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The Data Centre Fight Moves From Ballot Boxes to Congress
Voters in at least 29 jurisdictions approved limits on data centre building, and the fight now moves to Congress, where the new majority will write the rules.
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Goldman Sachs Chief David Solomon Says Tokenization Will Expand Wall Street Trading, Not Threaten It
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon told analysts that tokenization is an important trend across asset classes — one that could enlarge, not shrink, the bank's trading business.
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Netanyahu Denies Pushing Trump to Strike Iran Before Elections as War Talk Refuses to Die
Benjamin Netanyahu says he is not pushing Donald Trump to bomb Iran before elections in either country — but after a week of leaks,…
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Signed in Montreal, Still Locked in Brussels: Canada Climate Twin Test
Canada and the EU signed a Destination Earth climate modelling arrangement in Montreal, but public files show no Canadian data grant or joint warning product yet.
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Trump Escalates Fed Pressure Campaign as Mortgage Rates Hit Three-Year High
President Trump accused the Federal Reserve board of wanting "the country to do badly" as 30-year mortgage rates touched their highest point in nearly three years.
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AI Selloff Deepens as 141 Gigawatts of Data Centre Plans Face Scrutiny
Artificial intelligence stocks fell again on Thursday as investors weighed tighter regulation, with 141 gigawatts of planned US data centre capacity now at risk.
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DeepMind Researchers Quit Over Military AI Contracts as Ethics Row Turns Into Exits
Several Google DeepMind researchers have resigned over the company's military AI contracts, with one saying the push into military operations made her ashamed to work at Google.
Sports
The Business of a Record Parade: What 750,000 Fans Mean for Milwaukee
More than 750,000 fans at the Brewers parade turned a championship celebration into a major economic event for downtown Milwaukee, dwarfing the 400,000 organisers expected.
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Netflix Cuts 1,000 Jobs in Biggest Layoff Since 2022 as Co-CEOs Sharpen Focus Before Earnings
Netflix is cutting about 1,000 jobs — six per cent of its workforce — as co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters sharpen focus before quarterly earnings.
Health
Trump Administration Finalizes Health Price Transparency Rules, Pressures Hospitals to Post Real Prices
New federal rules finalized October 5 require hospitals and insurers to publish actual dollar prices — and ban the "ghost rates" regulators say obscured real costs.
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NASA Opens Bidding for Private Space Stations to Replace the ISS by 2030
NASA released a 360-page request for proposals on October 9 inviting U.S. companies to design, build and operate commercial space stations to succeed the ISS.
