Today: November 12, 2026
Today: November 12, 2026

Artificial Intelligence

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SoftBank books $7 billion quarterly loss on US data centre hit, financing costs

SoftBank Group, the Japanese investment giant with big bets on AI, said on Tuesday it had swung to a second-quarter net loss of $7 billion, hit hard by hefty

Business|Science|Technology

Musk expected to join Trump at APEC; Huang's participation in doubt, SCMP reports

Top US business leaders, including Tesla chief Elon Musk, are expected to join President Donald Trump's delegation to China for next week's APEC summit, the South China Morning Post

Business|Economy|Technology

Australia's Qantas to axe 850 jobs in offshoring deal with Accenture

Qantas said on Tuesday it would cut 850 jobs in Australia and outsource some corporate functions to consulting firm Accenture as it adapts to the increased

Asia|Business|Finance|Technology

What we know about Megaspeed, Singapore-based customer of Nvidia

Singapore-based cloud computing firm Megaspeed faces renewed

Economy|Environment|Health|Political|Science|Technology

Australia to launch AI safety regulator after OpenAI's breach of a government portal

Australia plans to create an artificial intelligence safety regulator in response to a breach of an Australian health department website by an OpenAI agent in June

Australia|Business|Economy|Political|Science|Technology

Australia to mandate AI breach reporting, create regulator after OpenAI breach

Australia will require artificial intelligence companies to report breaches and consider changes to criminal law to address "serious misconduct", Prime

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Anthropic’s nearly $70 billion IPO plan briefly circulated to banks, then retracted

Details of Anthropic’s blockbuster IPO, including plans by the AI company to raise nearly $70 billion, were briefly circulated to banks before being retracted late on

Business|Crime|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology

Nvidia, CEO Huang sued over disclosures related to suspected Chinese spy

Nvidia and Chief Executive Jensen Huang were sued on Monday in a proposed class action accusing them of defrauding shareholders by concealing Huang's ties with a suspected Chinese

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US stocks rally and recover most of last week's losses as oil prices swing lower

U.S. stocks rallied and recovered most of their big loss from last week as oil prices swung lower

Business|Science|Technology

Nvidia's investigation into CEO Huang's affair puts a spotlight on chip billionaire's personal life

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is in the spotlight after revelations of an affair with a purported Chinese spy triggered a board investigation

Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets|US

Fed should move policy 'with care' as it responds to inflation, Barkin says

The US central bank should move its monetary policy "with care" as it maps a response to inflation that remains its greatest risk, Richmond

Business|Finance|Science|Stock Markets|Technology|US

Trump says FBI probing Nvidia CEO Huang as China controversy deepens

US President Donald Trump said on Monday the FBI was looking into Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's affair

Business|Economy|Technology

US wholesale inventories revised up in September

US wholesale inventories increased slightly more than initially thought in September amid strong rises in the stocks of electrical goods and hardware, likely related to

Science|Technology

Google unveils new AI chip variants as cloud demand surges

Alphabet's Google introduced two new variations of its in-house tensor processing units on Monday, stepping up its challenge to Nvidia's dominance in the booming market for

Business|Economy|Environment|Science|Technology

AI power rush sends data centres hunting for used turbines and jet engines

Utilities, developers and firms racing to power AI data centres are scouring the world for second-

Business|Economy|Technology

RBA's Hunter says AI has yet to deliver productivity boost, trigger job losses

A senior Australian central banker said on Monday there was limited evidence that artificial intelligence had meaningfully lifted productivity and caused widespread job

Political|Travel|World

Pope arrives in Argentina and tells Milei that people, not the economy, should come first

Pope Leo XIV has delivered a diplomatic but subtly strong critique of Argentine President Javier Milei’s austerity measures and libertarian agenda

Environment|Science|Technology

Environmental groups embrace AI, even as they warn of data center impacts

Environmental groups worldwide are using artificial intelligence to analyze climate data, track forest fires and count endangered wildlife –

Business|Economy|Election|Finance

Voters demanded economic relief. Trump and Democrats face tough choices on how to deliver

Voters have sent a strong election-year message to President Donald Trump and the new Democratic congressional majority to repair the U.S. economy damaged by inflation

Business|Economy|Finance|Technology

How this key lesson can protect your 401(k) savings from deep AI stock losses

How this key lesson can protect your 401(k) savings from deep AI stock losses

Economy|Election

Young voters overwhelmingly backed Democrats this year. The question is whether they'll stay

Young voters voted overwhelmingly for Democrats in the midterm elections, driven by economic concerns and disillusionment with President Donald Trump’s war in Iran

Business|Economy|Finance|Technology

OpenAI gets $11 billion funding at $1.25 trillion valuation, source says

OpenAI has closed on new funding of $11 billion, the initial part of a round that values the company at $1.25 trillion, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday

Americas|Europe|Travel

Rubio will venture to France on first post-midterm foreign trip to face questions on Trump policies

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will make his first international trip since the midterm elections that dealt the Republicans a severe blow

Business|Economy|Finance

BOJ chief Ueda sees 'some upside risks' to inflation

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Friday the central bank expects underlying inflation to stay around its 2% target but

Environment|Science|Technology

Protesters break into Microsoft data center site in Amsterdam as Europe’s backlash spreads

Protesters have broken into a Microsoft data center construction site in Amsterdam

Political|Science|Technology

Trump administration scraps meeting of high-profile tech panel

The Trump administration canceled a meeting on Friday of a White House tech panel that includes Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, an

Arts|Economy|Entertainment|Finance|Technology

US continues to generate jobs, yet inflation is eroding the spending power of millions of Americans

U.S. employers created a surprising 165,000 new jobs last month, and the unemployment rate dipped to 4.1%

Business|Science|Technology

Amazon rolls out text-based shopping through Alexa

Amazon on Friday said US customers would be able to use Alexa for Shopping, its AI-powered shopping assistant, to search for products and make purchases through text messages.

Economy|Environment|Science|Technology

AI data centers took a beating in the midterm elections. A reckoning may be ahead for tech giants

Opposition to artificial intelligence data centers was part of midterm races across the U.S., with campaigns featuring them in hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of TV ads and many winners pledging to clamp down on the energy-hungry behemoths

Economy|Environment|Political|Science|Technology

Democrats planning flood of AI bills when they take control of Congress

Democrats are planning to unleash a flood of new legislation targeting artificial intelligence systems and data-center development when they take

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

Nvidia chips pile up in Hong Kong as China withholds import approval

About 600,000 of Nvidia's advanced artificial intelligence chips are stored in Hong Kong awaiting shipment to mainland China, two people familiar with the matter said, as Beijing

Business|Crime|Technology

3 charged in scheme to use AI to impersonate CEOs and attorneys to steal $129 million

Three people have been charged in a scheme to use artificial intelligence to impersonate corporate executives and attorneys to steal about $129 million

Business|Science|Technology

AI backlash could threaten Anthropic IPO timing, potential investors say

Potential investors in Anthropic's highly anticipated IPO are raising doubts about whether the artificial

Science|Technology

Anthropic is rapidly accelerating AI development amid slowdown calls, outside research group says

Anthropic is developing its AI systems twice as quickly as last year, despite CEO Dario Amodei’s calls to slow down model capabilities

Science|Technology

OpenAI launches GPT-6 Cyber with 'Critical' cybersecurity rating

OpenAI released GPT-6 Cyber, a model built to find and exploit security flaws, to a small group of vetted customers on Thursday, rating it "Critical" in cybersecurity under its

Science|Technology

Anthropic's models improving nearly twice as fast with help from AI, study finds

Anthropic's AI models are improving nearly twice as fast as before as the technology plays a bigger role in developing more powerful successors, an independent study found,

Science|Technology

Box expands Nvidia partnership, unveils AI workflow builder

Content management firm Box expanded its partnership with Nvidia on Thursday, unveiling a search engine that helps AI tools find more accurate answers in company files and a tool

Business|Economy|Finance|World

US worker productivity surges in third quarter

US worker productivity grew faster than expected in the third quarter, depressing labor costs and supporting views that the labor market was not a source of inflation.

Opinion|Science|Technology

AI agents with friendly faces and adorable bodies can distract you from serious risks

Cute designs can make AI technology feel harmless, but real hazards are still present.

Health|Science

Mammograms can do more than detect breast cancer – they also offer important clues on heart health

Calcium deposits on arteries, observed on a mammogram, can provide a useful nudge to check up on cardiovascular health.

Arts|Entertainment|Interview|Science|Technology

South Korean director Yeon Sang-ho revisits AI themes in latest thriller 'Paradise Lost'

South Korean director Yeon Sang-ho explores artificial intelligence in his films, including his latest, “Paradise Lost.”

Business|Economy|Finance|Technology

Microsoft declines option to expand Texas data center deal with Nscale, source says

Microsoft will not exercise an option to more than double the size of its existing agreement with AI cloud provider Nscale to rent more

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

AI sharpens cat-and-mouse hacking battle as companies strengthen defences

From hacked supermarket fridges and a record cryptocurrency theft at Binance to an emergency over flaws in widely used web

Business|Economy|Finance|Science|Technology

OpenAI, ready to IPO in 2027, now counts majority of sales from enterprises, Brockman says

OpenAI President Greg Brockman said on Wednesday the company now generates the majority of its revenue from enterprise sales and he believes it

Arts|Business|Economy|Education|Election|Entertainment|Lifestyle|Science|Technology|World

Democrats deliver a stunning rout in Texas to retake power for the first time in decades

For more than 30 years, Texas Democrats had been the party fighting for scraps in the deepest of red states

Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology

Stocks surge, and the Dow soars 1,500 points as oil prices tumble following the US midterm elections

U.S. stocks soared after President Donald Trump’s party lost its sole control of Washington in the midterm elections

Business|Economy|Political|US

Trump is still in charge, but Democrats gain leverage in coming economic debate

From tariffs to oil prices, deregulation to health policy and the freight-train expansion of artificial intelligence, Democratic control of Congress

Science|Technology

Short supplies of crucial equipment stymie changes to US electricity grid

Whether you want renewable energy, fossil fuel power plants, data centers or reduced storm vulnerability, it will require equipment that’s hard to make out of materials that are hard to get.

Arts

US bank regulator issues first-ever AI guidance for examiners

Big bank supervisors should monitor how lenders use artificial intelligence but should not treat it as distinct from other risks, according to new

Business|Finance|Technology

Google extends voluntary buyout offers to employees in several countries

Alphabet's Google has expanded employee buyout offers to several countries this year as it looks to rein in rising costs amid heavy

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

AMD's OpenAI, Meta chip deals trigger $1 billion quarterly charge

(Corrects paragraph 7 to show warrants issued to both companies, and not just OpenAI, carry share price thresholds) By Max A.

Arts|Education|Technology

Google will cut off search access for students at schools that reject AI

Students using Google software in schools will not be allowed to use Google search unless their school system also provides them access to artificial intelligence tools

Finance|Science|Stock Markets|Technology

AMD forecast eases AI spending fears as data-center sales surge

By Anhata Rooprai, Max A.

Business|Education|Science|Technology

Google will let schools turn off AI, but they may also lose Search

Google will let schools turn off AI, but they may also lose Search

Business|Science|Technology

OpenAI employees warned about operational security lapses for years, sources say

When OpenAI disclosed in October that it found a recording device planted in an executive conference room, a number of former employees had the

Arts|Business|Economy|Technology|World

US factory orders beat expectations in September amid broad strength

New orders for US factory goods increased more than expected in September, boosted by bookings for aircraft and a range of other goods, government data showed on Tuesday.

Science|Technology

Setback for Google as EU court adviser warns AI chatbot may breach copyright rules

Google faced a setback on Tuesday when an adviser to Europe's highest court said its Gemini chatbot's use of publishers' articles to

Business|Europe|Science|Technology

Schwarz Digits and Bull partner up to build European AI computing services

Supercomputer maker Bull and Schwarz Digits, the technology arm of Lidl-owner Schwarz Group, signed a preliminary agreement on Tuesday to jointly develop AI

Business|Science|Technology

Anthropic was founded to answer to humanity. Soon, it will also answer to Wall Street

Anthropic was founded to answer to humanity. Soon, it will also answer to Wall Street

Economy|Finance|Technology

AI investment is becoming overly concentrated, Chinese official says

Global investment in artificial intelligence is "overly concentrated" and crowding out traditional industries by raising borrowing costs, a top official at China's

Business|Science|Technology

OpenAI taps former US army secretary Dan Driscoll for national security role

OpenAI has appointed Dan Driscoll, a former US Secretary of the Army, to a newly created role focusing on national security modernization, the AI startup said on Monday.

Arts|Technology

UK cyber chief says the UK will face AI cyberattacks on critical infrastructure by 2028

Britain’s cyber chief says the U.K. is likely to face artificial intelligence cyberattacks on its critical infrastructure by 2028

Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology

Palantir forecasts strong quarterly revenue on AI demand

Palantir Technologies forecast revenue above estimates for the last three months of the year after topping third-quarter expectations, banking on sustained demand

Business|Economy|Finance|Science|Technology

Anthropic revenue growth slows, compute financing risks mount ahead of IPO

Anthropic's revenue growth slowed sharply in the third quarter and the AI startup flagged new risks to the computing capacity underpinning

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

OpenAI says its AI is getting better at doing things humans do, like shopping and meal planning

OpenAI says its AI is getting better at doing things humans do, like shopping and meal planning

Business|Finance|Science|Technology

Anthropic posts $17B quarterly revenue but losses continue in fresh IPO filing

Anthropic reports quarterly revenue swelling to $17 billion but still posts a net loss for the latest three months

Business|Finance|Technology

Alphabet kicks off €6 billion bond sale, tests appetite for tech debt

Google parent Alphabet is selling €6 billion ($6.7 billion) of bonds on Monday, according to a memo from one of the deal's

Africa|Americas|Asia|Business|Economy|Europe|Finance|MidEast|Stock Markets|Technology

Marvell doubles down on AI boom with costly $115 billion Lumentum deal

Marvell Technology is buying optical components maker Lumentum in a $115 billion all-stock deal, including debt, one of the tech industry's largest

Business|Economy|Election|Finance

The mid-term races Wall Street and other financial firms are watching

Wall Street and financial market players are watching this year's US midterm elections for more than which party controls Congress.

Economy

US voters in a sour economic mood heading into midterm elections

On the eve of elections that will decide whether President Donald Trump's Republican Party keeps control of Congress, voters' minds are on the economy, with high and

Business|Finance|Science|Technology

Anthropic plans to sell $3.5 billion of shares to Japan investors in IPO, filing shows

AI lab Anthropic will sell up to 552.9 billion yen ($3.5 billion) worth of shares in Japan as part of its US public listing, a filing showed on Monday.

Business|Finance|Technology

Apple's new CEO Ternus to face first earnings test as memory costs surge

John Ternus will host his first earnings call as Apple's CEO on Monday, with investors looking to the company's forecast to determine whether a

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

Asian shares mostly advance but tech stocks remain volatile, while oil sinks 3.3%

Asian shares are mostly higher but technology stocks remain volatile

Business|Finance|Science|Technology

HSBC to open Hong Kong AI Institute following Singapore launch

HSBC is setting up an artificial intelligence and emerging technology institute in Hong Kong, as the city's largest bank steps up its AI