Today: October 31, 2026
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Nvidia's Huang says dealings with firm in US spy probe were 'normal', Bloomberg News reports

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang defended the company's business with Singapore-based Megaspeed International, calling it "normal and not unusual," Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.

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Judge presses the Trump administration for details on its campaign to stop noncitizens from voting

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to identify any state or local officials who received letters seeking their compliance with the government’s efforts to prevent non-U.S. citizens from voting in the midterm election

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Salesforce to buy defense tech firm Rune in military business push

Business software maker Salesforce said on Thursday it would buy defense technology company Rune Technologies to expand its Missionforce business, which serves the US military and

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ST LNG to decide on US offshore LNG facility by late 2027, company says

ST LNG aims to reach a final investment decision on its $8.2 billion LNG export project by mid- to late 2027, the company's president said on Thursday,

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US promises tariff relief in talks with Audi on Georgia plant, sources say

US President Donald Trump's administration has promised tariff relief to Volkswagen's luxury unit Audi to help secure its $4

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Walmart commits $6 billion to expand Symbotic deal

Walmart said on Thursday it had extended its agreement with AI robotics firm Symbotic, committing about $6 billion over several years to bring more automation capabilities to its

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Trading Day: Communication breakdown

The big three US stock indices fell on Thursday, despite weaker oil prices, lower bond yields and upbeat economic growth data, as a record fall

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Amazon burns cash, Intel flags weak PC demand as AI boom's costs ripple across markets

Wall Street's worries about the cost of the AI boom escalated after the market close on Thursday, as results from Amazon and Intel showed

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Peptides could soon be easier to get in the United States. Here’s what to know

Peptides could soon be easier to get in the United States. Here’s what to know

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Polymarket paused international trading after a security issue involving a third-party provider

Polymarket temporarily halted trading on its international platform Thursday due to a security incident involving a third-party provider

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A historic drop for Alphabet's stock drags the US market lower

A historic drop for Alphabet's stock dragged the U.S. stock market lower

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Dartmouth provost resigns following accusations he used artificial intelligence for writing

The provost of Dartmouth College has resigned after a faculty committee found that he used artificial intelligence in his writing, including in a Washington Post guest column on AI cheating

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OpenAI says human intent at center of updated AI model guidelines

OpenAI on Thursday updated its Model Spec, a public roadmap for how it wants its AI models to behave, reorganizing the framework around five core values as AI systems become more

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Equities and bond yields dip with AI jitters and economic data in focus

Wall Street equity indexes dipped on Thursday as AI jitters offset some encouraging economic data while Europe's stocks rallied as

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Polymarket probes suspicious trades around Israel election, Bloomberg News reports

Prediction market operator Polymarket is investigating a string of well-timed and profitable trades on Israel's election this week, according to a report by Bloomberg News on

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Wall Street ends lower as Alphabet revenue miss revives AI capex jitters

US stocks slid on Thursday, with investors reassessing big tech's massive AI spending spree as they digested high-profile earnings and

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Polymarket resumes trading after third-party security breach, to reimburse users

Polymarket said on Thursday it had restored trading after a temporary halt prompted by a security incident involving a third-party provider, and that it would fully reimburse

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Bolsonaro ally blames ChatGPT for now-deleted 'president-elect of Brazil' claim

A close ally of Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro on Thursday said AI chatbot ChatGPT was responsible for language in a letter briefly posted on social media by the

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Police chief says shooting outside Virginia GOP offices has nothing to do with election

Police say a shooting outside the Republican Party of Virginia offices in Richmond Thursday is unrelated to the upcoming midterm elections

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FTC, states sue Toast over fees, deceptive subscription practices

The US Federal Trade Commission, attorneys general from several states and two California jurisdictions sued restaurant software firm Toast Inc. on Wednesday, alleging it charges

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DoorDash’s Instacart deal may draw FTC scrutiny amid cost-of-living concerns

Food delivery giant DoorDash's $17 billion acquisition of Instacart is likely to face scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission, which has focused on affordability as

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Yemen's hospitals buckle as fighting escalates

In a hospital in Yemen's Taiz, a 25-year-old pregnant mother of two lay immobilised after a bullet lodged in her spine while she was trapped inside her home without food or

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Wall Street ends lower as Alphabet revenue miss revives AI capex jitters

US stocks slid on Thursday, with investors reassessing big tech's massive AI spending spree as they digested high-profile earnings and

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Meta loses appeals against interim measures imposed by French regulators

Meta Platforms has lost its appeals against interim measures imposed by French regulators over media organisations' publishing rights in the Paris Court of

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Hackers claim leak of sensitive details on thousands of DHS workers

Hackers claim leak of sensitive details on thousands of DHS workers

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US Homeland Security cites risk to over 40,000 personnel in effort to take leaked data offline

The US Department of Homeland Security asked an Icelandic hosting company on Thursday to take down or limit access to data related to thousands of agency personnel,

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US files lawsuit claiming Google wouldn't give employee new job following military leave

The US filed a lawsuit accusing Google of failing to give an employee his old job back or find him a similar job after he took one year of military

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Wall Street's AI bet: Own the infrastructure, collect the rent

Wall Street's top alternative asset managers are betting on the AI boom by owning the infrastructure behind it and locking in rent through

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Spanish train crash yet another blow to Sánchez’s government ahead of elections in November

Spanish train crash yet another blow to Sánchez’s government ahead of elections in November

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DoorDash offers $17 billion for Instacart in what would be a big consolidation for grocery delivery

DoorDash is offering $17 billion to buy Instacart to supercharge its grocery delivery business in what would be a big consolidation in grocery delivery

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What to consider if a company that made AI-related job cuts wants you back

Companies have been slashing jobs to invest in artificial intelligence, raising anxiety among workers who fear they may lose their livelihoods to machines

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Orange unit signs deal to Mistral's latest AI cybersecurity model

French telecom group Orange's digital security arm on Thursday announced a partnership with Mistral AI to equip its products with a cybersecurity variant of the startup's latest AI

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Mistral AI publicly releases Large 4, targets cybersecurity users

French AI startup Mistral released its Large 4 model to the public on Thursday, saying it was designed to help organisations identify and fix cyber-security

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Cash is king, as investors draw new battle lines in AI spending boom

Cash flow is king again.

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Hungary to stick with Orban-era nuclear cooperation deal with US

Hungary's government has asked parliament to make legally binding a nuclear cooperation agreement with the United States that the previous government of Viktor Orban

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Merck to boost next decade revenue forecast on new drugs optimism

Merck said on Thursday it plans to raise its revenue forecast from new products over the next decade, buoyed by recent clinical trial

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DoorDash delivers latest deal as industry consolidation gathers pace

Doordash said on Thursday it would buy US grocery delivery rival Instacart in a deal valued at about $17 billion.

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Google's Nvidia chip challenge boosts cloud sales, crimps cash flow

Alphabet is making billions of dollars selling homegrown AI chips it once reserved for internal use, but building inventory to meet surging demand is draining cash

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Caterpillar sticks to annual sales forecast amid cost pressures, shares dive

Caterpillar stuck to its annual sales growth forecast on Thursday despite strong demand for its power equipment from data centers, amid cost

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Wall St falls at open as Alphabet results reignite AI spending fears

US stocks opened lower on Thursday as Alphabet's results rekindled worries about soaring AI costs, while investors assessed fresh inflation data following the Federal Reserve's

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DoorDash is buying Instacart for $17 billion

DoorDash is buying Instacart for $17 billion

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DoorDash strikes $17 billion deal for US rival Instacart in mega grocery delivery bet

DoorDash said on Thursday it would buy Instacart in a deal valued at about $17 billion, stepping up its push into the fast-growing US grocery

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Airbnb pledges $500M for its nonprofit to offer more free emergency stays

Airbnb is dedicating more than $500 million to its philanthropic arm over the next five years

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US unemployment claims slide to 194,000, the lowest since mid-July

The number of Americans applying for unemployment claims dipped last week to 194,000 — lowest since mid-July — as layoffs remain low and most Americans enjoy job security

Economy|Technology

US economy grows at brisk 3.4% pace in third quarter on strong consumer spending and AI investment

The U.S. economy grew at a healthy 3.4% annual pace from July through September, accelerating from the second quarter on strong consumer spending and investment in artificial intelligence

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Faculty and students show how reporting is done when a university partners with local news

Some universities are developing innovative arrangements with media outlets where students help report and faculty provide guidance.

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We discovered an organism that lives at blistering temperatures – but what allows it to take the heat?

This amoeba lives at hotter temperatures than any other eukaryote previously discovered.

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Driverless 18-wheelers are on a few highways, but widespread use is a long way down the road

Chaotic roads are still too difficult for automated trucks to navigate.

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AI hardware can be hacked so chatbots provide dangerous answers, research shows

AI hardware can be hacked so chatbots provide dangerous answers, research shows

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Trump touts projects and payouts on the campaign trail. Many are uncertain

US President Donald Trump has touted billions of dollars in new factories, energy projects and jobs while campaigning for Republicans

Environment|Technology

AI data center boom faces backlash at US ballot box

Voters in 10 US states will decide on Election Day whether to curb data center development in their communities, as the rapid buildout needed to power

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Firefighting cash burn

There were few fireworks from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday, with two dissenters to the decision to keep rates unchanged, but there were indications of more hikes

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As criminal networks spread in Latin America, Quito is new battleground

For years, the neighborhood watch group in the working-class area of Solanda in Ecuadorean capital Quito had patrolled their nighttime streets armed

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Greek container ship sinks after drone attack off Bulgaria

A Greek container ship has sunk after being hit by naval drones off Bulgaria on Wednesday, the Bulgarian

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Serval triples valuation to $3 billion as businesses adopt AI workflow automation

Serval raised $150 million in a Sequoia-led round at a $3 billion valuation, as the enterprise automation company seeks to use AI agents to handle

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Kalshi raises $1 billion at $40 billion valuation as it expands beyond prediction markets

Kalshi has raised $1 billion in a new funding round that values the prediction-market startup at $40 billion, the company said on Thursday, as it

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BYD's third-quarter profit growth slows, misses forecasts

Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD reported a smaller-than-expected 28% increase in third-quarter profit on Thursday as intensifying competition at home spread to overseas

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Volkswagen posts deepest loss since Dieselgate on Porsche writedown, China woes

Volkswagen posted its steepest quarterly loss in more than a decade in the third quarter, hit by a writedown on its stake in Porsche and

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Japan weighs government-backed bank lending scheme to spur strategic investment

Japan's government said on Thursday it is considering a scheme to channel public funds through private lenders to support corporate investment, seeking to

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China's record-breaking exports of clean tech are making a big dent in emissions, report says

China is exporting a record amount of clean energy technology and that is making a dent in global emissions

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Ship sinks off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast after being hit by drones

A Liberian-flagged vessel that was hit by drones off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast has sunk, the local maritime administration said on Thursday

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AI-related investment, consumers likely boosted US economic growth in third quarter

US economic growth likely accelerated in the third quarter as resilient consumer spending and AI-driven business investment more than offset the impact

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Hyundai Motor reports 5.5% rise in Q3 operating profit, beats forecasts

Hyundai Motor reported a 5.5% rise in third-quarter operating profit on Thursday, as favourable foreign exchange rates helped offset the

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Judge denies federal request to segregate California ballots, says it would 'wreak havoc' on voting

A federal judge has rejected a Trump administration request to stop California from processing the ballots of up to 20,000 people

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Samsung keeps shattering profit records as AI boom lifts chip demand

Samsung Electronics has reported a record operating profit of $80.5 billion, driven by high demand for computer memory chips used in AI systems

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DeepSeek, Moonshot used OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra to train latest models, The Information reports

Chinese AI developers DeepSeek and Moonshot AI relied heavily on outputs from OpenAI's powerful GPT-6 Astra model to train their latest models, The Information reported on Wednesday

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Chinese AI model carries out complex cyberattacks in controlled tests, researchers say

Chinese firm Z.AI's flagship AI model carried out complex cyberattacks in controlled simulations and repeatedly ignored instructions in separate tests,

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Samsung sees AI chip shortage worsening, keeps investors in suspense on returns

Samsung Electronics posted a 15-fold jump in quarterly chip profit on Thursday, powered by the AI boom, but its shares tumbled as investors

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CNN reports from scene of train crash in Spain as serious rescue operation gets underway

CNN producer Vasco Cotovio reports from near the train crash site in Spain, where survivors described a sudden collision with no warning and a dramatic effort to get passengers out.

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The path of Cyclone Arnab went through India's plans for data centers and future growth

A cyclone that powered up over unusually warm ocean waters hit part of India’s coastline that’s dense with billions of dollars in plans for data centers

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Microsoft's cloud growth, cash flow offer respite from AI spending fears

Microsoft on Wednesday forecast fiscal second-quarter cloud growth and overall sales that beat Wall Street estimates, sending

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Judge says Trump bid to set aside California ballots would ‘wreak havoc’ on democracy

A US judge strongly rebuked the Trump administration on Wednesday by rejecting a request by the Justice Department to temporarily

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Bloomberg, two trading firms agree to pay Trump’s Truth Social for faster access to president’s posts, sources say

Truth Social, the social media platform founded by President Donald Trump, has signed up news and data provider Bloomberg and two Wall Street

Technology

Pentagon watchdog declines bipartisan request to investigate Starshield slowdowns in Ukraine

Pentagon watchdog declines bipartisan request to investigate Starshield slowdowns in Ukraine

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South Korean court rejects Tesla owners' lawsuit seeking 'Full Self-Driving' refunds

A South Korean court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit by dozens of Tesla owners seeking full refunds for money paid for "Full Self-Driving" driver-assistance

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Utah charges Kalshi and its founders, escalating a fight over who can regulate prediction markets

Utah is pursuing criminal charges against prediction market operator Kalshi and two executives, after a federal judge rejected Kalshi’s effort to prevent Utah from enforcing its anti-gambling laws against the activity

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Australia's corporate regulator probes Firmus IPO bankers, The Australian reports

Australia's corporate regulator is investigating the role of bankers in promoting Nvidia-backed Firmus' IPO, The Australian reported on Thursday.

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Leak website releases data on thousands of US Homeland Security employees

The leak website Distributed Denial of Secrets said on Wednesday it has released data on more than 40,000 Department of Homeland Security

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Utah criminally charges Kalshi with promoting illegal gambling

Utah's attorney general brought criminal charges against Kalshi and two of its top executives, accusing the prediction market platform of illegally promoting online

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Cyberattack concealed political spending by big donors before US midterm elections

The Federal Election Commission restored its electronic filing system Wednesday night after taking it offline for nearly 41 hours to contain a cyberattack,

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Pentagon watchdog tells lawmakers it won't investigate Starlink slowdowns to Ukraine

The Pentagon's watchdog is refusing a bipartisan request to investigate recent disruptions to Starlink and Starshield satellite internet service to Ukraine

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US bans imports from 3 Chinese biotech companies over forced labor allegations

The Trump administration says it's blocking shipments from Chinese biotech company BGI and its affiliates, alleging ties to forced labor

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Young boy rescued after falling into septic pipe

Young boy rescued after falling into septic pipe

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Rio Tinto doubles down in Argentina with new lithium plants

(Corrects production figure in paragraph 3 to clarify that output in Argentina is expected to reach 160,000 metric tons by 2028, not 200,000 metric tons) By Lucila Sigal SAN FERNANDO DEL VALLE DE

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Trading Day: Fed pauses, Big Tech reports

Wall Street rose on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates on hold and as investors focused on key earnings reports.

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Biden-era officials who quit over Gaza urge 2028 candidates to denounce policy architects

US officials who had resigned from former President Joe Biden's administration over his Gaza policy said on Wednesday that Democratic presidential

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Global stocks hold gains after Fed decision, oil prices rise

Global stocks and major Wall Street indexes gained on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady, as

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Alphabet stock sinks as search woes cause revenue miss, cash burn worsens

Google parent Alphabet reported disappointing results in the core business of search advertising and a massive acceleration in cash burn as it poured

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Honeywell Aerospace lifts second-half cash flow view, tops quarterly estimates

Honeywell Aerospace on

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Trump says imported robotics pose national security risks but does not impose tariffs

US President Donald Trump found on Wednesday that imported robotics and machinery pose national security risks but did not impose any immediate

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Inmate's escape is just the latest problem for Tennessee's troubled prison system

The weekend escape of a Tennessee inmate who was convicted of murdering a co-worker was just the latest black eye for the state’s troubled prison system, coming only weeks after the failed execution of Christa Pike

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New York enacts ban on 'unsafe' chatbot behavior with kids as states push AI regulation boundaries

New York is enacting farther-reaching restrictions ban on certain chatbot behaviors to protect children using artificial intelligence

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FTC orders Walmart, Delta and others to share how they use personal data to set prices and pay

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is ordering Delta Air Lines, Walmart and other companies to provide detailed information on how they use consumers’ data when they are setting prices

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Google misses Wall Street expectations, Alphabet stock sinks in early after-hours trading

Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company, reported strong revenue growth in its third quarter, but it fell short of Wall Street expectations

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Suspects in alleged school shooting plot in Georgia had floor plan, had chosen a date, warrants say

Authorities say that the suspects in an alleged plot to carry out a shooting at a Georgia high school had a floor plan of the school and had chosen a date

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Google launches Gemini 4 Carbon AI model with cybersecurity focus

Alphabet's Google on Wednesday unveiled Gemini 4 Carbon, its latest frontier AI model, stepping up competition with OpenAI and Anthropic as the race to build more capable coding and

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Meta delays indefinitely its rollout of new commercial terms after publishers' concerns

Meta announced on Wednesday that it was indefinitely delaying the rollout of its new commercial terms following concerns from publishers and digital advertisers, in a move

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Warsh to attend Fed jobs and productivity task force hearing to refine views

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said that he plans to attend a November 16 field hearing of the central bank's productivity and jobs task force in the San Francisco

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Fed's Warsh says US economy not running too hot

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh said on Wednesday that the US economy is not running too hot despite some demand pressures from the boom in AI investment, adding