Venture Funding Hit $159 Billion in Q3, and Almost Two-Thirds of It Went to AI
Crunchbase's Q3 2026 data shows $159 billion in global venture funding, down a quarter from Q2 but far above a…
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The IMF Just Nudged Its Global Growth Forecast Up. Read Past the Headline, Because Only 32 Countries Are Doing the Work.
The IMF's October 12 World Economic Outlook lifts 2026 growth to 3.1 percent, but an oil shock and an AI…
150 Million Driver’s Licenses Are Now Searchable on a Russian Cybercrime Forum
Identity-verification giant IDScan.net confirmed hackers stole more than 150 million driver's license records — including document photos — now searchable…
18 Developer Groups Tell Brussels That Apple’s ‘Fixed’ App Store Still Breaks EU Law
Weeks after Apple overhauled its EU App Store fees to close out a court loss, 18 developer and publisher groups…
Six Chinese AI Labs Accused of ‘Industrial-Scale’ Model Theft — Washington Says It Has the Numbers
A joint NSA-FBI-CISA advisory names six Chinese AI labs — including DeepSeek and Alibaba — in a formal accusation of…
The Chip Shortage Nobody’s Talking About Is About to Show Up in Your Next Phone’s Price Tag
Samsung is warning the entire industry that memory chip supply is breaking down, and the numbers back it up —…
Singapore Just Matched Hong Kong’s Tax Breaks for Fund Managers Within Two Months. Asia’s Two Financial Capitals Are Now in an Open Bidding War for the Same Money.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore unveiled tax exemptions and a new visa pathway for fund managers on August 19, 2026,…
The FTC Just Accused Amazon of Running a Rigged Auction — For Seven Years, Against 1.2 Million of Its Own Advertisers
The FTC and 22 state attorneys general are accusing Amazon of secretly rigging its ad auctions to overcharge roughly 1.2…
Memory Chip Prices Just Rose Up to 90% in Three Months. SK Hynix’s Own CEO Says the Shortage Won’t Bottom Out Until 2030.
DRAM prices jumped up to 90% in a single quarter as AI data centers consume an estimated 70% of the…
The EU’s AI Act Started Enforcing Real Fines This Month. Most Philippine Founders Building AI Products Have Never Read Article 50.
The European Commission began enforcing the EU AI Act's transparency rules on August 2, 2026 — requiring chatbots to disclose…