Breaking 16:00 Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and David Guetta headline a powerful Coachella 2026 edition 15:00 Macron seeks to support de-escalation with Saudi crown prince amid Middle East tensions 14:30 US says it is clearing Strait of Hormuz amid tensions with Iran 13:30 Oscars set for major shake-up with move to streaming and new venue 13:00 US denies agreement to unfreeze Iranian assets as peace talks begin in Islamabad 13:00 SpaceX valuation debate shifts toward AI peers ahead of record IPO 12:30 Markets rise 6% weekly, ending six-week losing streak after easing geopolitical tensions 12:20 Iran says US agreed to unfreeze $6 billion as White House denies claim 12:00 Microsoft pauses carbon credit purchases, shaking removal market 11:50 Amazon expands 20 minute delivery service to US and Europe 11:45 From Boston to Denver, US drivers reduce travel as Iran war drives fuel prices higher 11:40 Morgan Stanley says Tesla nears 10 billion mile self driving milestone 11:20 Iran admits it cannot locate all mines in Strait of Hormuz 11:15 Drone crash near US diplomats in Baghdad raises security tensions 10:45 Artemis Astronauts return safely to earth after historic lunar test mission 10:40 JPMorgan bullish S&P 500 call tested as Iran ceasefire wavers 10:30 Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce reportedly set wedding date and location 10:20 Andreessen calls AI the killer app driving crypto demand 09:45 UK pauses plan to transfer chagos islands after US opposition 09:15 OpenAI addresses third-party security issue without data breach 08:42 Software stocks fall as Anthropic withholds powerful AI model 08:20 Brain study shows shared neural code between vision and imagination 08:00 US Vice President Jd Vance visits Pakistan for talks with Iran 07:50 Morgan Stanley questions gold’s safe haven role amid market shifts

Bitcoin tops $72,000 ahead of US-Iran talks and CPI data

Bitcoin crossed $72,000 Friday, fueled by cautious optimism over upcoming US-Iran ceasefire talks and anticipation of a key inflation report later in the day. The top cryptocurrency rose 1.6% to around $72,159 early session, positioning for a roughly 7.3% weekly gain as risk appetite improved to support digital assets. The rally followed......

xAI CFO leaves after six months amid executive exodus

Anthony Armstrong, appointed xAI CFO in October 2025, left Elon Musk's AI firm after about six months, The Information reported Thursday citing two sources familiar. Armstrong, a former banker who advised Musk on his $44 billion Twitter buyout, oversaw finances for xAI and social media platform X. He reported to Bret Johnsen, longtime......

Goldman Sachs warns Brent could top $100 if Hormuz stays closed

Goldman Sachs warned Thursday that Brent crude could average above $100 a barrel through 2026 if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed to normal tanker traffic for another month. The note highlights fragility in the recent US-Iran ceasefire. "The situation remains uncertain," analysts including Daan Struyven wrote after the two-week......

Spacex begins equipment installation in texas chip facility, targets year-end production

SpaceX has begun installing equipment at its advanced semiconductor packaging facility in Texas, marking a key step toward bringing part of its chip production process in-house, according to sources familiar with the project. The facility, located in Bastrop, is expected to focus on packaging radio frequency (RF) chips used in systems linked......

US offers loans of 30 million SPR barrels amid Hormuz blockade

The Trump administration announced Thursday a solicitation for loans of up to 30 million barrels of light crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. This marks the third such exchange since the US tapped emergency stocks last month to counter supply disruptions from Iran's Strait of Hormuz blockade. Bids for crude from the West Hackberry......

MIT engineers silent artificial muscle fibers for robots

Researchers at MIT Media Lab and Italy's Politecnico di Bari developed a new class of artificial muscle fibers that operate silently without motors, external pumps or bulky hydraulic gear. The advance could reshape robot movement and portable assistive device design. The technology, called electrofluidic fiber muscles, appeared in a Science......

Hyundai recalls over 294,000 vehicles in the United States over seat belt defect

South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Company has announced a large-scale recall affecting more than 294,000 vehicles in the United States due to a potential safety defect involving seat belt anchors. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the issue may cause the seat belt anchor to detach during use. This......

Asian markets waver as Israeli strikes test US-Iran ceasefire before Islamabad talks

Global markets posted broad gains Friday as investors showed cautious optimism ahead of high-stakes US-Iran peace talks set to begin Saturday in Islamabad, Pakistan. The rebound remains fragile. Israeli strikes in Lebanon threaten to shatter the two-week truce, and the Strait of Hormuz stays largely closed to maritime trade. The ceasefire......

Google rolls out AI-powered Finance platform to over 100 countries

Google has expanded its redesigned Finance platform to more than 100 countries, marking the largest global rollout of the product since its relaunch last year and signaling a broader push to integrate artificial intelligence into consumer financial tools. The update brings full local language support to key markets including Australia, Brazil,......

Corporate climate targets surge 40 percent as SBTi surpasses 10,000 companies

The Science Based Targets initiative reported a 40 percent increase in the number of companies with validated climate targets in 2025, countering claims that corporate climate ambition is weakening. According to newly released data, more than 2,800 companies received validation during the year, bringing the total to over 10,000 firms with......

Intel and Google expand multi-year partnership on AI infrastructure

Intel and Google have announced a multi-year collaboration to advance artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure, strengthening a long-standing relationship as demand for high-performance computing continues to grow. Under the agreement, Intel’s Xeon processors will remain a core component of Google Cloud infrastructure. These......

Big Tech workforce stalls despite over 100,000 layoffs since 2022

Employment growth across major US technology companies has slowed sharply since the end of the pandemic hiring surge, even as layoffs continue and investment in artificial intelligence accelerates. An analysis by Business Insider shows that Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Alphabet, and Apple collectively added nearly one million net employees between......

CoreWeave expands Meta AI cloud deal to $21 billion through 2032

CoreWeave and Meta have expanded their artificial intelligence cloud partnership to an estimated $21 billion, extending their agreement through December 2032 and reinforcing one of the largest infrastructure deals in the AI sector. The announcement, disclosed in a regulatory filing and company statement, confirms that CoreWeave will deliver......

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