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NVIDIA Stock Reverses as Strong Jobs Report Clouds December Rate-Cut Hopes

Nov 21, 2025 01:59 am UTC| Business Technology

Wall Street opened Thursday on an upbeat note after NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) delivered another round of blockbuster earnings and bullish guidance, fueling optimism around the ongoing AI boom. But the markets early enthusiasm...

Tesla’s Latest FSD V14 Impresses Analysts and Boosts Confidence in Robo-Taxi Vision

Nov 21, 2025 01:51 am UTC| Business Technology

Teslas newest Full Self-Driving (FSD) software is drawing strong praise from Wall Street, with Piper Sandler analyst Alexander Potter reaffirming an Overweight rating and a bold $500 price target after an investor visit to...

Trump Administration Pushes Back on Congressional Plan to Restrict Nvidia’s AI Chip Exports

Nov 20, 2025 05:30 am UTC| Politics Business Technology

The Donald Trump administration is urging Congress to reject a new bipartisan measure that would restrict NVIDIA Corp.s ability to sell advanced artificial intelligence chips to China and other embargoed nations, according...

Michael Burry Warns AI Demand Is Overstated Amid Nvidia Stock Surge

Nov 20, 2025 04:36 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Business

Michael Burry issued a sharp warning on Wednesday evening, claiming that the true end-user demand for artificial intelligence is far smaller than what major technology firms are reporting. His comments came shortly after...

Google Expands Global AI Presence With Major Hardware Engineering Investment in Taiwan

Nov 20, 2025 04:32 am UTC| Technology Business

Alphabets Google has strengthened its global artificial intelligence (AI) footprint by opening its largest AI infrastructure hardware engineering center outside the United States, choosing Taiwan as the strategic location....

Senators Push for Fair Export License Rules to Prevent Market Imbalance

Nov 20, 2025 02:17 am UTC| Politics Governance Business Technology

A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators is pushing new legislation aimed at ensuring fairness in how the Commerce Department issues export licenses, following concerns that past decisions created an uneven playing field among...

Elon Musk’s xAI Reportedly Nears $15 Billion Funding Deal at $230 Billion Valuation

Nov 19, 2025 05:48 am UTC| Technology Business

Elon Musks artificial intelligence company, xAI, is reportedly close to securing a massive $15 billion equity raise that could push its valuation to around $230 billion, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The...

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Economy

Hungary Industrial Output Beats Forecasts With 4.7% July Growth

Hungarys industrial output increased 4.7% year-on-year in July, beating market expectations and signaling continued growth in the countrys manufacturing sector, preliminary data showed on Monday. According to Hungarys...

Iran Plans New Gulf Restricted Zone as Hormuz Tensions Push Oil Higher

Iran plans to establish a new restricted zone in the Gulf and introduce shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz, escalating tensions after renewed U.S.-Iran strikes disrupted maritime traffic and pushed oil prices...

UK House Prices Fall for First Time Since 2023

UK house prices recorded their first annual decline in nearly three years in August as higher borrowing costs and economic uncertainty weighed on buyer demand, according to new data from Lloyds. House prices fell 0.4%...

Asian Currencies Mixed as Yen Rallies on BOJ Bets

Asian currencies traded mixed on Monday as the U.S. dollar hovered near recent lows, while the Japanese yen strengthened further on expectations of a Bank of Japan rate hike and potential currency intervention. The U.S....

US Stock Futures Mixed as Strong Jobs Data Boosts Fed Rate Hike Bets

U.S. stock futures traded mixed Sunday evening as investors digested a stronger-than-expected August jobs report that increased expectations for a Federal Reserve interest rate hike in September. Trading activity was...

Politics

Kyiv Mothers Give Birth Amid Russian Drone Attacks

Women in Kyiv are giving birth under the constant threat of Russian drone attacks, highlighting how Ukraines escalating air war is reshaping everyday life and deepening the countrys demographic crisis. Alyona Bohatyrenko,...

Iran Vows Tougher Response as U.S. Sanctions Squeeze Economy

Iran pledged to intensify efforts to counter mounting U.S. sanctions and economic pressure, while a senior official warned Washington that any further attacks would trigger a faster and more severe Iranian response. Six...

EU to Boost Greenland Investment Amid Trump Pressure

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is expected to announce a major increase in EU investment in Greenland on Monday, strengthening economic and political ties as U.S. President Donald Trump continues to...

Netanyahu Orders West Bank Settler Outposts Dismantled

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered unauthorized settler outposts in the West Bank to be dismantled amid growing U.S. pressure on Israel to curb violence against Palestinians, according to two people...

Putin Meets US Envoys in Moscow as Ukraine Peace Push Intensifies

Russian President Vladimir Putin held more than three hours of talks with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on Saturday as Washington stepped up efforts to negotiate an end to the Ukraine war. Kremlin aide Yuri...

Science

Blue Origin New Glenn Explosion Could Delay Launch Operations Until 2028

Blue Origin is facing a significant setback after a dramatic explosion involving its New Glenn rocket severely damaged a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, repairs to the...

Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Explodes During Launch Pad Test, Delaying Space Ambitions

Blue Origin suffered a major setback after its uncrewed New Glenn rocket exploded during a launch pad test in Florida on Thursday, raising new challenges for Jeff Bezos space company as it competes with Elon Musks SpaceX...

SpaceX Delays Starship V3 Launch Ahead of Potential Record IPO

SpaceX on Thursday postponed the highly anticipated launch of its 12th Starship rocket test from Texas after technical issues interrupted the final countdown. The company now plans to attempt the Starship V3 launch again...

Trump Administration Releases New UFO Files and Apollo Mission Records

The U.S. Defense Department has released dozens of previously classified UFO-related files following an order from President Donald Trump, sparking renewed debate over unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and government...

China vs. NASA: The New Moon Race and What's at Stake by 2030

The space race is back and this time, its a direct competition between the United States and China for dominance on the lunar surface. NASAs Artemis II mission recently made history when four astronauts flew farther into...

Technology

Huawei Launches Mate XT2 Foldable Phone in China

Huawei unveiled its latest flagship foldable smartphone, the Mate XT2, on Monday as the Chinese technology giant looks to maintain its dominance in the countrys premium smartphone market amid growing competition from Apple...

Nvidia CEO Says AGI Has Arrived With OpenAI GPT-6 Astra

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang has declared that artificial general intelligence, or AGI, has arrived, pointing to OpenAIs newly launched GPT-6 Astra as a major milestone in the accelerating development of...

SpaceX Turbine Push Unlikely to Threaten Howmet, Bernstein Says

SpaceXs plan to manufacture industrial gas turbine blades and vanes is unlikely to significantly threaten Howmet Aerospace, according to Bernstein analysts, who see recent weakness in Howmet shares as a potential buying...

Anthropic IPO Marketing Expected to Start in Mid-October

Anthropic is expected to begin marketing its initial public offering in mid-October at the earliest, as the artificial intelligence company adjusts the timeline for what could become one of the largest IPOs in history. The...

Japan, US Target AI and Chips in $550 Billion Investment Push

Japan and the United States are advancing a $550 billion investment initiative, with artificial intelligence and semiconductor projects expected to become major priorities in the next phase of the economic partnership,...