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A Crypto Exchange Can Freeze Billions After a Hack. Who Actually Controls the Money?
Crypto • October 30, 2026

A Crypto Exchange Can Freeze Billions After a Hack. Who Actually Controls the Money?

On October 29, billions of dollars in cryptocurrency began moving out of Binance-controlled wallets without authorization. By the following morning, the world’s largest crypto exchange was describing a security incident with an estimated impact of $6.3 billion, while stablecoin issuers and blockchain partners were scrambling to prevent the attackers from moving some of the assets. […]

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Anthropic’s IPO Filing Reveals the Staggering Economics of the AI Boom
AI Industry • October 27, 2026

Anthropic’s IPO Filing Reveals the Staggering Economics of the AI Boom

Anthropic generated $16.3 billion in revenue during the first six months of 2026. Over the same period, the company behind Claude reported a net loss of $80.7 billion. And behind those extraordinary figures lies another uncomfortable detail: a relatively small number of customers still account for a meaningful share of its business. Those numbers appeared […]

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SpaceX Is Moving Into Wireless. Telecom Giants Have a New Problem.
News • October 26, 2026

SpaceX Is Moving Into Wireless. Telecom Giants Have a New Problem.

For years, Starlink had a fairly straightforward relationship with the mobile industry. SpaceX launched satellites, traditional carriers operated cellular networks, and the two could cooperate to bring connectivity to places where building cell towers made little economic sense. That arrangement is becoming considerably less comfortable for Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile. On October 8, 2026, SpaceX […]

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Anthropic’s IPO Could Put a Price Tag on the AI Revolution
AI • October 24, 2026

Anthropic’s IPO Could Put a Price Tag on the AI Revolution

Anthropic could soon become one of the most valuable companies ever to enter the stock market. But the most interesting number in its IPO may have nothing to do with the share price. For years, investors have been pouring money into artificial intelligence through Microsoft, Alphabet, Nvidia and other established technology companies. Those businesses offer […]

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Netflix Has a Bigger Problem Than Finding Its Next Hit
Investing • October 19, 2026

Netflix Has a Bigger Problem Than Finding Its Next Hit

Netflix can produce a global phenomenon, dominate the conversation for a weekend and still leave Wall Street disappointed. The company has spent years proving that it knows how to turn television shows into cultural events. Investors are now asking a more demanding question: how much money does that cultural influence actually generate? The distinction has […]

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The IMF Warns the AI Boom Could Become a Global Financial Risk
AI Industry • October 18, 2026

The IMF Warns the AI Boom Could Become a Global Financial Risk

Nvidia can lose billions in market value during a bad trading session. Investors may panic, analysts may revise their forecasts, and the financial press will spend the afternoon debating whether the AI bubble has finally burst. But the International Monetary Fund is now worried about something considerably more serious than a semiconductor stock correction. In […]

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The $1.2 Billion Question: Why Can’t Banks Stop Dirty Money?
AI • October 17, 2026

The $1.2 Billion Question: Why Can’t Banks Stop Dirty Money?

Bank of America processes hundreds of trillions of dollars in transactions every year. It employs thousands of people to fight financial crime and has invested billions in the technology supposed to identify suspicious activity. On October 13, US regulators announced a $1.2 billion penalty against the bank for failing to do that job properly. According […]

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Google Is Buying Nuclear Power for 20 Years. That’s a Very Long Bet on AI.
AI Industry • October 13, 2026

Google Is Buying Nuclear Power for 20 Years. That’s a Very Long Bet on AI.

Google does not know what Gemini will look like in 2046. It does not know which chips will train its models, how efficient those chips will become, whether today’s transformer architectures will still dominate artificial intelligence, or even whether people will still describe the technology using the same vocabulary. It is nevertheless buying electricity as […]

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Blue Origin Wants to Go Public. Its Real Challenge Is Proving It Can Scale.
Future Tech • October 12, 2026

Blue Origin Wants to Go Public. Its Real Challenge Is Proving It Can Scale.

Jeff Bezos has spent 26 years building a space company with the financial patience of a billionaire and the ambitions of a national space program. Now Blue Origin is preparing for something that could fundamentally change how the business operates: outside shareholders. On October 8, Bezos confirmed that Blue Origin had completed its first external […]

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