Nvidia shares and other AI names rebound after sell-off
Artificial intelligence poster child Nvidia (NVDA) and other chip stocks exposed to AI data center construction rebounded Friday. Nvidia stock and its peers rose after a sharp sell-off on Thursday. On the stock market today, Nvidia shares rose 2.8% to…
Fearing AI disruption, white-collar workers are leaving their jobs | AI (artificial intelligence)
When artificial intelligence researcher Mrinank Sharma left his job at Anthropic earlier this year, the news spread across the Internet. In his resignation letter, published on X and viewed 15.3 million times, Sharma warned of a world “in…
Anthropic to pursue IPO targeting $1.5 billion valuation
Unlock Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor-in-chief of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. Anthropic is pushing ahead with its high-stakes public listing even as a brutal technology rout rocks markets, with the…
CoreWeave Bond Yield Tops 16% as AI Credit Stress Rises
Jonathan Raa | Nuphoto | Getty Images Debt markets are sending a message to AI data center builders: We’re raising your credit card interest rate and could impose new limits on your credit limit. This analogy comes courtesy of Christopher Wood,…
California’s Great America theme park to close after 2027 season
California’s Great America will permanently close its doors on Labor Day, September 6, 2027, Six Flags Entertainment announced Friday, ending more than half a century of thrills and twists in Santa Clara. The park’s future has been uncertain…
FAA to Finally Ditch Floppy Disks in What It Calls a ‘Historic’ Technology Upgrade
“Good news for America: floppy disks are out, 21st century technology is here,” said US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. Duffy released a video yesterday about the upgrade in which a presenter describing the FAA’s outdated technology says,…
After blocking Muse, Amazon now lets users text Alexa to help them shop
Amazon is jumping on the currently most popular bandwagon for interacting with AI agents: SMS. The company announced Friday the launch of a feature that lets customers chat with its Alexa AI agent via text message to help them make purchases, much like…
How the US midterm elections reflected resistance to data centers | News 2026 US midterm elections
In September, a poll found that 70% of Democrats and 57% of Republicans supported limiting the construction of new data centers in the United States. But that opposition was put to the test in Tuesday’s midterm elections, with analysts looking at…
Crusoe sells troubled Wyoming data center project to Google
Crusoe, an eight-year-old Denver-based data center developer recently valued at $30.9 billion, confirmed Friday that it has sold an unfinished data center project in southeastern Wyoming to Google. Google, which Crusoe had unsuccessfully attempted to…
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