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Mike Intrater, founder and CEO of CoreWeave, poses for a photo during the initial public offering at Nasdaq headquarters in New York on March 28, 2025.Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesNeocloud entered the tank. Credit default swaps have skyrocketed. meta Cash flow turned negative. and SK Hynix The Solidig division has canceled plans for an initial public offering.It’s been an eventful week for AI infrastructure deals. Following Thursday’s plunge, the Nasdaq fell further on Friday, ending the week down 0.7%. Among the hyperscalers, the one with the worst performance was alphabetfell 6% ahead of the internet giant’s third-quarter earnings report…

President Donald Trump has reignited allegations of identity fraud and called on Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar to resign from Congress after the Minnesota politician was identified by another name in a court filing.A Justice Department filing Wednesday refers to Omar as “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, aka Ilhan Abdullahi Omar,” where “alias” is an abbreviation for “alias.”Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listDocuments submitted by the government do not prove that Omar committed fraud.In response to claims that Ilhan Omar is not her real name, the congresswoman posted on X: “So let me be clear: My name will always be…

Earlier this week, a video of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang playing with a flock of toddler microducks during his keynote speech at the company’s GTC Berlin conference went viral. The robots stomped their little feet, made little R2-D2 noises, sat down, collapsed for a “nap,” and summer-jumped with voice commands. Hugging Face’s Clem DeLang said in a tweet that by the next day, more than 20,000 Micro Ducks had been pre-ordered because they were so cute. The MicroDachs are expected to be delivered in time for Christmas, meaning these robots may already be shaping up to be the most popular…

Before the Iran war, Qatar was one of the world’s largest exporters of natural gas. Just eight months later, Gulf countries are now buying supplies from their main competitor, the United States. Qatar Energy signed a deal with a US exporter on Thursday cheniere energy Purchase 4 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) annually until 2054. The purchase price will be indexed to the U.S. Henry Hub price plus a fixed commission. Deliveries are expected to begin in the 2030s. “We look forward to reliably supplying Qatari energy from both Sabine Pass and Corpus Christi into the second half…

October 19, 2026 Trader working at the New York Stock Exchange. new york stock exchangeEven after bond markets fell again on Friday, investors are turning their attention to U.S. Treasuries in hopes of yields peaking.benchmark 10 year bond We spent the day worrying about the psychologically important 5% level as oil prices soared and new consumer surveys showed inflation expectations remained well above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target.Still, some market participants see some silver lining in the market’s weakness this year due to concerns about rising prices, tensions in the Middle East and intense competition from artificial intelligence hyperscalers that…

space xStarlink internet systems continue to be suppressed in Ukraine as risks to the war-torn country increase, Ukrainian officials and national security experts said.”Every day matters for Ukraine, because every Ukrainian life matters,” Denis Shinik, Ukraine’s deputy ambassador to the United States, wrote in a post on X on Friday.”Our people are waiting for good news, hoping that restrictions will be lifted and that our nation’s defenders will have the capabilities they need to protect lives,” Szynik said. “Unfortunately, as of today, nothing has changed. We continue to wait.”Since October 14, Ukrainian authorities have accused SpaceX of undermining their country’s…

The Justice Department’s lawsuit has raised concerns that the administration is trying to interfere in some of the current mid-cycle races.Published October 23, 2026October 23, 2026With just over a week left until the crucial US midterm elections, the US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to block the certification of the results of the highly contested Senate race in Alaska.In a lawsuit filed Thursday, the Justice Department alleges that an independent candidate with the same name as the state’s incumbent Republican state senator, Dan Sullivan, who is currently running for re-election, is intentionally running to mislead voters.Recommended stories list…

France is bracing for another wave of protests this weekend, with authorities scrambling to prevent a repeat of the kind of violence and riots that gripped the country last week. French authorities will launch a major security operation over the weekend, deploying around 70,000 police officers across the country, the Interior Ministry said. Specialist SWAT units, helicopters, armored vehicles, police dogs and water cannons will all take part in the operation. In addition, the number of French soldiers who normally patrol Paris as part of counter-terrorism efforts will be increased, and the police will be relieved of full-time security duties.…

Building a startup means making decisions before you have all the answers. When should you scale? How do you know you’re truly achieving product-market fit? What does it take to win enterprise customers? How do you build the right team? And how can you make sure your pitch is talked about again when you finally stand in front of investors? TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026, taking place on November 4th at Boston’s SoWa Power Station, will bring together founders, investors, and executives who have been tackling these questions from different sides of the table. This day-long event, hosted by TechCrunch in…

This week, cybersecurity teams around the world are scrambling to fix flaws in the PHP programming language, in an artificial intelligence security moment that has been described as “Black October.”According to some estimates, nearly 70% of all websites use PHP. “We’ve had dozens of cyberattacks over the past two days, which, taken alone, would have been the worst attacks of the entire calendar year,” said John Milinovich, Figma’s senior director of product management, in a post on X on Thursday. “Every sector from government to education to big tech companies to banks has been greatly affected, and people are starting…