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A cryptocurrency mining facility with a load of up to 30MW has been proposed by an unnamed firm in Starkville, Mississippi. The proposed facility would be built next to an electrical substation on Industrial Park Road, according to local broadcaster WTVA. The project is still in

Bitcoin mining firm LM Funding America is planning to expand into high-performance computing and AI infrastructure, with the company looking to repurpose capacity across its Bitcoin mining sites in Oklahoma and Mississippi. The Tampa, Florida-based company said this month that it

Dive Brief: - Claire’s last week opened a 248,000-square-foot distribution center in Elgin, Illinois, as it focuses on improving service levels and optimizing operations, a spokesperson told sister publication Supply Chain Dive in an email. - The facility is designed to streamlin

Healthcare startup MyKare.ai has raised $3.2 million, including an additional $1 million in Series A funding round. The round saw participation from Andrew and Alfredo, founders of Papa.com, and a leading family office from the Middle East. The fresh funds will be used to enhance

Steamroller becomes first prebuilt gaming PC to ship with SteamOS — Ryzen 9600X, Radeon RX 7600, 16GB DDR5 RAM system available for preorder at $1,299 Controller not included. Meta PCs has announced preorders for Steamroller, the first prebuilt gaming PC running on SteamOS. The s

Tiisetso’s view South Africa on Tuesday faces a major test for a state already stretched and carrying the scars of violence from years prior. New civic movements working alongside established anti-migrant vigilante groups are demanding the removal of undocumented migrants and tig

Comcast said it plans to separate its media businesses from its mobile and broadband networks in the latest reshaping of the US industry, sending shares in the group up more than 20 percent on Monday. The US media group said it expected to complete the break-up within a year thro

This is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy start to a short week. Stocks are slightly higher, Greg Abel is a U.S. citizen and the U.S. is prepping for a scorcher for the holiday — with air conditioning. Here are five k

Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron sued over alleged DRAM price fixing amid record memory costs — lawsuit claims coordinated HBM shift was cover to curtail DDR3 and DDR4 production A California class action accuses the three memory makers of choking DDR3 and DDR4 supply. Samsung, SK h

A moratorium against data centers in Kentucky is being challenged by a developer in court that is looking to build a gigawatt-scale campus. Kentucky Industrial Alliance LLC has filed a lawsuit against the City of Cave City, Cave City Council, and the city-county planning commissi

Unlike AI gadgets like Rabbit or Humane, companies building dedicated gadgets for recording and transcribing meetings have actually seen some traction. The market is huge — though a bit constrained, as smartphones work fine for such tasks when paired with note-taking apps — and s

Imec's 2026 roadmap details 0.3nm nodes by 2038, CFET transistors become viable at 0.7nm — company redefines Moore's Law as cell sizes gain importance for density Cell sizes gain importance. Imec's semiconductor process technology roadmap sets the general direction of industry de

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The AI-driven demand for compute power has data centers looking to squeeze more from every rack of GPUs. One consequence? Bacterial outbreaks. The liquid for liquid-cooled chips is a mixture of water and a substance that inhibits bacteria growth. To run the chips hotter, data cen

London-based Flipper Devices is known for its Flipper Zero gadget, used by hackers and tinkerers to access different radios with Bluetooth, RFID, NFC, and a sub-1GHz transceiver. The company today took a different direction and launched a productivity-focused gadget called Busy B

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This year’s World Cup is already the most successful tournament for African nations on record, even after South Africa’s elimination by Canada on Sunday. Nine of the 10 participating African teams progressed to the knockout stage, and while they have benefited from an expanded to

Sierra Leone granted exploration rights for four offshore oil blocks to Nigeria’s Marginal Energy, in a bid to reignite investor interest in the industry. The deal comes as Sierra Leone plans to issue more offshore licenses and follows separate agreements between Freetown and ene

Nigeria said it discovered new deposits of valuable copper, lithium, and rare earth minerals, a potential boost for the West African nation as it seeks to woo more international mining investment in a bid to diversify its oil-dominant economy. The solid minerals minister said the

Nigeria faces the largest inflation shock among emerging markets this year, S&P said, citing higher energy and fertilizer prices triggered by the Iran war and El Niño. The ratings agency raised its forecast for Nigeria’s average inflation rate to 16.9% and trimmed GDP growth to 3

Ethiopia agreed a preliminary deal with key lenders to restructure its $1 billion international bond, its finance ministry said. The agreement moves Africa’s second-most populous country closer to resolving its longstanding debt crisis. The country defaulted on the bond in Dec. 2

The leader of Uganda’s military — who is also the son of the country’s long-ruling president — ordered the closure of two of the country’s biggest media outlets, in the latest signs of democratic erosion in Africa. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who has been touted as a possible successor

Sovereign wealth funds are accelerating a shift toward private markets and infrastructure, with investors in the Middle East leading the rotation, according to research from Invesco. In a global survey of 144 institutions managing about $29 trillion in assets, Invesco found that

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The News US-based nuclear energy startup Nano Nuclear is aiming to get its partnership with the UAE back on track after the Iran war delayed plans to identify sites to develop small modular reactors in the Gulf nation, its chief executive told Semafor. Nano Nuclear is also in ear

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US investors are borrowing record amounts of money to make ever-bigger bets on the AI buildout, increasing their exposure and boosting the volatility of the market. The $1.4 trillion in margin debt, along with growth in high-risk exchange-traded funds that amplify the moves of un

The News South Africa is bracing for a potentially violent day of anti-migrant demonstrations on Tuesday, prompting shopping mall owners to privately “prepare for the worst” and risking further tainting Pretoria’s reputation as a safe emerging market. The protest, organized by a

The US said it and Iran agreed to halt hostilities, although Tehran had yet to confirm. The almost two-week-old truce has been under persistent strain, with the latest bout of attacks beginning after an Iranian projectile hit a cargo ship on Thursday, prompting strikes by the US,

Showcasing the importance of open source innovation in American AI, Palantir’s new intelligent engine — introduced today — uses NVIDIA Nemotron open models to serve the needs of U.S. government agencies. Open source software has long been a pillar of U.S. technology leadership. I

Investment banks are growing increasingly upbeat about the prospects for the global economy following the US-Iran truce. Though beset by challenges, the interim deal — alongside a dampening of trade-war rhetoric and a surge in tech capex — is laying “the foundation for a period o

No one seems happy with the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire signed on Friday, which is already facing challenges. Under the agreement, the Lebanese army would gradually assume control over the country’s territory and non-state armed groups such as Hezbollah would be dismantled. The Leba

SpaceX's $25 billion foray into debt markets appeared to be well received by bond markets last week, with huge demand for the offering. But one of the biggest-ever AI bond issuances, less than two weeks after SpaceX's IPO, has highlighted the group's intense financing needs, capi

More than two decades since the Concorde supersonic airliner last took to the skies, NASA has been flying an experimental aircraft designed to replace loud sonic booms with a quieter thump equivalent to a car door slamming shut 20 feet away. A successful NASA flight test program

Skip Navigation Make It select USAINTL Livestream Search quotes, news & videos Livestream WatchlistSIGN INCreate free accountMedia Comcast jumps 14% after announcing it will spin off media and tech wings into separate public companies Published Mon, Jun 29 2026 6:05 AM E

McEwen (MUX) has been added to the Russell 2000 Index as part of the June 2026 Russell Reconstitution, effective at the opening of U.S. equity markets on June 29, 2026. More on McEwen Mining - McEwen: A Self-Funding Turnaround With A Copper Option Hiding In Plain Sight - McEwen I

British American Tobacco to cut 9,000 jobs - Published British American Tobacco (BAT) is to cut nearly a fifth of its global workforce as part of a major cost-cutting drive. The company, which makes Lucky Strike and Dunhill cigarettes, is cutting 5,500 roles and outsourcing 3,500