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Kevin Warsh's Fed Nomination Signals Balance Sheet FocusApple Posts Record Quarter with $144B in Revenue GrowthSAP's Cloud Gains Meet Stubborn Market ExpectationsCisco Unveils AI Security Model Built on Decades of Threat DataStarmer’s Beijing Trip Marks a Quiet Shift in Britain’s China PolicyMeta's $60B Quarter Reveals the True Cost of AI LeadershipMicrosoft's AI Bet Collides With Investor PatienceTesla's Autonomy Bet Meets Reality Check in 2025 ResultsFed Pauses Rate Cuts as Inflation Persists and Growth Holds FirmAmazon Cuts 16,000 Jobs in Strategic AI TransformationASML Reports Record Quarter as AI Reshapes Chip IndustryAT&T Posts Strong Quarter as Fiber Push Offsets Wireless ChurnMeta Commits $6 Billion to Corning for AI Data CentersBoeing's Q4 Earnings Signal Recovery After Years of CrisisMarkets Navigate Volatility as Sell-Off Collides With Tech EarningsLarry Fink Put Davos Back at the Center of Global PowerIntel Q4 Earnings Signal Stabilization Amid Manufacturing RisksTalent Exodus Tests Thinking Machines Lab’s TrajectoryCarney Concludes Beijing Visit with EV and Canola AgreementsMorgan Stanley Q4 Earnings Close 2025 Record Revenue

Kevin Warsh speaking at a policy event as markets weigh the implications of his nomination for the future direction of the Federal Reserve.

Kevin Warsh's Fed Nomination Signals Balance Sheet Focus

Trump's selection of the former crisis-era governor suggests a central bank recalibration toward quantitative tightening and structural discipline, even as rate policy remains fluid.

Tech IconsJan 30, 2026Federal ReserveInterest RatesUS Monetary Policy

The Federal Reserve signals a cautious policy reset as inflation remains above target and economic growth stays resilient

Fed Pauses Rate Cuts as Inflation Persists and Growth Holds Firm

The central bank's January pause marks a strategic shift after three consecutive cuts, balancing persistent price pressures against a resilient economy showing unexpected strength.

Tech IconsJan 28, 2026Federal ReserveInterest RatesStock Market

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer visiting the Forbidden City in Beijing during official China trip

Starmer’s Beijing Trip Marks a Quiet Shift in Britain’s China Policy

Britain's first prime ministerial visit to China in eight years yields $15 billion pharmaceutical investment, signaling strategic shift toward pragmatic engagement in life sciences and emerging technologies.

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Larry Fink Put Davos Back at the Center of Global Power

After years of introspection, the World Economic Forum returns to relevance as technology convergence and macroeconomic transformation demand the collaborative platform it was designed to provide.

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Portrait of Dario Amodei, co-founder and CEO of Anthropic, as Anthropic raises $10B at a $350B valuation as sovereign capital backs AI as core infrastructure, reshaping competition among frontier model developers.

Anthropic Secures $10B at $350B Valuation in AI Shift

GIC and Coatue lead funding round that nearly doubles startup's worth in four months, signaling sovereign-scale capital now views AI development as essential infrastructure.

Tech IconsJan 9, 2026AI InfrastructurePrivate MarketsSovereign Wealth FundsVenture Capital

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Apple earnings Q1 2026 showing iPhone 17 growth, China revenue rebound, Services expansion, and evolving AI strategy

Apple Posts Record Quarter with $144B in Revenue Growth

SAP's Cloud Gains Meet Stubborn Market Expectations

Cisco launches Foundation-Sec-8B-Reasoning, an open-weight cybersecurity AI model designed to outperform general systems through domain-specific intelligence.

Cisco Unveils AI Security Model Built on Decades of Threat Data

Meta posts record advertising revenue as AI capital expenditures surge

Meta's $60B Quarter Reveals the True Cost of AI Leadership

Microsoft earnings highlight cloud growth and rising AI infrastructure costs

Microsoft's AI Bet Collides With Investor Patience

Mira Murati, founder of Thinking Machines Lab, as OpenAI rehires three founders from Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab, raising questions about talent retention, valuation pressure, and AI industry consolidation.

Talent Exodus Tests Thinking Machines Lab’s Trajectory

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Cisco launches Foundation-Sec-8B-Reasoning, an open-weight cybersecurity AI model designed to outperform general systems through domain-specific intelligence.

Cisco Unveils AI Security Model Built on Decades of Threat Data

High-voltage transmission tower supplying electricity to data centers amid rising power demand from Big Tech’s AI infrastructure expansion.

Big Tech Turns to Power Trading as Data Center Demand Surges

SAP's Cloud Gains Meet Stubborn Market Expectations

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Exterior of an HSBC bank branch with branded signage and a street-level view reflecting the bank’s global retail operations, as HSBC partners with Mistral in AI partnership

HSBC Accelerates AI Transformation With Mistral Partnership

The Strava app displayed on a smartphone, highlighting the platform’s activity tracking and social features ahead of its planned IPO.

Strava Files for IPO at $2.2B Valuation, $500M Revenue

Shou Zi Chew, Chief Executive Officer of TikTok, as ByteDance restructures TikTok’s U.S. business through an Oracle-led joint venture, preserving scale while addressing national security pressure.

How TikTok Solved Its American Problem Without Leaving

Tesla ends one-time Full Self-Driving sales, shifting to a subscription-only model to boost recurring software revenue and accelerate autonomous adoption.

Tesla Ends Full Self-Driving Sales, Shifts to Subscription-Only Model

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang unveils physical AI strategy at CES, as NVIDIA shifts from cloud AI to physical intelligence, targeting autonomous vehicles, robotics and factories as power efficiency becomes the core infrastructure constraint.

NVIDIA’s Shift to Physical AI Signals New Infrastructure Era

Two men — one older, one younger — face each other under blue light, symbolizing the architect of a system in dialogue with his own creation.

Venture Capital's Transformation: Why VCs Are Trapped in Their Own Investments

As companies stay private longer and AI demands surge, venture capitalists are reimagining their entire business model—creating new ways to cash out while betting everything on one technology.

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Britain’s overlooked deep tech ecosystem is coming into focus—from AI infrastructure and quantum computing to robotics, advanced materials, and battery innovation.

Beyond Silicon Valley: UK Deep Tech Startups to Watch in 2026

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Renaissance painting depicting a banker counting coins beside his wife, symbolizing wealth, morality, and the origins of financial culture—echoing today’s digital banking revolution.

How Challenger Banks Are Redefining the Future of Global Finance

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Golden eagle symbolizing sovereign wealth and strategic power in global tech investments

States of Power: Sovereign Capital and the New Technological Order

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Jerome Powell and Christine Lagarde face public backlash as central bankers struggle to explain monetary policy in a post-trust world.

Two Audiences, One Lectern

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The Insider Threat You Didn’t See Coming

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How Religion’s $5 Trillion Is Reshaping the Future of Tech

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Statue of Liberty standing over rubble with a red binary dollar symbol behind her, rendered in a digital noir style as AI and cloud reshape finance.

Global Banks Deepen Reliance on Tech as AI Reshapes Finance

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The rare phenomenon of identical twins building billion-dollar tech empires — and why their difference is their strength.

Twinnovation. Identical Twins in Tech

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Synthetic Hearts: Can AI Dating Apps Create True Love?

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AI Therapy: The So-Called ‘Future of Mental Health’ Could Have Deadly Consequences

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Close-up of a masked figure in a black balaclava with a hostile gaze.

The Brutal Side of Bitcoin: Digital Crime and Real-World Attacks

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API Wars Have Been Declared

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Kevin Warsh speaking at a policy event as markets weigh the implications of his nomination for the future direction of the Federal Reserve.

Kevin Warsh's Fed Nomination Signals Balance Sheet Focus

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Apple earnings Q1 2026 showing iPhone 17 growth, China revenue rebound, Services expansion, and evolving AI strategy

Apple Posts Record Quarter with $144B in Revenue Growth

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer visiting the Forbidden City in Beijing during official China trip

Starmer’s Beijing Trip Marks a Quiet Shift in Britain’s China Policy

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Meta posts record advertising revenue as AI capital expenditures surge

Meta's $60B Quarter Reveals the True Cost of AI Leadership

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Microsoft earnings highlight cloud growth and rising AI infrastructure costs

Microsoft's AI Bet Collides With Investor Patience

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Tesla reports mixed quarterly results amid AI and robotics pivot

Tesla's Autonomy Bet Meets Reality Check in 2025 Results

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The Federal Reserve signals a cautious policy reset as inflation remains above target and economic growth stays resilient

Fed Pauses Rate Cuts as Inflation Persists and Growth Holds Firm

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Amazon’s corporate layoffs highlight a strategic pivot toward AI, automation, and leaner organizational structures

Amazon Cuts 16,000 Jobs in Strategic AI Transformation

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ASML’s latest earnings highlight record bookings and accelerating demand for EUV lithography as AI reshapes global chip manufacturing

ASML Reports Record Quarter as AI Reshapes Chip Industry

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AT&T’s fourth-quarter results highlight accelerating fiber broadband growth and sustained 5G adoption across its mobility business.

AT&T Posts Strong Quarter as Fiber Push Offsets Wireless Churn

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Meta Corning fiber-optic deal highlights hyperscaler shift toward owning AI data center infrastructure

Meta Commits $6 Billion to Corning for AI Data Centers

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Boeing reported its strongest quarterly revenue since 2018, supported by rising aircraft deliveries and the Spirit AeroSystems acquisition.

Boeing's Q4 Earnings Signal Recovery After Years of Crisis

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U.S. markets suffer whipsaw volatility as Trump tariff threats spark sell-offs, tech earnings disappoint, Intel plunges, and geopolitical risk drives investor sentiment.

Markets Navigate Volatility as Sell-Off Collides With Tech Earnings

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Larry Fink Put Davos Back at the Center of Global Power

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Intel posts stable 2025 earnings as 18A manufacturing ramps and supply constraints pressure investor confidence

Intel Q4 Earnings Signal Stabilization Amid Manufacturing Risks

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Mark Carney addresses the media at a press conference in Beijing on January 16, 2026.

Carney Concludes Beijing Visit with EV and Canola Agreements

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Morgan Stanley reports record $70.6B revenue in 2025 driven by wealth management growth.

Morgan Stanley Q4 Earnings Close 2025 Record Revenue

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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. signage on the New York Stock Exchange as the bank reports Q4 earnings and exits consumer lending

Goldman Sachs Q4 Earnings Mark Exit From Consumer Lending

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BlackRock headquarters as the firm posts record inflows and grows assets under management driven by private markets and ETF demand.

BlackRock Draws Record Inflows as Clients Shift to Private Markets

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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company facility as TSMC reports strong earnings driven by AI chip demand and supply constraints.

TSMC Earnings Surge as AI Demand Tightens Global Chip Supply

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Wells Fargo office building with corporate signage, reflecting the bank’s headquarters and institutional presence, as Wells Fargo reports $5.4B quarterly profit as the Fed lifts its asset cap, unlocking loan growth, capital returns, and higher profitability targets.

Wells Fargo Reports First Full Quarter After Asset Cap Removal

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Citigroup Reports Record Revenue Under Fraser Overhaul

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Bank of America Reports Strong Quarter Amid Rate Shifts

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JP Morgan's $57 Billion Year Tests Banking Resilience

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, as DOJ criminal probe into Jerome Powell’s testimony escalates political pressure on the Fed, testing central bank independence and market trust.

DOJ Probe of Powell Threatens Federal Reserve Independence

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Portrait of Dario Amodei, co-founder and CEO of Anthropic, as Anthropic raises $10B at a $350B valuation as sovereign capital backs AI as core infrastructure, reshaping competition among frontier model developers.

Anthropic Secures $10B at $350B Valuation in AI Shift

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A smartphone display showing the Grok artificial intelligence application integrated with X, highlighting xAI’s consumer-facing AI products following its $20 billion funding round.

xAI Raises $20B in Mega-Round as Elon Musk Scales AI Empire

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MS NOW billboard in Times Square after MSNBC rebrand ahead of Comcast’s Versant cable network spin-off, as Comcast’s $6.8B cable spin-off puts Versant to the test as cord-cutting, advertising decline, and digital transition reshape legacy media economics.

Versant Media Begins Independent Trading Following Comcast Separation

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Broadcom headquarters, where the company’s semiconductor and infrastructure software strategy is increasingly centered on custom AI accelerators and high-performance networking.

Broadcom’s Q4 AI Surge Reshapes Semiconductor Economics

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US President Donald Trump during the signing ceremony regarding AI in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday December 11, 2025 as Trump signs executive order asserting federal control over AI regulation, overriding state laws and triggering legal challenges that could reshape U.S. AI governance.

Trump Moves to Preempt State AI Laws With Federal Framework

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Dark silhouettes in front of the United States flag representing national security and military technology.

U.S. Military Adopts Grok AI, Redefining Defense Tech Strategy

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Apple Turns to Google's Gemini to Remake Siri

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PSG's Zing Coach Partnership Signals New Era for Sport

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Becky Quick, CNBC journalist and host, photographed in a studio setting ahead of the CNBC Cures Summit on rare disease research, Becky Quick brings rare disease innovation into focus through CNBC Cures, uniting science, patients and policy to accelerate genetic research.

Becky Quick and CNBC Cures: Advancing Rare Disease Innovation

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Boston Dynamics Atlas humanoid robot demonstrated on stage during Hyundai’s CES 2026 presentation, as Hyundai plans to deploy Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid robots in factories by 2028, partnering with Google DeepMind to commercialize physical AI at scale.

Hyundai Targets 2028 Atlas Robot Deployment With DeepMind AI

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Samsung AI Companion showcased at CES 2026 as part of the company’s plan to deploy AI across 800 million devices

Samsung Doubles Down on Mobile AI With 800M Device Target

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Tesla Model Y and Model 3 electric vehicles parked outdoors, as Tesla posts its first annual delivery decline in 2025 as EV demand slows and the company pivots toward energy storage and autonomous systems.

Tesla’s 2025 Delivery Decline Signals Strategic Turning Point

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NVIDIA AI-ready servers optimized for high-performance artificial intelligence training and data center workloads.

Nvidia's Expansion and the Battle for AI Infrastructure Dominance

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President Donald Trump meets pharmaceutical executives at the White House as Medicare pricing reforms set the stage for oral Wegovy’s FDA approval.

Trump Administration Medicare Deal Powers Novo's Oral Rollout

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SpaceX Begins Wall Street Bank Selection for Trillion-Dollar IPO

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Disney’s $1B OpenAI Deal Tests Entertainment’s AI Future

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Adobe Posts 10% Growth as AI Tools Boost Subscription Revenue

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Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. Federal Reserve officials delivered a third consecutive interest-rate reduction and maintained their outlook for just one cut in 2026.

Fed Signals Slower Easing as Growth Caps 2026 Rate-Cut Outlook

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Red Oracle corporate logos displayed on the company’s headquarters building following the earnings report.

Oracle Faces Profit Pressure as AI Spending Surges to $50 Billion

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Novartis global headquarters as the company announces a $1.7 billion AI drug discovery partnership with Relation Therapeutics.

Novartis Commits $1.7 Billion to AI-Driven Drug Discovery

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Jensen Huang, NVIDIA founder and CEO at a press conference during the APEC CEO summit prior to trump administration approving Nvidia H200 exports to China under a 25% Treasury surcharge, reshaping US export controls and AI chip competition.

Trump Reopens Nvidia H200 Exports to China with Revenue Share

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The iconic Warner Bros. water tower at the company’s Burbank studio headquarters as the battle for control of the studio intensifies, asParamount Challenges Netflix in $108B Warner Bros. Takeover Battle

Paramount Launches $108B Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

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New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) site. Markets price in a December Fed rate cut after soft inflation data and accelerating tech earnings driven by AI and cloud growth.

Fed Rate Cut Odds Jump as Inflation Cools and Earnings Surge

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Warner Bros. Studios, now part of Netflix’s $72 billion acquisition, bringing century-defining franchises onto one global platform.

Netflix Acquires Warner Bros. Studio and HBO Max for $72 Billion

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Masayoshi Son and President Donald Trump shaking hands while discussing SoftBank’s proposed U.S. AI industrial parks initiative.

Softbank’s $1T Industrial Parks Redraw America’s AI Supply Chain

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Xi Jinping and Emmanuel Macron meet in Beijing to discuss trade relations and market access.

Xi Jinping Offers France Greater Market Access Amid Trade Deficit

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Salesforce headquarters exterior with branded signage as employees pass through the main entryway, as Salesforce posts $10.3B Q3 revenue.

Salesforce Q3 Shows Steady Results as AI Agent Strategy Expands

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Okta’s mixed Q3 results highlight strong profitability but slowing revenue momentum.

Okta’s Q3 Impresses on Profit but Disappoints on Growth

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The $6.25 billion gift from Michael and Susan Dell will go to the Treasury Department and will fund accounts for an additional 25 million children 10 and under who aren't already eligible for the government money. Photographer:

Dells’ $6.25B Initiative Invests in the Future of American Children

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Nvidia headquarters building representing the company’s strategic $2 billion investment in Synopsys.

Nvidia’s $2B Synopsys Stake Redefines Semiconductor Design

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Novo Nordisk’s public-facing operations now sit at the center of investor scrutiny as patent timelines tighten.

Novo Nordisk Meets a Patent Cliff as GLP-1 Dominance Weakens

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AWS Marketplace AI Agents Surge to 2,100, Exceeding Targets

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Exterior of a US Bank branch used to illustrate the institution’s stablecoin pilot and blockchain payment strategy, as US Bank tests stablecoin.

US Bank Tests Stablecoin Issuance on Stellar Blockchain Network

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The New York Stock Exchange, reflecting the market impact of the Magnificent Seven’s dominant Q3 earnings and rising index concentration.

Magnificent Seven Q3 Earnings Surge on Cloud and AI Power

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is pictured as OpenAI confronts rising operational strain as a vendor breach, enterprise exposure, and accelerated expansion amplify questions about governance, trust, and resilience.

OpenAI Faces Growing Pains as Expansion Outpaces Governance

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