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Four of the Big Seven tech giants (Mag 7) are still on track to meet this year’s massive artificial intelligence (AI) spending targets, according to earnings reports. Companies reporting quarterly earnings after the bell on Wednesday include Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet (GOOG), Meta (META) and Amazon (AMZ), with a combined market capitalization of about $12 trillion….
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump issued a new threat to NATO ally Germany on Wednesday, suggesting he may soon reduce the U.S. military presence there as he continued his feud with Chancellor Friedrich Mertz over the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. Trump’s threat came after Mertz said earlier this week that the United States…
4/29 Irish Running Panthers win midweek South Bend, Indiana – The Notre Dame baseball team defeated visiting Milwaukee 16-2 (seven innings) on Wednesday night at Frank Ecker Stadium. Aiden Zerr shut the door on the Panthers with a strikeout in the top of the first inning, forcing Milwaukee to strand a runner on third base….
Shares of Bitcoin-focused firm Twenty One Capital (XXI) rose more than 8% in after-hours trading Wednesday after major shareholder Tether Investments proposed a merger with Strike and Elektron Energy. Tether Investment, the independent investment arm of the stablecoin issuer, said it intends to vote in favor of XXI’s merger with Strike, the global Bitcoin financial…
The U.S. State Department is warning Americans not to travel to the Mexican city on the border with Texas after receiving reports of “violent criminal activity.” The U.S. Embassy and Consulate in Mexico said U.S. government employees have been ordered to stay away from the Reynosa area, a city of about 700,000 residents near McAllen,…
LOS ANGELES — The end result would be a frustrating 2-1 loss, something that would last longer than most games in April. But inside the Dodgers clubhouse, Tuesday night felt less like a referendum on one game and more like a snapshot of a larger, evolving question: How much Shohei Ohtani should this team use,…
A $300 million vulnerability doesn’t usually come with a concise fix manual. This time, the team leading the Kelp DAO recovery effort is trying to write one. Following the Kelp DAO hack that rocked the DeFi lending market this month, releasing over 116,000 improperly accounted tokens, DeFi United, a consortium of multiple blockchain projects and…
Microsoft and Chainalysis executives say artificial intelligence is pushing financial systems toward a model where machines execute transactions at scale, creating new challenges for control, oversight and infrastructure. Bill Borden, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of worldwide financial services, said on Tuesday that legacy systems will come under increasing pressure as transaction needs become more complex….
According to an 8-K filing, Riot Platforms (RIOT) has modified its $200 million credit line with Coinbase Credit, replacing a floating rate with a fixed rate, providing greater cost predictability while the company continues to reduce its Bitcoin holdings. The move to fixed rates provides predictability as Riot moves toward artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance…
Former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said in a podcast released on Tuesday that he occasionally spread false information to identify “snakes” within the FBI who he believed were leaking details to the media. Bongino told Sean Hannity on the Fox News host’s podcast “Hanging Out with Sean Hannity” that when he first started working…