Breaking 15:20 Goldman Sachs upgrades Netflix to buy, citing advertising growth and buyback potential 14:50 BanRay campaign urges public to treat AI smart glasses as unwelcome in shared spaces 14:45 US court rules States cannot block prediction market platform Kalshi 14:20 South Korea risks Hormuz oil runs as Asia's energy crisis deepens into sixth week 13:50 China bans Jack Dorsey's Bitchat messaging app from the App Store over censorship concerns 13:45 Investors push tech giants over environmental impact of US data centers 13:20 US crude premiums hit record highs as Asia and Europe scramble for supply 13:15 Timeline of Nancy Guthrie abduction case in Arizona 13:00 Bitcoin jumps 3% on Iran ceasefire proposal as short squeeze hits crypto market 12:40 Oil prices ease on ceasefire talks as global energy crisis deepens 12:20 Mazda halts Middle East vehicle production until May as Hormuz closure hits Japanese automakers 12:15 Neurocrine to acquire Soleno Therapeutics for $2.9 billion 11:50 Gulf states near depletion of air defense interceptors as Iran's missile campaign grinds on 11:20 Gulf sovereign funds near $24 billion deal to back Paramount's Warner acquisition 11:15 TSX futures rise as investors monitor US-Iran peace proposal 11:00 Altman tells CEOs to lock in AI capacity now or risk falling behind 10:30 Global equity funds see second week of inflows amid hopes for war de-escalation 10:05 Taiwan secures alternative LNG supply as Hormuz blockade enters second month 09:45 Artemis II pilot delivers Easter message from deep space, calling humanity one people 09:45 Oil prices hover around $110 amid Middle East tensions 09:12 Artemis II crew begins historic lunar flyby, breaking distance records set in 1972 08:45 OpenAI's CFO privately questions Altman's push for a 2026 stock market listing 08:20 Artemis II moonshot and a sci-fi blockbuster put space back in the spotlight 07:50 Artemis II crew tests survival suits ahead of historic lunar flyby 16:01 Trump sets Tuesday deadline for Iran to reopen Strait of Hormuz

AI-powered cyberattacks reach a "pivotal moment," experts warn

The cybersecurity world is confronting a new reality: artificial intelligence has crossed a threshold that fundamentally shifts the balance between attackers and defenders. That warning emerged with force over the past two weeks, driven by a leaked Anthropic document, new data from Microsoft, and alarm signals sounded at the RSA Conference......

Wedbush holds $600 Tesla target despite disappointing Q1 deliveries

Wedbush analyst Dan Ives reaffirmed his Outperform rating and $600 price target for Tesla on Thursday, looking past disappointing first-quarter deliveries to focus on the company's pivot toward autonomous driving, robotaxis, and robotics. "While the delivery numbers were quite disappointing, this was not a surprise to us given the......

China's Tianlong-3 rocket fails on maiden flight

China's most powerful privately developed rocket, the Tianlong-3, failed on its maiden flight Friday after suffering an in-flight anomaly, dealing a setback to the country's ambitions to rapidly deploy satellite megaconstellations capable of rivaling SpaceX's Starlink network. The Tianlong-3, built by Beijing-based startup Space......

Analysts warn Iran could become a North Korea-style garrison state

More than a month into the U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran, a growing number of analysts and business leaders are warning that the conflict may not end in regime change or capitulation, but in the transformation of the Islamic Republic into a closed, militarized garrison state modeled on North Korea. Nikkei Asia published an analysis......

Tether gives investors two weeks to commit to $500 billion valuation round

Tether, the issuer of the world's largest stablecoin USDT, is pressing investors to commit to a funding round at a $500 billion valuation within the next two weeks, according to a report from The Information published on Wednesday. The move marks a last-ditch effort to close a deal that has been scaled back repeatedly since it was first......

Coinbase commits $150 million to protect Bitcoin from quantum computing threats

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announced this week that he will personally oversee a new industry initiative to protect Bitcoin against quantum computing threats, committing $150 million to a "Quantum Defense Fund" that will award grants to developers working on integrating post-quantum cryptography into the Bitcoin protocol. The......

Erste Group cuts Toyota to "hold" on tariff drag and slowing US sales

Erste Group Bank downgraded Toyota Motor from "buy" to "hold" on Thursday, citing near-term growth headwinds as the Japanese automaker contends with weakening U.S. sales and the sustained impact of tariffs on its profitability. Analyst Hans Engel pointed to a slowdown in revenue projections for the new fiscal year, which......

Arm shares slide as investors lock in gains after AI-driven rally

Shares in Arm Holdings fell sharply on Thursday, dropping approximately 5.5 percent from the previous session's close, even as the chip designer was riding a wave of high-profile announcements that had fueled a strong run in recent weeks. The pullback, which brought the stock to around $146 during the April 2 trading session, came as investors......

Iranian drones strike Kuwait's Mina al-Ahmadi refinery again, sparking fires

Iranian drones struck the Mina al-Ahmadi oil refinery in Kuwait on Friday morning, igniting fires across multiple operational units in the latest attack on Gulf energy infrastructure since the U.S.-Israeli air campaign against Iran began in late February. Kuwait Petroleum Corporation told the official KUNA news agency that the 346,000-barrel-per-day......

Morocco launches sovereign AI platform to boost industrial transformation

Aba Technology unveiled a new artificial intelligence platform designed to support Morocco’s push for technological sovereignty and industrial growth, according to a company statement issued in Rabat on April 2 . The launch event took place at the Four Seasons Hotel in Rabat under the supervision of the Ministry of Industry and Trade......

Tesla posts record sales in South Korea and Australia as oil crisis accelerates EV shift

Tesla recorded record sales in South Korea and strong growth in Australia during March, closing out a first quarter driven by the refreshed Model Y and a global oil crisis that is pushing consumers toward electric vehicles at an accelerating pace. Tesla delivered 11,130 vehicles to South Korean customers in March, a result described as a......

European Q1 earnings set to rise 4% as energy sector surges

Corporate earnings for companies in the STOXX 600 index are forecast to grow 4 percent in the first quarter of 2026, marking a rebound after a decline in the final quarter of last year, according to LSEG I/B/E/S data cited by Reuters on Thursday. The turnaround is driven primarily by a surge in the energy sector, where crude oil prices inflated......

Japan warns speculators as yen nears 160 amid escalating Iran conflict

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama intensified warnings to currency speculators on Friday as the yen traded near the critical level of 160 per dollar, a threshold widely regarded as a trigger for government intervention. The warning came hours after President Donald Trump's televised address to the nation on Wednesday evening,......

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