Author: Editor-In-Chief

Amazon has instructed Perplexity to remove Agent Browser from its online store, the companies publicly confirmed on Tuesday. After warning Perplexity multiple times that its AI-powered shopping assistant Comet was violating Amazon’s terms of service by not disclosing its agent status, the e-commerce giant sent the AI ​​search engine startup a sharply worded cease and desist letter, Perplexity wrote in a blog post titled “Bullying Is Not Innovation.” “This week, Perplexity received an aggressive legal threat from Amazon demanding that Comet users be banned from using its AI assistant on Amazon. This is Amazon’s first legal salvo against an AI…

Traders at work at the New York Stock Exchange on November 3, 2025.new york stock exchangeDow futures rose slightly on Tuesday night, but futures tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell as investors continued to grapple with where mega-cap tech stocks are headed. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 36 points, or nearly 0.1%. S&P 500 futures fell nearly 0.2%, and Nasdaq 100 futures fell nearly 0.4%.Wall Street is emerging from a decline in major stock averages. The S&P 500 fell 1.2% and the Nasdaq Composite fell 2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 251 points, or 0.5%.This comes after Palantir…

Jared Isaacman, President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), testifies during the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing held at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, on April 9, 2025. Ken Cedeno | ReutersPresident Donald Trump reappointed Jared Isaacman to the NASA board after rescinding his previous nomination months earlier, citing a “thorough review of our existing relationship.””Jared’s passion for space, astronaut experience, and dedication to pushing the boundaries of exploration, unraveling the mysteries of space, and driving a new space economy make him the ideal person to lead NASA into a…

Voters cast their ballots on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, at the Ida Lee Recreation Center polling place in Leesburg, Virginia, USA. Graham Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesIn the closely watched Virginia gubernatorial race, Democrats appear to be benefiting from a small but determined group of voters who have negative views of both major parties, according to NBC News exit polls.Democrats’ advantage among dissatisfied voters mirrors trends seen in other races, including Tuesday’s New Jersey gubernatorial race and New York’s mayoral race, NBC reported.According to an NBC poll, 41% of Virginia voters have a favorable view of Democrats only, and…

The face in the photo has become well known in Sudan. The fighter, who has medium-length hair that frames his bearded face, has appeared in numerous videos. Sometimes he smiles even as he kills unarmed people.This is Abu Lulu. But a photo of him released last Thursday by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group he purports to head, showed him handcuffed after his arrest.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe arrests are part of the RSF’s efforts to distance itself from the atrocities committed in El Fasher, a city in Darfur that RSF forces captured on October…

Brussels Reuters — Belgium’s Brussels and Liège airports were closed on Tuesday night following drone sightings, causing many incoming planes to be diverted and other airports to be prevented from taking off. Kurt Verwilligen, a spokesman for the Belgian Air Traffic Control Authority, said the drone was seen near Brussels airport just before 8pm local time (2pm ET) and was subsequently closed as a security measure. Belgium’s busiest airport briefly reopened after two hours of chaos, but was shut down again after more drone sightings. It is unclear when flights will resume. National airline Brussels Airlines announced that 15 outbound…

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna attends the inaugural AI Insights Forum on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, at the Russell Building on Capitol Hill.Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call Inc. | Getty ImagesIBM announced Tuesday that it will lay off a percentage of its workforce this quarter.”During the fourth quarter, we will implement actions that impact low single-digit numbers of our global workforce,” a spokesperson told CNBC. “While this may impact some US-based roles, we expect US employment to remain flat year over year.”IBM employed 270,000 people at the end of 2024, according to its latest annual report. A 1% reduction in headcount…

Bitcoinhas fallen below $100,000, its lowest since June, raising concerns that the worst is yet to come: another so-called crypto winter, in which the market struggles every time a digital currency sells off significantly in a short period of time.However, Matt Hogan, chief investment officer at Bitwise, said he believes retail investors are in “maximum desperation” mode, which is why he is betting that a bottom in crypto prices may come sooner rather than later. With Wall Street institutional investors and financial advisors backing Bitcoin, and crypto ETFs growing, he’s even willing to take the bold step to argue that…

President Donald Trump appears to be defying two court orders to release reserve funds to keep food assistance programs open, insisting he will only provide nutrition assistance to low-income Americans once the government shutdown ends.The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which serves one in eight Americans each month, was scheduled to be frozen on November 1 after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on October 10 that it would no longer be able to fund the program if the shutdown continues.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe U.S. government shutdown entered its 35th day on Tuesday, rivaling the…

A dispute between Amsterdam and China over technology transfer has disrupted chip supplies to carmakers.Published November 4, 2025November 4, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareChina has accused the Netherlands of obstructing a resolution to a dispute that has disrupted the auto sector’s supply chain, hit production and caused some companies to furlough workers, and criticized the Netherlands over its seizure of semiconductor maker Nexperia.Nexperia is Chinese-owned but based in the Netherlands and makes billions of simple but ubiquitous chips for cars and other electronic devices. The supply of these chips has been raging ever since the dispute between…