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According to KeyBanc analysts, Intel has reportedly secured foundry orders from six major clients including Apple, Nvidia, Broadcom, Google, AMD, and Microsoft, as of October 15. Apple's contracts are expected to involve multiple generations of A-series and M-series chips using the 14A process, with potential volumes around 600,000 wafers and estimated revenue of $15-20 billion, KeyBanc said. The announcement follows the analysts' Asia trip; specific contract terms and shipment timelines remain

According to ChangeNOW, on October 15, the platform resolved a website integration vulnerability discovered with help from independent security researchers. The company stated it has no evidence the vulnerability was exploited, but warned that customer email addresses and transaction details could potentially have been exposed. ChangeNOW emphasized its transaction infrastructure was not affected and customer funds were never at risk. In response, the platform is launching NOW AI, a dedicated sec

MSCI announced it will exclude non-operating companies from its global investable indices effective November 30, 2026. The exclusion will be determined through one core screening and five non-industry-specific financial ratio tests; securities triggering four or more of the five ratio thresholds will be ineligible for index inclusion. To reduce index turnover, MSCI implemented buffer arrangements for both inclusion and exclusion decisions. The company also said it will terminate temporary measur

According to sources, Anthropic's valuation expectations for its November IPO are being reconsidered downward following the AI company's latest financial disclosures. Investors at a San Francisco investor day on Wednesday discussed a valuation of approximately $1.5 trillion, down significantly from prior expectations of around $2 billion, amid concerns over rising AI development costs.

OpenAI recently launched the Rosalind academic program, providing free access to GPT-Rosalind for qualifying university research labs in the United States. Data generated through the program will not be used for model training. The program offers up to 30 free Business Standard seats per institution with a 12-month validity period. Initial Rosalind academic access does not include API permissions.

According to Citizen Lab research, at least 45 Al Jazeera devices were infected via targeted online advertisements during 2024-2025 without users needing to click or download. The campaign, dubbed "AdFection," involved Israeli ad company Discover-Tech and spyware vendor Candiru, allowing malicious code to execute upon ad load. Discover-Tech's ads appeared across approximately 200,000 websites and applications globally before the company was removed from major ad networks including Google.

MSCI Emerging Markets Index fell 3.1% to a record low since July, while South Korea's KOSPI index dropped 7.6%, marking the second bear market entry this year. The Emerging Markets FX index declined 0.3%.

According to Bloomberg data, US 10-year municipal bond yields fell 16 basis points to 3.74% on Thursday afternoon, marking the largest single-day decline in 18 months. The 30-year benchmark yield dropped 15 basis points to 4.97%, the biggest decline since April 2025. The rally came as traders shifted away from artificial intelligence-related equities, moving into safe-haven assets in line with the broader US Treasury market.

According to MSCI, the index provider will implement an immediate freeze on certain index-related changes for Turkish stock securities due to market integrity concerns. The freeze takes effect immediately and will remain in place until further notice. If the situation does not improve by June 2027, MSCI may reclassify Turkey's indices from emerging market status to frontier market or standalone market status.

According to VettaFi data, over the past three trading days, the $72 billion VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) attracted $430 million in inflows, with weekly flows on track to reach their highest level since early September. Investors have also poured approximately $3.8 billion into the 3x leveraged Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF (SOXL), setting a single-week record despite the fund declining nearly 21% this week. The Semiconductor Index fell 12% over the past six trading days, wiping out

According to the U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Secretary Hegasse and UK Defence Secretary Streeting discussed the concept of NATO 3.0 on October 15. The proposal aims to rebalance power within the NATO alliance. Under NATO 3.0, the United States would reduce its military presence in Europe.

According to the U.S. Treasury Department, on October 15, a reopened 10-20 year Treasury buyback auction received $40.836 billion in bids against a $6 billion purchase target, achieving a bid-to-cover ratio of 6.80x. This marked the third consecutive time the auction reached its maximum target since Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's surprise expansion announcement in mid-August. Following the auction results, the 10-year Treasury yield declined approximately 1 basis point to around 5.09%.

According to Meta's press statement, the company on Thursday announced Muse Spark Open, an 816-billion-parameter AI model featuring a 1-million-token context window, developed in collaboration with Apple to enable on-device execution. The model is optimized with Apple's open-source MLX machine learning framework, allowing developers to run the frontier AI model entirely on Mac Studio hardware powered by dual M5 Ultra chips without relying on cloud infrastructure. Model weights are available via

According to CNBC and an official Anthropic statement, on Thursday Anthropic announced it is working with nonprofits METR and SecureBio as part of its independent evaluators framework. METR will serve as a third-tier evaluator with employee-like access to Anthropic hardware, office spaces and tools to analyze risk levels and incidents. SecureBio is designated as a first-tier evaluator with more limited access, reviewing Anthropic's chemical and biological weapons risk assessments. The company is

According to MSCI, the company froze the MSCI Turkey index and said it would make a final decision on the Indonesian market by end of June 2027.

According to Bloomberg, on October 15, Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan urged US regulators to oversee financial firms operating on his blockchain rather than requiring the underlying network to register as a regulated exchange. Yan argued that regulatory responsibilities should rest with market deployers capable of enforcing trading restrictions and managing customers, while the blockchain provides neutral infrastructure—similar to internet technology used by regulated institutions. Payward, Kraken

According to zkSync's official tweet, the layer-2 scaling solution will deliver a keynote at Money 2020 on October 21. The presentation will focus on blockchain governance and control mechanisms in the current regulatory environment.

San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly said she is increasingly worried about the persistence of inflation and no longer believes the central bank can wait for repeated supply shocks to naturally fade from prices. Compared to six months ago, her view has "absolutely" changed; she previously favored the traditional central banking approach of dismissing inflation caused by commodity or service supply disruptions.

According to the Bank of Russia, on October 12, the regulator confirmed that peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading will be banned from July 1, 2027. Individuals will have approximately eight months to conduct direct crypto trades with each other before the prohibition takes effect under Federal Law No. 282-FZ. The regulator also clarified that residents cannot move crypto from digital accounts to their own non-custodial wallets or transfer coins to another person through depository-run addresses after th

According to a U.S. official on Thursday, President Trump did not issue any order restricting Ukraine's use of SpaceX's Starshield satellite technology. When asked whether Trump had ordered limitations on the system, the official denied the claim, stating the president never made such a request.