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OpenAI accuses former employee of leaking intel on AI device to Apple

October 15, 2026

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Trading Day: Tech melt

US stocks fell sharply on Wednesday, with the Nasdaq clocking its biggest fall in three months, on surprisingly strong inflation data and

October 15, 2026

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US states seek children's data protections in Character.AI bankruptcy

A group of 40 state attorneys general on Wednesday urged a US bankruptcy judge in Delaware to protect young users of Character.AI and keep their data safe during

October 15, 2026

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Grab announces new Thailand initiative with OpenAI

October 14, 2026

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Apple's HomeView brings personalized Siri to smart home, takes on Amazon and Google

Apple on Tuesday unveiled a smart-home hub that taps iPhone user data to make Siri more personal, but promised privacy safeguards designed to keep that

October 14, 2026

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AI limiting European workers' bargaining power, ECB's Lane says

The increased use of AI by euro zone companies could curb workers' ability to demand higher wages while heavy investment into the new technology may be materially

October 14, 2026

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Nvidia buys stakes in French tech startups Doctolib, Genesis AI

US chipmaker Nvidia has agreed to buy stakes in French technology startups Doctolib and Genesis AI, the two French companies said on Tuesday.

October 13, 2026

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Character.ai files for bankruptcy following lawsuits alleging ties to teen suicides

October 13, 2026

Iran and Russia are stepping up hybrid campaigns in Britain, UK spy chief says

Iran is stepping up attempts to hit harder targets such as military sites in Britain and Russia is increasing its hybrid warfare against Ukraine's allies,

October 13, 2026

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Apple just announced a new gadget that could be key to its AI push

October 13, 2026

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UK in ‘new era of national security’ as AI supercharges rising threats, security chief warns

October 13, 2026

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Across the US, people don’t want data centers coming to their communities

Opposition to data centers is widespread across the US, uniting people despite other differences on political and environmental issues.

October 13, 2026

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NTT Data in final talks to build Anthropic's first data centre in Japan, Nikkei reports

Japan's NTT Data Group, a unit of telecommunications giant NTT, is in the final stages of talks to build a data centre in Osaka, western Japan, for US AI company Anthropic,

October 13, 2026

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IMF raises its forecast for world growth this year but says economies will slow in 2027

The International Monetary Fund has slightly upgraded its outlook for the world economy for this year, but it's forecasting growth at a still sluggish 3.1%

October 13, 2026

Science|Technology

Anthropic says new safeguards sharply reduce AI distillation attacks

Anthropic said on Monday new measures designed to prevent rivals from copying the capabilities of its Claude AI models have reduced data harvested in so-called distillation attacks

October 13, 2026

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Trading Day: Fog of war

Oil and fuel prices rose on Monday following weekend attacks on a Saudi airport, which had a varied impact on global stocks.

October 13, 2026

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Kroger plans to eliminate 3,000 corporate roles, memo shows, as it expands AI use

Kroger plans to cut roughly 3,000 corporate roles over the next three years, CEO Greg Foran told staff in a memo, seen by Reuters on Monday, as the grocer integrates AI into its

October 13, 2026

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US AI testing agency officials to move to White House, The Information reports

President Donald Trump's administration is planning to move three senior officials from the Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence (CAISSI) to the

October 13, 2026

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Meta releases Muse Wonder AI models to challenge Anthropic and OpenAI

Meta on Monday launched Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, calling them its most capable AI models yet, as the social media firm looks to compete more forcefully with OpenAI and

October 13, 2026

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Nikon revokes first prize in Small World in Motion video competition over AI use

October 12, 2026

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Wall Street's big but narrow rally: 4 in 10 S&P stocks are down this year

The rally that has driven the S&P 500 up 14% this year to record highs is masking the fact that more than 4 in 10 stocks in the index are lower in 2026, as the

October 12, 2026