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Google CEO Sundar Pichai gestures during a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on February 19, 2026.Ludovic Marin | AFP | Getty ImagesWall Street analysts estimate that total AI capital spending could exceed $1 trillion by 2027, following even larger spending plans announced by hyperscalers in Wednesday’s tech results.Both Evercore and Bank of America expect capital spending to exceed $1 trillion in 2027 after reporting their results, with estimates for 2026 rising to between $800 billion and $900 billion.”Capital spending continues to rise as demand exceeds supply and prices…
Reuters — Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be transferred to house arrest, state media reported on Thursday. It has been more than five years since the military ousted the civilian government she led and imprisoned the Nobel laureate. Suu Kyi, 80, has been detained by the military since then and remains missing amid a deadly civil war sparked by a coup in February 2021 that has engulfed much of Southeast Asia’s poor country. “The remainder of Aung San Suu Kyi’s sentence will be commuted and served at her designated residence,” state-run MRTV reported, using the veteran…
Luke Littler moved to the top of the Premier League darts table with his fifth win after coming from behind to beat rival Luke Humphries 6-5 in the 13th night final in Aberdeen.Remarkably, this was the first final between the world’s top two teams in this year’s tournament, and Humphries’ first appearance since night six in Nottingham. That time he lost to Johnny Clayton, but the 19-year-old was again booed by the crowd, but was overtaken by Littler to win his second straight at Aberdeen and move into first place at the Aberdeen tournament. Littler started the final in some…
After Sam Altman accused Anthropic of gatekeeping by only releasing its cybersecurity tool Mythos to some users, he acknowledged that OpenAI would do the same with its competing tool Cyber. In a post on X on Thursday, Altman said OpenAI will begin deploying GPT-5.5 Cyber ”for critical cyber defenders” in the coming days. OpenAI’s website has an application where users submit their credentials and information about their usage plans to gain access. Cyber suggests that the application can perform tasks such as penetration testing, identifying (and exploiting) vulnerabilities, and reverse engineering malware. It is intended to be a toolkit to…
shares of SoFi Shares of the company plunged more than 15% on Wednesday after the company declined to raise its full-year outlook. CEO Anthony Noto said the move reflects macro reality rather than weakening fundamentals.”The reason we didn’t raise our full-year guidance is because when we originally gave our full-year guidance, we expected the Federal Reserve to cut rates at least twice,” he told Jim Cramer. “And right now we’re assuming no rate cuts.”The digital finance company reported results that were mostly in line with expectations, with earnings of 12 cents per share and net revenue of $1.09 billion. Investors…
A potential exit by Middle East sovereign wealth funds could drain hundreds of billions of dollars from the artificial intelligence boom and threaten major data center projects, according to tech investor Jack Selby.Middle Eastern investors, including sovereign wealth funds and government agencies, will account for about a quarter of global investment in AI over the next five years, said Selby, managing director of Peter Thiel’s family office Thiel Capital. He said if the Iran war drags on and countries like the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia redirect investment to rebuilding their countries, the lost capital could spill over into…
U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on April 30, 2026, in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump said Thursday at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on April 25 that he was not worried about another attempt on his life after what prosecutors said was the gunman’s third assassination attempt against him in the past two years.”I’m not thinking about it,” Trump told reporters at the White House, when asked if he was concerned about another assassination attempt.”If I had done that, I wouldn’t be here,” the…
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Kaine were questioned publicly for a second day, this time before the Senate Armed Services Committee.Thursday’s hearing came a day after Mr. Hegseth and Mr. Kaine appeared before a House committee and was the first time they faced public questioning from lawmakers since the United States and Israel began attacking Iran on February 28.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listMr. Hegseth repeatedly criticized critics of the war, including members of Congress, in sometimes bellicose terms, accusing them of “recklessly” supporting America’s enemies.On Thursday, he again…
Aston Villa head coach Unai Emery has accused VAR of making a “big mistake” by not recommending a red card for Elliott Anderson during their 1-0 Europa League semi-final first leg defeat to Nottingham Forest.After 31 minutes at the City Ground, Forest midfielder Anderson slipped in to try to dislodge Villa’s Ollie Watkins, but in doing so grabbed the forward’s ankle as he raised his studs, causing considerable pain. Referee João Pinheiro did not penalize Anderson on the field and after a very brief review, VAR Thiago Martins upheld the decision. It was a decision that Emery did not agree…
Nvidia has laid another brick in its AI empire. The company’s corporate VC fund, NVentures, reportedly backed Legora, the company’s first legal AI investment. The Swedish-born legal tech startup, which uses AI to help lawyers work more efficiently, is competing with US player Harvey. NVentures joins Atlassian and other new financial investors on Legora’s cap table as part of a $50 million Series D extension, one month after Legora’s $550 million Series D extension. During that time, the Y Combinator alum surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR). This is a milestone that contributed to its new $5.6 billion…