• October 4, 2026
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Trump Taps His Intelligence Chief to Run the AI Agenda

When a White House initiative needs to carry weight, the president often reaches for a name he already trusts. This week the job went to Jay Clayton. On the evening…

  • October 4, 2026
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Musk’s Chip Venture Opens Talks With TSMC

Elon Musk has spent years trying to buy his way out of dependence on other companies’ chips. His next move may be to build them himself. On October 3, Musk…

  • October 4, 2026
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Google Cuts Free Gemini to Its Lightest Model

Starting October 9, the free version of Google’s Gemini assistant will run on a single, lightweight model. Google updated its support documents this week to say that users who do…

  • October 4, 2026
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Amazon Scraps Data-Center NDAs, Adds $1 Billion for Host Towns

The backlash to America’s data-center buildout has grown loud enough that Amazon is changing the terms of the conversation. On October 2, AWS chief executive Matt Garman announced a program…

  • October 4, 2026
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OpenAI’s Rogue-Agent Audit Is Costing $500,000 a Day

The bill for finding out how far OpenAI’s AI agents wandered is adding up fast. The company has told The Guardian that its investigation into two episodes in which its…

  • October 4, 2026
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OpenAI’s Release-Safety Writer Quits, Calling Its Culture Broken

For years, when OpenAI prepared to ship a new model, a safety report traveled with it. The document was the company’s answer to a standing question: why was this system…

  • October 4, 2026
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EU Moves to Bring Microsoft Azure and Amazon’s Cloud Under New Rules

European Union regulators are close to concluding that Microsoft’s Azure and Amazon’s cloud unit meet the conditions to be regulated under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act, a step that would…

  • October 4, 2026
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Nike’s Sales Slip as Jordan Brand and Apparel Lines Soften

Nike closed its first fiscal quarter with a number it did not want to show the market. Sales came in at $11.2 billion for the three months ended August 31,…

  • October 4, 2026
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Publishers Cleared to Seek $3.2 Billion From Google Over Ad Technology

A federal judge in New York has opened the door for some of the largest American publishers to press Google for more than $3.2 billion in damages, ruling that they…

  • October 4, 2026
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U.S. Exchanges Add Overnight Sessions in December

At 11 p.m. on a December evening, an investor in Hong Kong will be able to send an order to the Nasdaq and see it filled before most of New…