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Off the Wire Press Releases Aug. 31, 2026 — AMD has released AMD ROCm 10, marking 10 years of the AMD software stack and making ROCm.AI generally available for users. First introduced at Advancing AI 2026, ROCm.AI is an AI-native software experience designed to accelerate develop

Traders led by Andrew Tyler, head of US market intelligence, moved away from their bullish view ahead of the Fed’s Sept. 16 policy decision, citing uncertainty over the interest-rate outlook. Despite near-term risks, JPMorgan expects the broader market backdrop to remain supporti

Off the Wire Press Releases MENLO PARK, Calif., Aug. 31, 2026 — ChronoScale Corporation has announced plans with Microsoft for a 50-megawatt AI compute deployment in North America. The deployment will feature NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 systems and advanced liquid-cooling infrastructure d

Just a few carefully chosen words from Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh convinced markets that he was serious about inflation and ready to recommend an interest rate hike in just a few weeks. The path in that direction, though, still looks cluttered, with plenty of incentive

We’re getting close to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026! From October 13-15, more than 10,000 innovators, founders, investors, and industry leaders will attend our event in San Francisco’s Moscone West, but the community gathering in the Bay Area stretches beyond those three days. With ou

French financial services giant BNP Paribas and US-based hedge fund Millennium Management sold over 9.9 Cr shares of listed foodtech giant Eternal in block deals cumulatively worth over ₹3,264.8 Cr. As per NSE data, BNP Paribas sold 5.09 Cr shares at ₹327.93 apiece to rake in ₹1,

By Karen Brettell NEW YORK, Aug 31 (Reuters) - The dollar edged lower on Monday in a relatively subdued session, as the futures market raised odds on a September interest-rate hike following last week's hawkish remarks from Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh. The market is alre

It's common knowledge that September is the worst month for stocks, with the S&P 500 averaging its lowest monthly return. Combine that with options prices now the cheapest all year, and the risk-reward of buying protection in the equity market looks compelling. That's the view of

Sign up for the Next Japan newsletter, for an inside view of the forces reshaping Japan, and what’s next for its businesses, markets and consumers. The yen’s breach of 160 versus the dollar underscores the currency’s vulnerability to further weakness and the risk that authorities

Artificial Intelligence Manage agents, tools and skills at scale with AWS Agent Registry Most organizations scaling their use of agents and tools hit the same challenges. Teams build in isolation, with no shared record of what exists, who owns it, or whether it’s been reviewed. T

Instagram announced Monday that it’s changing how it labels AI-generated profiles and will start limiting the reach of accounts that feature AI-generated people without saying so. The platform says it’s renaming its existing “AI creator” label to “AI-generated profile,” which Ins

(Updates for market close) By Heather Schlitz CHICAGO, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Chicago wheat futures fell on Monday after hitting three-year highs in the previous session, as wheat was weighed down by selling pressure triggered by news that Turkey said it prepared a plan for the safe

Artificial Intelligence Build observable enterprise agentic retrieval using Managed Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Base with AWS CloudFormation Teams that add Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) to a foundation model usually start with a single retrieval step against a single knowledg

Tim Cook is departing from his long-held role as Apple’s CEO — and a wave of top executives are heading for the exits as he does. On Monday, Bloomberg reported that Phil Schiller, long the head of Apple’s App Store, stepped down from his position in recent days. Schiller has been

Festival honouring Dolly Parton set for Nashville and London - Published Dolly Parton's estate has announced a festival honouring the life and legacy of the late singer, set for London and Nashville. The "star-studded" two-day DollyFest will happen across two consecutive weekends

Listen to this article in summarized format The selloff spread across the Treasury curve. Five-year yields reached their highest level since early 2025, while 30-year yields moved above last week’s highs. Oil prices gained more than 2% after hitting session highs during US tradin

Snow day? Microsoft on Monday confirmed a widespread, multi-hour outage affecting Outlook users, leading to email delays and failures, authentication issues, and other problems. In a post on X, Microsoft reported the issue was impacting its Exchange Online service, its cloud-host

Artificial Intelligence Build multi-tenant agentic chat applications on enterprise data with Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base Multi-tenant agentic chat assistants have become a frequent request for large-scale customers, and document chat sits at the top of the list. A user

Kalshi has banned former Republican Rep. George Santos from its platform for life, the first time the prediction market company has taken such an action. Kalshi also penalized and suspended several political candidates accused of betting on their own races, including Ben Midgley,

A jump in oil prices after renewed hostilities in the Iran war is pushing bond yields higher, and mortgage rates are following suit. The average rate on the 30-year fixed loan jumped 6 basis points on Monday to 6.87%, according to Mortgage News Daily. That is the highest level si

President Donald Trump on Monday blasted communities that oppose new data centers as Republicans confront voter backlash over the projects ahead of November's midterm elections. "The only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want Data Centers is if they want t

President Donald Trump on Monday blasted communities that oppose new data centers as Republicans confront voter backlash over the projects ahead of November's midterm elections. "The only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want Data Centers is if they want t

David Lawrence was a Harvard Law student when an on-campus shooting involving a police officer sparked intense controversy over police conduct. Realizing that most policing errors occur when officers lack instant access to department rules, Lawrence dropped out to tackle the prob

(Updates to mid-afternoon trading) * Indexes down: Dow 0.57%, S&P 500 0.36%, Nasdaq 0.31% * Warsh's hawkish stance puts upcoming data in focus * LIkelihood of September rate hike increases * Nvidia, chipmakers gain By Stephen Culp and Niket Nishant NEW YORK, Aug 31 (Reuters) - U.