a large and long-underserved patient population.
Drug Discovery News · +14 outlets

Climate18 stories ›

DOE commits up to $5B loan to Constellation for nuclear uprates at 15 reactors
The conditional loan would boost output at eight nuclear plants, part of the Trump administration's support for existing nuclear generation.
Canarymedia · +7 outlets
China's 2026 clean-tech exports projected to avoid CO2 equal to Brazil's annual emissions
Analysis finds Chinese solar, battery and EV exports are displacing emissions abroad even as the US rolls back climate rules.
Carbonbrief · +6 outlets
GE Vernova to buy high-voltage equipment maker Trench Group in $9B deal
The acquisition aims to capture rising electricity demand and grid spending as gas turbine orders slow.
Utilitydive · +14 outlets
Senate set for initial vote on bipartisan permitting reform bill amid fresh doubts
The bill would ease regulatory barriers for energy projects and give federal regulators more power over interregional transmission, but environmental groups war
Insideclimatenews · +5 outlets
UK budget 2026: Chancellor announces 'radical reform' of clean energy plans
The budget sets a new course on energy focused on keeping bills low while reshaping UK clean energy policy.
Carbonbrief · +14 outlets
AEP raises investment plan 30% on generation and transmission spending
The utility's contracted large loads rose 22% to 84 GW, driven largely by a 10.4 GW Ohio data center project.
Utilitydive · +3 outlets

Games18 stories ›

EA shut BioWare and cancelled Mass Effect 5 to fund Star Wars Battlefront 3, Bloomberg report says
The report ties BioWare's closure to EA choosing one sci-fi project over another, ending a studio that operated for over 30 years.
Kotaku · +14 outlets
Activision apologises and will remove real Seoul crowd crush footage from Modern Warfare 4 after families complain
Families of victims of the 2022 Itaewon disaster, which killed 160 people, objected to the footage being used to depict a North Korean invasion's aftermath.
Ign · +9 outlets
Sir Patrick Stewart dies at 86; games industry and Star Trek Online players pay tribute
The Star Trek and X-Men actor, who also voiced roles in games including Oblivion and Castlevania, died after what his family described as a brief journey with A
Kotaku · +14 outlets
Bethesda reportedly to reveal The Elder Scrolls 6 next month, with subtitle Sentinel
The long-awaited RPG could resurface as soon as November, amid Microsoft's ongoing restructuring of its gaming division.
Eurogamer · +14 outlets
Sony Pictures acquires film rights to horror game Mouthwashing, Karyn Kusama attached to direct
The 2024 indie psychological horror title from Wrong Organ and Critical Reflex is being adapted for the screen.
Eurogamer · +13 outlets
Ubisoft says no new Assassin's Creed remakes are in development, focus shifts to Hexe and Invictus
Ubisoft confirmed the pause despite the strong performance of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, and has not ruled out future remakes.
Pushsquare · +14 outlets

Sports18 stories ›

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark to leave conference, taking job outside college sports
Yormark, who joined in 2022, oversaw Big 12 expansion and new media rights deals during his four years and will remain with the league through January 2027.
ESPN · +14 outlets
Brewers parade through Milwaukee after winning first World Series title in franchise history
Milwaukee's 2026 championship is the first in franchise history and drew thousands to the streets of the city for Friday's celebration.
ESPN · +14 outlets
WNBA Finals head to first Game 7 in league history, setting ticket price record
Golden State and Atlanta meet Saturday in the league's first winner-take-all Finals game, with ticket prices at a record level for the WNBA.
ESPN · +14 outlets
Bears trade multiple first-round picks to Titans for DT Jeffery Simmons
Chicago's blockbuster move for Simmons is the 10th time in a decade a team has dealt multiple first-round picks for a star, a bet with a mixed track record.
ESPN · +14 outlets
USMNT star Christian Pulisic signs new AC Milan contract through 2031
The extension keeps the United States forward at the Serie A club for the remainder of his prime.
ESPN · +12 outlets
Court rules against NCAA, keeping Texas Tech QB Castellanos and others eligible
A Kentucky Court of Appeals judge denied the NCAA emergency relief, allowing several players to remain eligible as eligibility fights continue nationwide.
ESPN · +14 outlets

Entertainment18 stories ›

Patrick Stewart, 'Star Trek' and Shakespearean Actor, Dies at 86
Stewart was best known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard and for a long Royal Shakespeare Company career, and tributes quickly followed from peers including Ian McKell
Indiewire · +13 outlets
Russell Brand Rape Trial Closing Arguments: Prosecution Cites Wendy Williams Interview Quote
Prosecutors told the jury Brand treated consent as an obstacle to ignore, and the judge will accept only a unanimous verdict on the seven counts he denies.
Deadline · +1 outlets
Amazon Says Prime Video Is Profitable, Content Spending Rose 7% to $5.9B in Q3
Amazon missed Q3 earnings estimates and ad growth slowed, while heavy AI infrastructure spending pressured free cash flow.
Variety
HBO's Harry Potter Series Casts Sorting Hat, Nearly Headless Nick and Hogwarts Ghosts
David Threlfall will voice the Sorting Hat, with the production unveiling Hogwarts ghost and portrait casting plus a first poster ahead of its debut.
Variety · +13 outlets
Mirzapur: The Movie Hits Prime Video With a 3-Hour 31-Minute Extended Cut
The extended version adds roughly 15 minutes of footage for streaming after the theatrical release, which its star says disproved the myth that only star-driven
Sacnilk · +6 outlets
Matthew Weiner Out as Showrunner of Eddie Murphy's Peacock Series After Producer Clash
Murphy is among the producers on the project, and the split follows a dispute with the show's production team.
The Hollywood Reporter · +3 outlets

Luxe18 stories ›

Jet2 unveils first business class only aircraft with 76 seats and upgraded dining
Jet2 is debuting a dedicated business class cabin configuration, a notable shift for the UK leisure carrier.
The Independent · +11 outlets
Dubai holiday home operator Silkhaus shuts down, citing U.S.-Iran war disruption
Weak forward bookings and airline pullouts are squeezing smaller Dubai holiday-home operators.
Skift
Long-haul airlines keep skipping Dubai this winter, hotels brace for later rebound
Luxury hotels reliant on long-haul traffic face a delayed peak season as carriers stay out until spring.
Skift
Hyatt raises full-year outlook as luxury drives Q3 RevPAR above expectations
Hyatt's results underscore how dependent the company's portfolio is on affluent leisure demand.
Skift · +5 outlets
Wyndham launches Homes & Havens vacation rental brand to take on Marriott
Wyndham is entering the branded homes market long dominated by larger rivals.
Skift · +6 outlets
Kering data breach exposed 7.4 million customers, spotlighting luxury cybersecurity
The incident highlights rising data-security risk across luxury retail.
Luxury Lifestyle Magazine