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Sun, Nov 1, 3:02 AM ET

Tech18 stories ›

OpenAI pares fundraising goal, now seeking up to $20 billion in latest round
The round remains open and figures could change, amid investor scrutiny of AI spending returns.
CNBC · +3 outlets
Amazon keeps $220B 2026 capex as AWS grows 39% and free cash flow turns negative
Amazon's AI-driven spending pushed trailing free cash flow to minus $42.4bn while AWS revenue accelerated.
The Next Web · +6 outlets
Microsoft lands $25 billion bond deal as AI infrastructure push deepens
The debt raise adds to the wave of borrowing funding data centers and AI compute.
Yahoo Finance · +5 outlets
S&P turns negative on Meta as 2027 AI spending forecast tops $225bn
The ratings firm says Meta's cash flow and spending trajectory make it less able than rivals to convert AI investment into returns.
PPC Land · +2 outlets
Big Tech buybacks fall 83% as AI spending eats the cash, Reuters reports
Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Oracle returned the smallest share of operating cash to shareholders in at least 15 years.
The Next Web · +6 outlets
Meta builds humanoid robot prototype with China's Fourier as home robot push expands
Meta is moving into humanoid hardware through a partnership with a Chinese robotics startup.
Investing.com · +8 outlets

AI18 stories ›

Google and OpenAI back a new standard letting sites block AI training crawlers
A shared opt-out mechanism would let publishers and website operators refuse AI training scrapes without negotiating with each lab individually.
The Indian Express · +14 outlets
OpenAI raises only about $11B of a $30B target as big investors pull back
The shortfall signals cooling investor appetite for AI funding rounds at trillion-dollar valuations.
The Decoder · +10 outlets
Trump says AI leaders signed a 'constitution' to police themselves
Voluntary industry commitments are being presented as a substitute for binding regulation of frontier AI.
Futurism · +13 outlets
FTC opens probe into the safety of AI, including at Anthropic and OpenAI
Federal scrutiny of AI safety practices adds regulatory risk to the leading model developers.
Reuters · +13 outlets
AI stock selloff fuels fears Big Tech's best quarters are behind it
Mounting debt, negative cash flow, and circular financing arrangements are stoking doubts about AI spending sustainability.
Los Angeles Times · +13 outlets
Anthropic's path to a Nasdaq listing faces credit and safety concerns
Expected high junk ratings, uninsurable-risk warnings, and internal safety dissent complicate the planned IPO.
TechCrunch · +7 outlets

Media18 stories ›

Judge dismisses Trump's $10B defamation suit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein letter, with prejudice
U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles ruled Trump failed to prove actual malice, ending his second attempt to sue the Journal and Murdoch over the 2003 Epstein birt
The Hollywood Reporter · +13 outlets
Meta settles with a second teen in social media addiction trial; case against Snapchat proceeds
The trial is testing claims that social platforms caused depression and eating disorders in minors, with Meta now settling two plaintiffs while litigation again
ABC7 Los Angeles · +14 outlets
Reddit stock plunges 29% on weak outlook in its worst trading day ever
The drop marks a sharp reversal for a social platform that had been one of the year's stronger tech performers.
CNBC · +14 outlets
Hello Sunshine cuts about half its staff after Reese Witherspoon buys back the company
The layoffs follow Witherspoon's reacquisition of the production company with a French media partner.
Variety · +10 outlets
Patrick Stewart remembered: 'Green Room' director credits him with saving the film
Jeremy Saulnier said Stewart, who died at 86, helped keep the 2015 thriller from shutting down; brands also marked his commercial work.
Variety · +5 outlets
CMA opens investigation into Meta's data scraping terms over potential harm to publishers
The UK competition watchdog is examining whether Meta's proposed terms could unfairly disadvantage news publishers.
Pressgazette · +7 outlets

Startups18 stories ›

OpenAI reportedly raises less than half of its $30B funding target
The shortfall signals investor caution amid broader jitters about AI spending and valuations.
The Wall Street Journal · +10 outlets
Salesforce agrees to buy defense AI startup Rune for $375M in cash-and-stock deal
The AI logistics startup will bolster Salesforce's Missionforce defense platform as the CRM giant continues an acquisition spree.
TechCrunch · +11 outlets
Anthropic draws scrutiny over IPO, with credit agencies expected to assign high junk rating
A junk rating would raise Anthropic's cost of funding its roughly $800B compute buildout after the listing.
TechCrunch · +2 outlets
Cracks emerge in the AI spending boom as debt and cash flow concerns mount
Rising debt, negative cash flow and investor skepticism are raising questions about the sustainability of Big Tech's AI infrastructure buildout.
TechCrunch · +12 outlets
Nvidia weighs cosigning debt for Nscale's West Virginia AI data center
The move would put the chipmaker's balance sheet behind a major AI infrastructure project as investors grow nervous about AI spending.
TechCrunch · +4 outlets
Anthropic IPO valuation estimates range from $1.47T to a rumored $2T
The wide range of analyst and market estimates underscores how speculative Anthropic's public market debut has become.
Startup Fortune · +5 outlets

Business18 stories ›

Wall Street suffers worst day since June as AI spending fears deepen tech sell-off
Disappointing hyperscaler earnings reignited doubts about the payoff from massive AI capital spending, sending the Nasdaq to a third straight weekly loss.
Fortune · +14 outlets
OpenAI pares fundraising goal, now seeking up to $20 billion
The round remains open and figures could change, reflecting a more cautious funding environment for AI leaders.
CNBC · +4 outlets
Binance says 90% of $6.3 billion hack losses covered, plans to resume withdrawals
The largest crypto theft on record has raised fresh questions about exchange custody and customer fund protection.
CNBC · +14 outlets
Alphabet shares close 12.64% lower, worst week since 2011, dragging Nasdaq down
Alphabet's post-earnings slump was the sharpest single-stock drag on the index and marked its worst weekly performance in over a decade.
TOKENPOST · +2 outlets
S&P cuts Meta outlook to negative on cash flow and capex concerns
S&P Global Ratings flagged Meta's heavy capital expenditures and free cash flow pressure as AI spending accelerates.
CNBC · +13 outlets
Intel posts worst day since the 1970s, wiping about $12 billion off government stake
Investor anxiety over AI capex and Intel's outlook drove a record single-day decline for the chipmaker.
CNBC · +8 outlets

Science18 stories ›

NASA's Swift telescope nears uncontrolled reentry after failed rescue, debris path includes India
The 21-year-old gamma-ray observatory will burn up in Earth's atmosphere, and officials warn debris could reach populated regions as the failed recovery effort
JournalArta · +14 outlets
NASA asks industry for commercial ideas to rescue or deorbit the Hubble Space Telescope
With Hubble facing possible reentry in the 2030s, NASA is soliciting commercial servicing concepts after ruling out another shuttle-style repair mission.
Gizmodo · +11 outlets
Study finds simple blood test could predict Alzheimer's risk up to a decade before symptoms
The international study found high-risk individuals face a 38 percent chance of cognitive impairment within five years, offering a potential early screening pat
Sciencedaily · +14 outlets
Study suggests decades-old theory on the origin of life on Earth may be wrong
New research challenges a long-standing explanation for how life began, prompting renewed debate over early-Earth chemistry.
CNN · +14 outlets
Scientists say a forgotten neutrino may explain why matter survived the Big Bang
A decades-overlooked particle could have tilted the early universe toward matter over antimatter, and researchers say it may leave detectable signatures.
Sciencedaily · +11 outlets
Study: Rare Mars meteorite found in Sahara is a 4.1 billion-year-old piece of ancient crust
Analysis of the rock offers a rare window into Mars' early crust and evidence the planet was warmer and wetter than thought.
Ars Technica · +14 outlets

Biotech18 stories ›

Inovio wins FDA accelerated approval for Voceryq, first DNA immunotherapy for recurrent respiratory papillomatosis
The accelerated nod for the plasmid DNA therapy is the first US approval of its kind for the rare airway disease, and the surrounding coverage notes a sharp aft
Tech Times · +14 outlets
Genmab reports head and neck bispecific data that cut risk of death by 50 percent, fueling a $10B stock week
Strong results for Genmab's bispecific cancer drug lifted the company's market value sharply, making it one of the standout data reads of the ESMO conference.
Drug Discovery News · +14 outlets
FDA approves Moderna's mRNA seasonal flu vaccine
The clearance marks a first for an mRNA-based seasonal flu shot and expands Moderna's commercial mRNA franchise beyond Covid.
RTTNews · +13 outlets
Personalized mRNA melanoma vaccine results hailed as a major step forward
Investigators and clinicians say the individualized mRNA cancer vaccine reduced the risk of melanoma recurrence, a closely watched test of the modality beyond i
The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) · +10 outlets
Merck and Moderna's mRNA cancer vaccine assessed as ESMO oncology data draw scrutiny
Analysts and reporters weighed the personalized cancer vaccine data alongside broader questions about how far mRNA platforms can extend into oncology.
STAT · +9 outlets
Pelthos Therapeutics to merge with Castle Creek Biosciences in deal worth up to $300M in milestones
The combination pairs the two companies around a rare skin-disease therapy, with Pelthos shares falling sharply after the agreement was disclosed.
citybiz · +8 outlets

Climate18 stories ›

EPA is quietly shutting down its web archive of contamination and climate documents
Tens of thousands of documents on contamination, clean power and climate data are set to disappear.
Grist · +5 outlets
COP17 biodiversity conference in Yerevan completes first global review of progress on nature loss
The review assesses whether countries are on track to reverse nature loss by 2030.
Carbonbrief · +6 outlets
Five largest EU economies look off track for their 2030 climate targets
An assessment finds the bloc's major economies falling short of planned emissions cuts.
ABN AMRO · +14 outlets
Uttarakhand ranks second among special category states in national renewable energy assessment
The ranking comes from a national assessment of renewable energy performance across India's special category states.
Free Press Journal · +4 outlets
Global renewable energy growth faces grid bottlenecks, with capacity additions set to slow in 2026
Transmission constraints are emerging as a key limit on renewable deployment worldwide.
Africa Sustainability Matters · +14 outlets
China's record clean tech exports are making a significant dent in emissions
Exports of solar, battery and EV products are credited with reducing global emissions.
Naharnet · +11 outlets

Games18 stories ›

Anthropic updates Claude to block AI game cloning and reverse engineering
The change follows weeks of AI-generated clones flooding Steam, and developers report the broad guardrails also disrupt legitimate work.
Pcgamer · +14 outlets
Report: EA shelved BioWare and Mass Effect 5 to fund a new Star Wars: Battlefront
A postmortem report ties BioWare's shutdown to publisher EA prioritizing Battlefront over Mass Effect 5, prompting fan protests.
Pcgamer · +14 outlets
Activision to cut Itaewon crowd crush footage from Modern Warfare 4, apologizes to families
The publisher will remove real footage of the 2022 Seoul tragedy in a November 12 update after backlash.
Eurogamer · +8 outlets
Final Fantasy 14's Evercold expansion delayed to February 2027, pre-orders next week
Square Enix revealed the new date and the expansion's second job, zephyr, at Fan Fest.
Pcgamer · +10 outlets
id Software says it is working with MachineGames more closely than ever after layoffs
The Doom studio's co-director addressed the Xbox layoffs that cut roughly half of id Software's staff.
Pcgamer · +5 outlets
Xbox manager says AI is already widely used in game development
The remarks add to an industry debate over AI adoption, and the manager's account was reportedly deleted afterwards.
Engadget · +14 outlets

Sports18 stories ›

Golden State Valkyries win first WNBA title in second season, beat Atlanta Dream 68-63 in Game 7
Gabby Williams scored 30 points and was named Finals MVP as the expansion Valkyries claimed the championship in just their second year of existence.
Skysports · +14 outlets
Mark Walter and Josh Kushner finalize terms of Lakers sale at $12.5B valuation
The transaction, with the formal agreement expected to be signed soon, would be among the largest valuations ever for a professional sports franchise.
ESPN · +11 outlets
USC upsets No. 2 Ohio State 30-18, biggest win of Lincoln Riley's tenure
The Trojans kept their College Football Playoff hopes alive while the Buckeyes face mounting quarterback questions after Julian Sayin's injury.
ESPN · +14 outlets
Canelo Alvarez reclaims WBC super middleweight title with unanimous decision over Christian Mbilli
The win in Riyadh returns the super middleweight belt to Alvarez after he had previously held it.
ESPN · +14 outlets
Manchester United faces relegation concerns after 2-0 loss at Chelsea with Martinez sent off
United's nine points from seven games would project to under 30 for the season, deepening scrutiny on the club's direction.
BBC · +14 outlets
Lewis Hamilton takes first Ferrari pole at Mexico City Grand Prix
Hamilton called emulating Michael Schumacher a dream, while Kimi Antonelli admits feeling tense as he bids to seal the F1 title on Sunday.
Skysports · +14 outlets

Entertainment18 stories ›

SNL Halloween Cold Open Brings Back Tom Hanks' David S. Pumpkins With Trump and Nicki Minaj
The sketch show's Halloween opener targeted President Trump's campaign rhetoric and featured a spoof of Nicki Minaj days after her appearance at a Trump rally.
Variety · +8 outlets
Judge Again Dismisses Trump's $10B Defamation Suit Against Wall Street Journal Over Epstein Letter
A federal judge in Miami dismissed the suit with prejudice for a second time, finding Trump failed to show actual malice.
Deadline · +14 outlets
Deep Purple Postpone Shows as Singer Ian Gillan Is Hospitalized in Germany
The 81-year-old frontman was hospitalized after an unspecified medical emergency, and the band expects to resume touring next week.
Rolling Stone · +10 outlets
SNL Pays Tribute to Patrick Stewart With Clip From His 1994 Episode
The show honored the late former host, who died at 86, with an archive clip before the goodnights.
Deadline · +8 outlets
Green Room Director Recalls How Patrick Stewart 'Saved' the Film From Being Scrapped
Jeremy Saulnier said the film was close to shutting down until Stewart expressed interest in the project.
The Hollywood Reporter · +2 outlets
Michael Douglas Says Jack Nicholson Is 'Well' but Has 'Disappeared' From Public Life
Douglas said his longtime friend is fine and enjoying a quiet life away from the spotlight.
Rolling Stone · +14 outlets

Luxe18 stories ›

Airlines still skipping Dubai this winter as long-haul carriers stay out
Dubai's airport is busy, but the long-haul carriers that fill luxury hotels are largely absent until spring.
Skift · +9 outlets
Dubai holiday-home operator Silkhaus shuts down, citing U.S.-Iran war
Weak forward bookings and airline pullouts threaten smaller Dubai holiday-home operators this winter.
Skift · +1 outlets
Hyatt and Hilton in trademark clash over 'Select' in hotel brand names
As hotel groups stack sub-brands, naming collisions over common words are becoming more common.
Skift · +1 outlets
Waldorf Astoria opens in Kuala Lumpur with 268 suites
Hilton's luxury brand debuts in Malaysia's capital, extending its Southeast Asian footprint.
Rus Tourism News · +14 outlets
Disney cuts more than 100 jobs in theme park division
Disney's Experiences unit is reducing costs under CEO Josh D'Amaro.
Skift · +14 outlets
FTC probes whether airlines use personal data for personalized pricing
Regulators are examining whether carriers tailor fares based on customer data.
The Points Guy · +11 outlets