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This report is from this week's The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. In the battle for AI supremacy between the U.S. and China, "distillation" has become a hot topic. The term broadly refers to the training of an AI model using the output or an

Tom's Hardware Verdict The CORE One L+ update is small, but important: a new nozzle wiper and better GT1.5 belts that adds quality and reliability. This update can be purchased as a mod and added to a machine you already own, so there’s no buyer’s remorse for current Prusa users.

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A version of this article first appeared in ″CNBC's Money 101 newsletter with Sharon Epperson,″ an eight-week series with monthly updates to help improve your financial well-being. Subscribe now to receive the series in your inbox. It is also available in Spanish. The AI trade ha

Microsoft director called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ while OpenAI head brands ChatGPT an ‘existential threat’ to publishers — revelations come from legal briefs filed in NYT lawsuit The NYT argues that OpenAI and Microsoft infringed upon its copyri

Investor - The Wealth Company Alternates Trust – India Inflection Opportunity Fund is offering up to 20,268,225 shares. The company, in consultation with the book-running lead managers, may consider a pre-IPO Placement for up to Rs 60 crore. The pre-IPO placement if completed, th

AI - Microsoft agentically ports Copilot runtime to Rust for $120KThe Rust compiler remains unperturbed by the antics of the LLM - Virginia governor wakes up to fact datace

The government’s recent announcement of a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on select high-value UPI merchant transactions could provide an additional monetisation opportunity for Rediff.com, an Indian internet and digital media company that is planning to enter the Indian primary mar

MI5 accepts it gave evidence based on lies in neo-Nazi spy case - Published The security service has accepted it gave evidence based on lies to three courts and that senior MI5 officers were repeatedly dishonest. It is the first time MI5 has accepted that lies were told to the co

Yinka’s view The African diaspora is often discussed as a vast reservoir of capital and goodwill waiting to be tapped for the continent’s development. But that may undersell its value. The numbers are there: the broader sub-Saharan African diaspora in the US has swelled to roughl

This is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Friday. In today's edition, we have the latest on the debate over whether to slow the development of artificial intelligence. There may even be some lessons to learn from one

In a statement on Thursday, the company said Lifestyle will open a 24,000 sq ft anchor store at its mixed-use project 'The Icon'. Part of the Dubai-based Landmark Group, Lifestyle has more than 75 stores across 44 cities. Uddhav Poddar, CMD of Bhumika Group, said, "Faridabad is e

The benchmark 6.94% 2036 bond yield closed at 7.0686% on Friday, up from 7.0463% on Thursday, taking its weekly rise to 4.5 basis points. The market weathered a triple jolt this week: a debt rout that thrust global yields to multi-decade peaks; a Fed rate hike that recast the out

US frontier AI companies warn authorities over sophisticated distillation attacks — China warns of 'countermeasures' if America tries to constrain domestic AI models Direct attacks may be simple enough to stop, but buying up third-party conversations remains an elusive vector. Th

Swiss food giant Nestle said Friday it's weighing its options after the Kremlin moved to place the Russian assets of its business under temporary external administration. The maker of Nescafé coffee and KitKat chocolate bars said that it took note of the Russian presidential decr

Business News›Markets›US Stocks›Wall St Guide›Dow Jones| Nasdaq | S&P 500 | US Stock Market Today |Highlights: US stocks slip as higher Treasury yields weigh on sentiment LIVE BLOG US stocks end mixed as oil stays above $100. Synopsis US Market | Dow Jones Highlights: US stocks

Stock split alert: Shares of Midwest Energy Limited ended higher on Friday, September 18, ahead of the upcoming stock split record date. The company has announced a stock split in the ratio of 1:10. Its record date is set to fall in the coming week. Midwest Energy stock closed wi

Warren Buffett is stepping down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, the sprawling conglomerate worth $1 trillion that he has led since 1965. The 96-year-old legendary investor announced the move in a letter to shareholders Friday. Buffett will become chairman emeritus, effective i

Modder gets Nvidia's DLSS 5 working in a web browser using WebGPU — 147MB browser port runs on non-Nvidia GPUs and macOS but takes two seconds per render Neural rendering in a browser tab, no game install needed A modder by the name of MAAN has reportedly gotten Nvidia DLSS 5 wor

Shots heard as police start moving migrants from Ceuta beaches - Published Police have begun moving hundreds of migrants in Ceuta to a new tented site in the port area of the Spanish territory in north Africa. Officers struggled to contain crowds of people jostling to secure a pl

AI - Microsoft agentically ports Copilot runtime to Rust for $120KThe Rust compiler remains unperturbed by the antics of the LLM - Virginia governor wakes up to fact datace

Shares of Tata Group companies came under heavy selling pressure in Friday’s trade, September 18, with the combined market capitalisation of several listed group firms eroding by ₹46,600 crore. The sell-off came as an unprecedented boardroom revolt at Tata Sons pushed the 158-yea

Listen to this article in summarized format Berkshire said Buffett will become chairman emeritus, effective immediately. He will remain on the board and continue advising the company, bringing his judgment and perspective to the business. As part of Berkshire’s long-standing succ

Power Grid Corporation of India has approved a plan to raise up to ₹5,000 crore through the private placement of bonds, giving the power transmission company another fundraising route. The decision was taken by the company’s Committee of Directors for Bonds at a meeting held on S

US chip fabs face massive 157,000 worker shortfall, mere 3% of US engineering grads enter chipmaking — despite six-figure salaries, US chip manufacturers are in dire need of engineers and technicians The rush to build semiconductor plants in the U.S. is fueling the demand for eng

L’Oréal has selected 13 companies from eight countries for the second cohort of its sustainability focused innovation programme, L’AcceleratOR. The cohort includes two startups from India. Backed by a €100 million (around Rs 1,000 crore) fund, the programme identifies, pilots and

The News An energy price spike in Nigeria is renewing fears of an inflation rise and concerns that Africa’s top oil producer remains vulnerable to global shocks despite growing domestic refining capacity led by a giant facility owned by the continent’s richest man Aliko Dangote.

IPO GMP comparison: India’s primary market is buzzing with multiple initial public offerings (IPOs) including the National Stock Exchange, Hero Motors, SS Retail, and Jindal Supreme. Among these issues, Hero Motors IPO saw significant decline in its grey market premium (IPO GMP)

Expert view: Niharika Tripathi, the head of products and research at Wealthy.in, believes a sustained rise in real yields would justify some compression in valuation for companies whose cash flows lie far in the future. In an interview with Mint, Tripathi said Indian equities may

The US approved new investments in Africa aimed at challenging China’s preeminence on the continent. Washington’s bets include $414 million in financing for a uranium project in Niger — a country that expelled all US forces two years ago — and hundreds of millions for digital inf

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faced growing pressure on his leadership ahead of state elections in which polls suggest his governing party will fare badly. In one region, his CDU party is barely above the threshold required to enter the state assembly, and it faces the prospec

Shipowners have this year commissioned more than twice the number of tankers than in all of 2025 as they look to keep up with soaring demand sparked by the Middle East conflict. The $20 billion buying spree, the biggest in at least a quarter century, comes as global conflicts red

Money markets were pricing the ECB's deposit rate at around 2.86% by December, compared with the current 2.50%, implying almost a 50% probability of a second rate hike before the end of the year. By November 2027, the expected rate had eased to 3.39% from 3.55% on Monday. Read mo

Researchers used Anthropic’s Claude technology to break into OpenAI’s ChatGPT systems, underlining the immediate dangers of AI even as regulators fret over its long-term risks. The effort, part of a bug-hunting program, was the latest in a series of cybersecurity breaches aided i

Discord reigned in the intensifying debate over AI safety regulation, with tech bosses taking opposing stances and government leaders sharing little common ground. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang argued at an event in Scotland that AI should not be regulated like social media, Palantir’s

Welcome to Edition 9.11 of the Rocket Report! The most interesting story of the week, in our view, is a deep dive by Stephen Clark, linked below, into the dwindling fortunes of United Launch Alliance. As recently as a decade ago, the launch company, co-owned by Boeing and Lockhee