BlackRock bets on ‘pick and shovel’ trade, singling out clear winners in AI spending spree
Powell noted that leading tech firms have only begun to tap debt markets to fund the next phase of AI…
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Ray Dalio says Middle East is becoming a ‘Silicon Valley of capitalists’
The UAE and Saudi Arabia have this year launched multibillion-dollar initiatives to build cloud, data centers and other AI infrastructure.
Zelensky due at Downing Street for high-level Ukraine talks
Sir Keir Starmer will also welcome the leaders of France and Germany as Europe looks to respond to a US-led…
From Transformers to Associative Memory, How Titans and MIRAS Rethink Long Context Modeling
What comes after Transformers? Google Research is proposing a new way to give sequence models usable long term memory with…
China’s exports rebound in November, massively beating expectations after U.S. trade truce
China’s exports jumped more than expected in November as manufacturers rushed to ship out inventory on the back of a…
Trump’s trade war shift away from Chinese manufacturing has reached tipping point
A long-term supply chain shift is pulling the rest of Asia even with manufacturing giant China. For importers, a short-term…
Asia-Pacific markets trade mostly higher as investors look toward China trade data
Asia-Pacific markets traded mostly higher on Monday as investors look toward trade data coming out of China later in the…
Cisco Released Cisco Time Series Model: Their First Open-Weights Foundation Model based on Decoder-only Transformer Architecture
Cisco and Splunk have introduced the Cisco Time Series Model, a univariate zero shot time series foundation model designed for…
Google Colab Integrates KaggleHub for One Click Access to Kaggle Datasets, Models and Competitions
Google is closing an old gap between Kaggle and Colab. Colab now has a built in Data Explorer that lets…
New US Security Strategy aligns with Russia’s vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
Soldiers in Benin say they have seized power from President Talon
A message from the French embassy in Benin said gunfire had been reported near the residence of the president.
Global week ahead: Fed’s December decision to inform world’s central banks
The Federal Reserve is expected to cut rates this week, setting the scene for other central banks’ final policy meetings…
Microsoft AI Releases VibeVoice-Realtime: A Lightweight Real‑Time Text-to-Speech Model Supporting Streaming Text Input and Robust Long-Form Speech Generation
Microsoft has released VibeVoice-Realtime-0.5B, a real time text to speech model that works with streaming text input and long form…
Staff and tourists among 25 killed in Goa nightclub fire
Officials believe a gas canister explosion triggered the fire which tore through the busy nightlife venue.
OpenAGI Foundation Launches Lux: A Foundation Computer Use Model that Tops Online Mind2Web with OSGym At Scale
How do you turn slow, manual click work across browsers and desktops into a reliable, automated system that can actually…
Zelensky signals progress in talks with US on peace plan
The Ukrainian president says he is “determined” to continue working with US, as strikes on Ukraine continue.
US says progress made at talks with Ukraine on plan to end war
Talks between senior US and Ukrainian negotiators in Florida continue for a third day on Saturday.
The regulatory path ahead for a Netflix and Warner Bros. deal could get dicey
Regulatory questions are already rising about Netflix’s deal to combine its business with WBD’s streaming service HBO Max and film…
US Supreme Court agrees to hear case challenging birthright citizenship
Donald Trump’s controversial executive order to end birthright citizenship had been rejected by lower courts.
Netflix to buy Warner Bros. film and streaming assets in $72 billion deal
Netflix announced it’s reached a deal to buy WBD, bringing a swift end to a dramatic bidding process that also…
Putin says Russia ready to supply ‘uninterrupted’ fuel to India
Deals have been signed in civil nuclear energy and critical minerals during the Russian PM’s stay in India.
Meet Binance’s new co-CEO Yi He: The mysterious and omnipresent ‘life partner’ of CZ
Binance Holdings, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, named a new co-CEO in a major shake-up after its former head, Changpeng…
Global websites back online as Cloudflare issues fix for dashboard issue
Shares of the company were down 4.5% in premarket trading after global websites went down and Cloudflare said it was…
AI Interview Series #4: Transformers vs Mixture of Experts (MoE)
Question: MoE models contain far more parameters than Transformers, yet they can run faster at inference. How is that possible?…
India cuts rates to 5.25% as expected as central bank flags ‘weakness in some key economic indicators’
India’s central bank cut its policy rate by 25 basis points to 5.25%, matching forecasts from economists polled by Reuters.
‘China’s Nvidia’ Moore Threads surges over 400% on trading debut after $1.1 billion listing
Shares of Moore Threads soared by more than 400% on its debut in Shanghai following its $1.1 billion listing.
CNBC’s Inside India newsletter: How a government app in India triggered a backlash over internet freedom
The Indian government asked phone manufacturers to preload a state-run cybersecurity app with no option to disable it, drawing a…
Putin says Russia disagrees with parts of US plan to end Ukraine war
The Russian leader’s comments come as US and Ukrainian negotiators are due to hold a new round of talks.
Bitcoin is down nearly 30% from its record high — history shows that’s normal
In the 2021 and 2017 bitcoin cycles, there were a number of instances of drops of 30% or bigger.
Oil, defence and geopolitics: Why Putin is visiting Modi in Delhi
BBC editors explain what is at stake as Russian President Vladimir Putin starts a two-day visit to India.
Meta faces Europe antitrust investigation over WhatsApp AI policy
The European bloc has launched an antitrust investigation into the social media giant over its WhatsApp AI policy.
Previously unseen images of Epstein’s island released
The new images come as a deadline for the broader release of documents held by the US government looms.
Taking on China from Russia’s border: Inside Europe’s biggest rare earths factory
Developed by Canada’s Neo Performance Materials, Europe’s largest rare earths facility sits in Estonia’s border city of Narva.
Bank of Japan faces a policy dilemma as government bond yields keep hitting new highs
Experts said the rise in yields is due to inflation running above target, hawkish remarks from the Bank of Japan…
CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter: Three economic flashpoints for 2026
China’s top leaders are expected to discuss economic plans for the year ahead during an annual meeting next week.
Stop wasting the world’s time, Ukraine tells Putin after US talks in Moscow
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha spoke after high-stakes talks on ending the war failed to produce tangible results.
What latest Ukraine talks reveal about Putin’s state of mind
Russia’s president looks determined to continue his war in Ukraine – even as the country’s economic problems grow.
Bessent says Trump admin will be able to replicate tariffs even if it loses Supreme Court decision
The Treasury secretary cited several sections of 1962 Trade Act that give the president sweeping powers over import duties.
Israel says Rafah crossing to open soon to let Palestinians leave Gaza via Egypt
Egypt denies it is co-ordinating with Israel to reopen the crossing, insisting that passage should be in both directions.
Airbus expects to deliver fewer aircrafts this year after a difficult few days. Here’s how we got here.
Airbus cut its delivery guidance Wednesday after a series of issues related to its popular aircraft A320.
Musk’s Starlink rival Eutelsat shares plummet 7% after report of SoftBank cutting its stake
The French satellite group has seen its stock fall following a steep hike in March.
Trump says he doesn’t want Somalis in US as ICE plans Minnesota operation
The president says the US will “go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country”.
European stocks set for positive open as global markets push higher
European stocks are expected to open in positive territory on Wednesday as global markets move higher.
NVIDIA and Mistral AI Bring 10x Faster Inference for the Mistral 3 Family on GB200 NVL72 GPU Systems
NVIDIA announced today a significant expansion of its strategic collaboration with Mistral AI. This partnership coincides with the release of…
Australia’s economic growth misses estimates, rising 2.1% in the third quarter
Australia’s economic grew less than expected in the third quarter, still accelerating at the fastest pace in about two years,…
Asia-Pacific markets rise after Wall Street’s tech-fueled recovery
Bitcoin climbed over 7% to cross the $90,000 mark after a sharp sell-off a day earlier.
How We Learn Step-Level Rewards from Preferences to Solve Sparse-Reward Environments Using Online Process Reward Learning
In this tutorial, we explore Online Process Reward Learning (OPRL) and demonstrate how we can learn dense, step-level reward signals…
Putin meets Trump negotiators in Moscow for Ukraine peace talks
Kremlin officials described the five hours of negotiations as “productive”.
Ukrainians in war-ravaged Donbas weigh prospects of peace deal
While many Ukrainians believe they have sacrificed too much for their country to lose territory to Russia, others are desperate…
French AI lab Mistral releases new AI models as it looks to keep pace with OpenAI and Google
The model unveiling comes on the back of a commercial contract with HSBC.