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Anthropic is hiring a “custom silicon team” to design chips on which to run its models, the company has revealed. Yesterday, Business Insider noticed a job listing for a senior engineer with experience shipping semiconductor designs. (You can see listings for a silicon engineer a

Shares of adtech giant AppLovin tanked 19%, a new 52-week low, on Thursday following a second-quarter revenue miss. Here's how the company performed compared with Wall Street's expectations, according to LSEG estimates: - Earnings per share: $3.76 vs. $3.76 expected - Revenue: $1

Even in the age of AI-powered autonomous cyberattacks, the crude, tried and tested hacking techniques of tricking victims into doing things they shouldn’t are still producing great results. Groups of unknown hackers are targeting and breaking into large financial and investment f

After years of hostility toward the Federal Reserve, President Donald Trump has lately taken a new tack. He treats Chairman Kevin Warsh as almost a member of the Cabinet. There is nothing in U.S. law that requires the Fed chairman to hang up if the president calls, and it is argu

* Gold posted biggest daily gain since February on Wednesday * Iran reviews bill to bar "hostile" vessels from SoH * US non-farm payrolls report due at 08:30 a.m ET, Friday (Adds closing prices) By Sukanya Mitra and Anjana Anil Aug 6 (Reuters) - Gold pared earlier gains to trade

SpaceX believers are trying a new approach in the options market. Up until now, options flows were largely dominated by out-of-the-money call-buying, but the most popular directional trade on Thursday – albeit by a small margin – was selling puts. Of the $600 million in premium t

Security researchers say they have evidence that a Chinese-linked spyware has expanded from mainland China to now target victims in over a dozen countries, including across Europe and the United States. The previously identified spyware also has new functionality capable of steal

TikTok star Sydney Towle, who shared her cancer journey online, dies aged 26 - Published Sydney Towle, a popular social media influencer who shared her experience living with a rare, aggressive form of cancer, has died at the age of 26. Towle's family announced her death, from co

* July payrolls likely up by 80,000 jobs, Reuters poll shows * Weekly jobless claims edge up; July layoffs at 2-year low * Iran tells Gulf states infrastructure could be targeted (Updated in New York afternoon time) By Karen Brettell NEW YORK, Aug 6 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury yiel

A lot of the AI work in biology has been focused on designing proteins. That’s partly because proteins do most of the business of life, catalyzing the interesting chemistry and structuring cells. So, figuring out how to make a new protein can mean directly tinkering with biochemi

AI - AI and ML How the famed USENIX Security conf is managing a flood of papers in the AI eraAI usage is evident but isn't yet a serious problem - AI and ML AMD acquires AI

Defense tech Hadrian announced on Thursday that it had raised a fresh $1.37 billion round at a valuation of $7.87 billion from a mile-long list of well-known investors. The lead investors in the round include WCM Investment Management, Washington Harbour Partners, Valor Equity Pa

Climate tech startup Mitti Labs has raised $9.5 Mn (around ₹90 Cr) in its Series A funding round led by Aramco Ventures. The round also saw participation from Godrej Industries Group, Cisco Foundation, Volta Circle and existing backer Lightspeed India. The US-based company, which

Trump denies US weapons shortage and says information 'leakers' being 'hunted down' - Published President Donald Trump has denied reports that the US is suffering a munitions shortage and vowed in a social media post to seek "long term jail sentences" for those suspected of leaki

(Bloomberg) -- The dollar is poised to have its best day in two weeks as oil prices advanced amid fading optimism over easing tensions in the Middle East. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index rose 0.2% Thursday, the most since July 23, following three days of declines. Brent rallied a

Companies that have borrowed from private-credit firms are increasingly deferring cash interest, a potential sign of weakness in a corner of the economy that’s drawn warnings of a crunch. The Boston Fed found that over the past four years “pay-in-kind” arrangements — in which int

Telecom executives are learning the same thing auto bosses and defense contractors figured out years ago: keep a close watch on what Elon Musk does, not just what he says. On SpaceX’s earnings call this week, the company confirmed Semafor’s earlier reporting that it planned to mo

Masa Son is at it again. The SoftBank CEO was the defining money-spinner of the 2010s, using borrowed money and financial sleight-of-hand to turn the Japanese telecom into a venture giant. Now he’s using the same playbook to double down on the AI boom. SoftBank disclosed in its e

Novo Nordisk’s CFO has spent the last few days on the phone trying to reassure investors that the GLP-leader hasn’t lost a step. The market isn’t buying it. Novo’s shares have fallen 15% this year, tumbling further this week after guidance missed analysts’ targets. Meanwhile, riv

Weekly quiz: Ed Sheeran got in trouble with the DVLA over which make of classic car? Published 6 August 2026 This week, Iran said it was in the final stages of a deal with Oman on the Strait of Hormuz, a Cambridge professor quit in a row over plagiarism, and Princess Eugenie g

AI - AI and ML How the famed USENIX Security conf is managing a flood of papers in the AI eraAI usage is evident but isn't yet a serious problem - AI and ML AMD acquires AI

Off the Wire Press Releases SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 6, 2026 — Domino Data Lab today announced its selection as a member of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Genesis Mission Consortium. In joining, Domino contributes to the united efforts of the DOE, its national laboratories, aca