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Is it a ‘honeypot’ or a ‘honeytrap’?

November 12, 2026

Business|Finance|Science|Technology

Siemens CEO says cooperation with Nvidia will no be affected by leadership uncertainty

Siemens Chief Executive Roland Busch said his company would continue to work with Nvidia no matter what the AI chipmaker decides regarding the future of its founder and CEO

November 12, 2026

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

Most large firms plan higher open-weight AI use to cap bills, study shows

Nearly 6 in 10 senior executives at large companies plan to increase their use of cheaper open-weight AI models over the next year as AI bills overshoot budgets, a

November 12, 2026

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Alphabet raises $3.8 billion in first Hong Kong, Singapore dollar bonds

Google parent Alphabet is raising about $3.8 billion through its first Hong Kong and Singapore dollar bond offerings, according to term

November 12, 2026

Business|Science|Technology|World

Nvidia customer Megaspeed says it cooperated with US inspections, takes export control laws seriously

Singapore-based cloud computing firm Megaspeed said on Thursday that it takes compliance obligations under US export control laws "extremely seriously" and

November 12, 2026

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US humanoid robot production could hit 400,000 by 2030 as deployment ramps, J.P. Morgan says

Humanoid robot production in the US will hit 300,000-400,000 units by 2030 and about 1.5 million units by 2035, J.P.

November 12, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

SoftBank, Nvidia back Germany's Agile Robots at $8.5 billion valuation

Agile Robots has raised $500 million in a funding round led by SoftBank, valuing the German robotics company at $8.5 billion, it said on Thursday. Nvidia and Hitachi also took part.

November 12, 2026

Technology

A Ukrainian army unit pioneered drone evacuations. Now it's scaling up

The first time Ukrainian drone pilot "KVN" guided a giant unmanned hexacopter to rescue a wounded comrade, preparations for the operation

November 12, 2026

Business|Economy|Europe|Finance|Technology

Setback for Google as EU Court adviser backs $1.7 billion antitrust fine

Google suffered a setback on Thursday as an adviser to Europe's top court faulted a lower tribunal's decision to scrap a €1.49 billion ($1.7 billion) fine levied against

November 12, 2026

Business|Science|Technology|World

Chinese AI firms rush to secure Nvidia chip capacity as spy scandal stirs fear of US curbs

Chinese AI companies are trying to rent Nvidia-powered computing capacity outside China, worried that the scandal involving the US chipmaker's CEO Jensen Huang could spur

November 12, 2026

Environment|Science|Technology

This winter, it’s polar vortex versus El Niño. Round one starts now

November 12, 2026

Business|Economy|Technology

Taiwan's Foxconn bullish on outlook but warns about supply chain tightness

Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, said on Thursday it was confident about its business next year

November 12, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance|Science|Technology

Nvidia's Asian supply chain prepares for life after Huang

US chip giant Nvidia's partners and suppliers across Asia, from memory chip powerhouse South Korea to advanced chipmaking

November 12, 2026

Business|Finance|Technology

AI to stay dominant force behind US business investment in 2027, Goldman says

Goldman Sachs on Wednesday forecast annualized spending on artificial intelligence-related hardware and intellectual property will climb to $1.4 trillion by the end of 2027,

November 12, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

Nvidia board weighs CEO Huang's future as leadership crisis deepens

Nvidia's board met on Wednesday to decide whether to oust CEO Jensen Huang, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, as the world's

November 11, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance|Technology

Public funds ploughing cash into AI will 'own' megatrends shaping economy

Sovereign wealth fund assets are set to surge nearly 50% to $22.4 trillion by 2030 as state-backed investors deepen their involvement in artificial

November 12, 2026

Business|Finance|Technology

Jensen hangs on as Nvidia tumbles

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart Hunter Jensen Huang is fighting for his job as the crisis deepens at Nvidia.

November 12, 2026

Science|Technology

Megaspeed's links to rural Australian store raise fresh questions in Nvidia scandal

The Singapore company at the center of the scandal that has engulfed Nvidia's CEO has registered affiliates in the

November 12, 2026

Arts|Business|Economy|Environment|Technology

Taiwan is taking part in APEC China summit on an 'equal basis,' president says

Taiwan is participating in this year's APEC leaders' summit in China on the principle of interaction on an "equal basis",

November 12, 2026

Asia|Business|Economy|Technology|World

In APEC host Shenzhen, China’s next-gen startups still bank on foreign buyers

The billboards along the thoroughfares of this metropolis welcome US President Donald Trump and other world leaders next week with a futuristic

November 12, 2026

Arts|Environment|Science|Technology|Travel

The historic SS United States is sunk after a long goodbye off Florida's coast

An ocean liner that once was the fastest on the seas went to its final home on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico as the world’s largest artificial reef

November 11, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

Trump's ties to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in the spotlight

President Donald Trump's close ties with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang have come under renewed scrutiny after revelations about the billionaire executive's affair with

November 12, 2026

Science|Technology

Senior US Democratic senators urge administration to preserve Nvidia export records amid China security concerns

Senior US Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Chris Coons asked the Trump administration to preserve all documents tied to Nvidia's chip exports to China, amid growing scrutiny

November 12, 2026

Business|Economy|Technology|Travel

JetBlue president says airlines should follow customers' lead on AI booking agents

JetBlue Airways' President Marty St.

November 12, 2026

Australian corporate watchdog sues CBA over alleged business customer overcharging

Australia's corporate regulator said on Thursday it has launched civil penalty proceedings against Commonwealth Bank of Australia in the Federal Court over allegations it

November 11, 2026

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

South Korea's Lee says Samsung chip packaging expansion to spur $30 billion additional investment

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Thursday that Samsung Electronics' 6 trillion won ($4.48 billion) investment in a high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chip packaging

November 12, 2026

Japan's Mimura says markets shouldn't forget intervention risks as yen nears 160

Japan's top currency diplomat Atsushi Mimura on Thursday warned market participants that it's "too early to forget" this summer's

November 12, 2026

Science|Technology

Nvidia stock drops as board weighs Jensen Huang’s future

November 11, 2026

Economy|Environment|Technology

Global electric vehicle sales return to growth in October

Global demand for electrified cars returned to growth in October, reflecting a very low US comparison base coupled with continued growth in Europe, data from

November 12, 2026

Massive rescue effort underway after NYC building collapse leaves at least 1 dead, 12 injured, officials say

November 11, 2026

Environment|Science|Technology

Look out for fireballs as the Northern Taurid meteor shower reaches its peak

November 11, 2026

Fitch places Paraguay's rating on watch for possible downgrade after ueno collapse

Credit ratings agency Fitch on Wednesday placed Paraguay's "BB+" sovereign rating on watch for a possible downgrade, citing fallout from the collapse of lender ueno and the

November 11, 2026

Business|Political|Science|Technology|US

House Republicans push for Nvidia's Huang to testify, float subpoena over spy allegations

A trio of House Republicans are unlikely to allow Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to send his company's general counsel to

November 11, 2026

Nvidia CEO Huang had relationship with executive who reported to him, NYT reports

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had an extramarital affair with a company executive who reported to him, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing five people who worked at the

November 11, 2026

Finance|Technology

Trading Day: AI cheer banishes rate hike fear

US stocks leaped and Europe notched a record-high close on Wednesday, spurred by an encouraging outlook on the AI trade from neocloud firm

November 11, 2026

Business|Finance|Technology

Polymarket cuts jobs, contracts as prediction market competition heats up

Polymarket has cut jobs and terminated several contractor agreements in a reorganization as the prediction market startup seeks to compete with rapidly growing

November 11, 2026

Science|Technology

Instant View: Nvidia board meets to decide CEO Huang's future, source says

Nvidia's board is meeting on Wednesday to decide whether to oust CEO Jensen Huang, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, as the world's dominant supplier of

November 11, 2026

White House confronts Democrats over planned probes, claiming possible 'criminality'

The White House has issued a warning to Democrats over their planned probes into the Trump administration

November 11, 2026

Business|Political|Technology

US auto workers union urges Congress to keep its eye on Chinese automakers

The United Auto Workers union urged top US lawmakers to keep the House China Select Committee in place when Democrats take over, citing concerns

November 11, 2026

Business|Technology

Lutnick stalled Trump crackdown on diversion of Nvidia chips to China, Axios reports

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick stalled President Donald Trump's crackdown on companies suspected of diverting Nvidia's chips to China, Axios reported on Wednesday,

November 11, 2026

Arts|Economy|Technology

Australian companies face 'AI washing' claims after wave of job cuts, offshoring

Australia's blue-chip companies are increasingly invoking artificial intelligence as they cut jobs and move work offshore, unions and

November 11, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology

AI stocks rebound, and Wall Street nearly returns to where it was before last week's sell-off

A rebound for AI stocks lifted the U.S. market

November 11, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

Who is Alice Huang? The woman at the center of Nvidia’s scandal remains elusive

Photos of Alice Huang alongside Nvidia chief Jensen Huang have fueled worldwide curiosity

November 11, 2026

Arts|Technology

'Signed. Sealed. Delivered. Now you have to do it': Hoover parents take steps to legally require cameras in special education classrooms

November 11, 2026

Could Huang, Nvidia and company's board be held liable over affair scandal?

Reports that Jensen Huang, the co-founder of AI powerhouse Nvidia, had an extramarital affair with a company executive and ties to a suspected

November 11, 2026

Business|Finance|Technology

Meta's longtime infrastructure head Janardhan to depart in early 2027

Meta Platforms said on Wednesday that its longtime head of infrastructure Santosh Janardhan will leave the company early next year.

November 11, 2026

Arts|Business|Economy|Technology|World

US container imports set all-time volume record in October as Chinese imports spike, Descartes says

US container ports hit an all-time record for import volume in October, driven in part by a surge in cargo from China, supply chain technology

November 11, 2026

Saudi Arabia intercepts Houthi missiles, drones; group denies targeting Mecca

Saudi air defences intercepted Houthi missiles and drones launched towards Riyadh, Mecca and other regions on Wednesday, as hostilities between the Iran-aligned group and the

November 11, 2026

Migrants trek north through Mexico, buoyed by US election result

More than a thousand migrants were walking northward on Wednesday in a caravan through southern Mexico, spurred by last week's

November 11, 2026

Arts|Business|Finance|Science|Technology

Stocks end higher as CoreWeave results ease AI spending worries

US stocks closed higher on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq each rallying more than 1% as earnings from neocloud firm

November 11, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

United Airlines moves to block AI agents from its platform over security concerns

United Airlines said on Wednesday it would restrict AI bots' access to its digital platforms, citing data security, in the latest pushback against AI agents increasingly capable of

November 11, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology

CoreWeave sparks AI cloud stock rally, lifts Nvidia as results ease bubble fears

CoreWeave jumped more than 20% on Wednesday, igniting a rally in battered AI cloud stocks, as its hefty spending yielded strong revenue growth and the company signaled a pullback

November 11, 2026

Business|Economy|Technology

Bessent confronts Lutnick over not labeling Nvidia customer a national security threat, sources say

November 11, 2026

Health|Science|Technology

You likely have genes that affect how well your medications work – testing for them could improve treatment

Researchers found that everyone in a 100,000 sample of people has at least one genetic variant that interacts with common prescriptions.

November 11, 2026

Arts|Education|Europe|Technology

Italy's Meloni says cyberthreats are intended to spread fear after schools hit by bomb threat

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni says law enforcement found no concrete threat after thousands of school buildings were evacuated due to an emailed bomb threat

November 11, 2026

Business|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology

Anthropic IPO could draw record retail buying, Vanda Research says

Anthropic could see record buying by retail investors in its market debut, potentially surpassing SpaceX and making it one of the biggest single-day

November 11, 2026

Arts|Economy|Europe|Science|Technology

Tankers burn in the Middle East despite hopes for de-escalation

In the Strait of Hormuz, tankers are still ablaze, oil spills are washing ashore and drones and missiles strike infrastructure across the region, despite expectations of a de-

November 10, 2026

Business|Economy|Technology

Wachtell, Nvidia's pick for Huang probe, built reputation in boardroom battles

Nvidia has become the latest company in crisis to turn to Wall Street law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, as the chipmaker faces fallout from

November 11, 2026

US companies shunning Russian diesel as tanker carrying that fuel idles off East Coast

US companies are unlikely to import Russian diesel as a tanker full of the fuel idles off the US Eastern Seaboard,

November 11, 2026

Political|Technology|World

Brazil fines Facebook $1.3 million for failing to comply with court orders during election

Brazil’s top electoral court fines Meta’s Facebook $1.3 million for not fully complying with judicial orders during the recent presidential election runoff campaign

November 11, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology

Baird, Morgan Stanley sour on Nvidia as CEO affair controversy deepens

Baird issued a rare downgrade of Nvidia and Morgan Stanley dropped the stock from its Top Pick list on Wednesday as investor concerns mounted over CEO Jensen Huang's future at the

November 11, 2026

Environment|Science|Technology|World

At COP31, Turkey pushes zero-waste plan to curb climate change

As world leaders arrive at United Nations climate talks in the Turkish resort town of Antalya, calling for urgent climate action, co-host Turkey also wants to halve the amount of global waste in the next decade

November 11, 2026

Science|Technology

A massive new simulation offers a glimpse into the universe’s first 2 billion years

November 11, 2026

Iran will not allow enriched nuclear material to leave the country, security chief says

Iran will not allow even a single particle of enriched nuclear material to leave the country and there will be consequences in the event of any new US strikes on the Islamic

November 11, 2026

Technology

Meta, TikTok join Google to push back on Indonesia's planned AI copyright law revisions

Digital platforms Meta and TikTok joined Google on Wednesday in pushing back against proposed revisions to Indonesia's copyright law that would require digital platforms to

November 11, 2026

Crime|Education|Europe|Technology

Hoax bomb alerts sent to schools in Italy, UK and Ireland in latest disruption

Schools across Italy were evacuated on Wednesday after around 6,300 of them received bomb warnings, the latest in a series of threats

November 11, 2026

Brazil electoral court fines Meta, sees no deliberate election bias

Brazil's electoral authority fined Meta's Facebook 7.5 million reais ($1.34 million) for failing to fully comply with judicial orders during last month's presidential

November 11, 2026

Business|Finance|Technology

OKXICE to launch 24/7 trading in tokenized US securities

OKXICE, the joint venture between crypto exchange OKX and Intercontinental Exchange, will launch a platform for round-the-clock trading in tokenized U.S. securities on November 23,

November 11, 2026

Business|Finance|Technology

Thomson Reuters unveils $500 million share buyback plan

Thomson Reuters plans to buy back up to $500 million of its shares, the content and technology company said on Wednesday as concerns about rising AI costs weigh on its stock price.

November 11, 2026

No SUV, no problem. Edmunds picks the five best cars with all-wheel drive

If you want all-wheel-drive traction but don’t want an SUV, don’t worry

November 11, 2026

Economy|Environment|Science|Technology

AI data center opponents are cheering midterm results, but they say the fight isn’t over

November 11, 2026

Health|Science|Technology

CAR-T trial deaths do not deter lupus patients hoping for a cure

Lupus patients struggling with the debilitating disease are lining up to try experimental CAR-T therapies even after the recent deaths of four patients

November 11, 2026