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The Pulse with Francine LacquaOct 23rd, 2026 OpenAI Targets $1.25 Trillion Valuation in New Funding Round A rout in the artificial intelligence trade faded, offering global stock investors some respite in the final session of a volatile week, with further gains in oil prices keep

Neocloud partners with DDN on deployment

The company has even held talks with US tower giant Crown Castle

Information has always shaped human civilisation. From ancient stories and religious texts to newspapers, television and social media, the way people share information influences what they believe, how they make decisions and whom they trust. In Nexus, historian and author Yuval

Business News›Markets›US Stocks›Wall St Guide›US Stock Market Live Updates: AI Selloff Dow Jones crashes over 500 points as AI, telecom stocks tumble LIVE BLOG Stock Market Today Live Synopsis Dow Jones | Nasdaq | Stock Market Live: US stocks come under pressure as a renewed se

This report is from this week's The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. Jensen Huang has been busy. Nvidia's GTC in Berlin was the grand finale of a week-and-a-half whistle stop European tour. Huang met with world leaders — including U.K. Prime Mi

This report is from this week's The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. Jensen Huang has been busy. Nvidia's GTC in Berlin was the grand finale of a week-and-a-half whistle stop European tour. Huang met with world leaders — including U.K. Prime Mi

India's central bank earlier this month raised the benchmark repo rate to 5.5% and shifted its policy stance to "calibrated tightening," signalling it may be prepared to tighten policy rates further if price pressures become more entrenched. The minutes of the meeting and the wid

University of Exeter's AI Agent Masters Network Slicing Without a Single Reward Signal A new framework lets language model agents master dynamic network control by reflecting on their own experience and self-finetuning, no reward engineering required. - Researchers propose Self-F

The company cut its FY27 revenue growth guidance in constant currency terms to 1-2% from 1.5-3% earlier, signalling a more cautious outlook amid uncertainty over technology spending and the impact of artificial intelligence on the traditional IT services business. Infosys reporte

Indian FMCG stocks could see an improvement in earnings growth over the next two financial years, according to Anand Rathi Research, which has identified Marico, Godrej Consumer Products (GCPL), Mrs Bector Food and Asian Paints as its preferred picks across the staples and discre

On a recent evening near a secure U.S. facility, three federal agents saw a flying object they couldn't identify: a large "matte black triangle" that moved as fast as a fighter jet, made no sound and then disappeared, according to FBI and Defense Department reports. Why it matter

World champion Jepchirchir fails drugs test - Published Olympic and World Championships marathon gold medallist Peres Jepchirchir has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit after an out-of-competition sample tested positive for EPO. Kenyan Jepchirchir provid

The Nifty 50 fell 88 points, or 0.39%, to close at 22,600, while the BSE Sensex declined 125.56 points, or 0.17%, to settle at 73,123.83. Broader markets came under sharper pressure, with the Nifty Smallcap 100 and Nifty Midcap 100 declining by up to 3%. Among sectors, the Nifty

'It's been relentless' say IT workers on frontline of PHP cyber-security scramble - Published Microsoft boss Satya Nadella says he has not seen anything like the PHP emergency "in a long, long time". Referencing the ongoing global efforts to fix the critical cyber-security flaw i

The deeptech sector in the Indian startup ecosystem has emerged out of the shadows and carved a niche for itself. Many aspects are falling in place for the growth of deeptech startups, and despite various challenges companies from India must cultivate global ambitions, concurred

Deepseek's latest AI model is smarter than ever, but its low running costs come at a price — uses only one-quarter of the HBM and one-eighth of SSD storage but still battles hallucinations in agentic workloads Frontier models are far more capable but paying a premium is quickly b

Retro video games are everywhere lately — especially in places where they aren’t supposed to be. Halo in a web browser, Wind Waker on the iPhone, Super Smash Bros. in mixed reality. Over the past month or so, these kinds of unexpected projects have gone viral with incredible freq

Matthew’s view Just four years ago, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was at the peak of his powers. He was feted by the Chinese president and snubbed the US president, all while sitting atop a gusher of oil wealth that allowed him to pour money into trying to turn his wilde

Listen to this article in summarized format The company’s initial public offering has crossed the one-crore application mark, making it the first public issue globally to receive more than 10 million applications1. The ₹30,213-crore issue, India’s largest IPO1, drew participation

US-based HR tech startup Firstwork has raised $15 Mn (over ₹142 Cr) in a Series A funding round led by Earlybird Venture Capital, as it looks to expand its AI-led workforce automation platform across the US and Europe. The round also saw participation from Legion VC and Deel Vent

FLASH SK hynix shelves Solidigm IPO idea There will be no Solidigm IPO on the US stock market. Solidigm parent company SK hynix kiboshed the notion in a statement saying it “will halt its review of potential pre-IPO and IPO options.” It had “explored various funding options, incl

Oct 23rd, 2026 Dudley Sees Fed Likely to Hold With a Hike Coming in December Bill Dudley, former New York Fed President and Bloomberg Opinion columnist, discusses messaging on interest rates from the Federal Reserve’s so-called troika, the influence of the artificial intelligen

EXCLUSIVE Fintech Moneyfarm Rejects EToro Bid of Up to €300 Million, Sources Say Takeaways by Bloomberg AI European digital wealth manager Moneyfarm has rejected a takeover approach from trading platform eToro Group Ltd, according to people familiar with the matter. EToro made an

Earnings limit of up to £140K for first-time buyers loan scheme - Published Households will need to earn less than £110,000 to qualify for the government's new loan scheme for first-time buyers, or £140,000 for homes bought in London. As first reported by The Times, external, the

Anxiety, distraction and overthinking can make everyday life feel overwhelming. In Mindful Thinking: Simple Ways to Let Go of Your Anxiety, Boost Your Productivity and Rewire Your Thoughts, technologist and mindfulness coach Prithvi Raj Banerjee explores how people can understand

CONNECT APC Says Let There Be Light, With Raft Of Standards To Speed Up Photonics Manufacturing The Advanced Photonics Coalition has given the green light for a slew of standards it says should allow “high volume manufacturing” of optical networking kit. The announcement, at the

UK proposes 14-year prison sentences for undersea cable saboteurs amid Russian trawler threats — government responds to growing threats with new criminal offenses and emergency powers to shut down services Britain prepares new powers for future conflict The UK government has outl

Google-backed CFS and Microsoft-backed Helion to receive R&D funding

1:5 Stock split | 1:1 Bonus shares | Rights issue: Small-cap stock under ₹50 Kelton Tech Solutions Ltd, which traded 1:5 stok split last year, has declared rights issue not exceeding ₹160 crore. The AI-led digital transformation and technology consulting company is yet to declare

Update | October 23, 2026, 16:40 IST Defence tech company Tonbo Imaging’s shares closed their debut session at ₹1,133.65 on the BSE, 61.95% above their issue price of ₹700 but 2.44% below their listing price of ₹1,162. On the NSE, the stock closed at ₹1,133.80, a 61.97% premium t

The unnamed firm is developing two facilities in Poland with a combined power capacity of 270MW

From remote monitoring and early disease detection to tools that help frontline health workers make better decisions, startups are developing solutions to address gaps in healthcare delivery. The bigger challenge, however, lies in integrating these technologies into India’s publi

AI - Torvalds: AI is fine for competent devs, but spare us the 'drive-by' patches Kernel maintainers stop asking who used AI, as long as the code is good - Nvidia woos wary Europeans with more open weights models New embedding, parsing, and reranking models promise smarter agenti

Getting an acquisition across the finish line can take months of negotiations, due diligence, paperwork and financial scrutiny. But closing the deal is only half the battle. The real challenge comes when you integrate the business, unlock synergies, and deliver the value that jus

Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite service has played a pivotal role in supporting Ukraine’s successful resistance to Russia’s full-scale invasion for years. But with Starlink having become increasingly unreliable due to Musk’s political inclinations and the latest surprise disruptio

US banks scramble to restrict AI agent activity — agents detected accessing customer accounts or even attempting to make transactions in breach of policy Banks can't determine if AI agents are working under user instructions or going rogue. A new report claims that major U.S. ban

Update | October 23, 16:55 IST Shares of Ola Electric ended the day 6.39% lower at ₹29.90 apiece on the BSE today, while its market capitalisation stood at ₹14,946.06 Cr ($1.58 Bn). The company’s shares are now trading 61% below its listing price of ₹76. Original | October 23, 14

Artificial intelligence has been a key driver of the US stock market's four-year bull run, as major technology companies, including Alphabet and Amazon, continue to commit billions of dollars to developing data centers and other AI infrastructure. Spending on AI infrastructure is

The News South Africa has proposed a new fiscal law in an attempt to shield its public finances from future populist governments as the treasury’s current projections show debt is set to decline for the first time in nearly two decades. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana framed it

Futures Slip as Big Tech Falters, Oil Extends Relentless Advance The S&P 500 fell for a second day on Friday with technology megacaps treading water after Thursday’s selloff. Oil prices rose, with the US midterm elections less than two weeks away. Chips stocks offered some relief

Companies listed on the benchmark STOXX 600 index are expected to report average earnings growth of 21.9% for the third quarter, marking the second-strongest growth rate in the past four years, according to LSEG data cited by Reuters. The forecast, based on results from 47 compan

Chennai-based dronetech startup Garuda Aerospace reported a net profit of ₹25.9 Cr in FY26, growing 41.1% from ₹18.4 Cr from the previous fiscal year. In terms of operational profitability, the drone maker’s EBITA for the fiscal year jumped 31.8% to ₹35.1 Cr in FY26 from ₹26.6 Cr

Infosys’ AI revenue grew 29% sequentially in the September quarter, accounting for 10.5% of total revenue, even as the company cut its full-year FY27 revenue growth guidance to 1%-2% in constant currency from 1.5%-3%. The company reported second-quarter revenue of $5.145 billion,

Infosys Q2 results 2026: Infosys, on Friday, reported a 6.23% annual jump in its consolidated net profit (attributable to owners of the company) to ₹7,832 crore in the September quarter of financial year 2026-27. The IT major also declared an interim dividend of ₹26 per equity sh

Russia and Ukraine continued trading intense strikes on civilian and energy infrastructure overnight, less than a day after the parties signalled that peace negotiations were moving forward in U.S.-brokered talks. Russia unleashed a major attack on Ukraine's energy facilities, kn

Peacock series Crystal Lake doesn’t feel like a Friday the 13th movie when you first press play, even though it’s set up to be a prequel to the original film. (This review includes spoilers of the original Friday the 13th movie but avoids major Crystal Lake spoilers.) Instead, Cr

EXCLUSIVE Blackstone Bet on Chips Drove a Debt Boom That’s Upending Credit Takeaways by Bloomberg AI “What is a GPU?” Blackstone Inc. executives asked CoreWeave Inc.’s leadership. Also: “Is AI real?” These were entirely logical queries in the early innings of the AI boom, and at

Consultant comes clean for sparking worldwide panic by accidentally breaking the PHP vulnerability embargo — user says they were unaware of disclosure restrictions, move 'clearly backfired in a pretty wild fashion' The leaks were coming from multiple users, however. A Hacker News

As France's economic and political woes mount, investors are asking whether the country's debt problems risk contaminating the rest of the euro zone. Markets are flashing alarm bells over the euro zone's second-biggest economy. The euro has remained under pressure, falling almost