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Apple Takes Aim at AI Agents, Wants Mac Users to Know When Their Data Is Accessed as Meta Tackles Muse Privacy Claims

Apple Takes Aim at AI Agents, Wants Mac Users to Know When Their Data Is Accessed as Meta Tackles Muse Privacy Claims

Apple plans to update macOS to clearly notify users whenever AI agents attempt to access their system data.

Jim Cramer Says Investors Who Bet AI Would Destroy Software Stocks ‘Blew Up’ — Salesforce, Veeva and Palantir Led Q3 Comeback: Stocks to Watch Ahead

Jim Cramer Says Investors Who Bet AI Would Destroy Software Stocks ‘Blew Up’ — Salesforce, Veeva and Palantir Led Q3 Comeback: Stocks to Watch Ahead

Enterprise software's resurgence was a defining stock market story of the third quarter despite fears of AI negatively impacting their business, according to Jim Cramer.

KB Home Spends $50 Million Buying Back Shares Below Book Value—Analyst Questions Rising Leverage

KB Home Spends $50 Million Buying Back Shares Below Book Value—Analyst Questions Rising Leverage

KB Home's Q3 financial results highlighted a strategic unease between aggressive share buybacks below book value and rising leverage.

Jim Cramer Says Wall Street May Be Overreacting to Meta’s Muse AI Threat — This Stock Could Be ‘Mostly Insulated’ From AI Fallout

Jim Cramer Says Wall Street May Be Overreacting to Meta’s Muse AI Threat — This Stock Could Be ‘Mostly Insulated’ From AI Fallout

CNBC host Jim Cramer said Wall Street could be overreacting to the potential threat of Meta Platforms Inc.'s (NASDAQ: META) Muse AI agent on consumer-focused companies.

Ro Khanna Takes Aim at AI’s Biggest Safety Risk With New Bill — Would Ban ‘Recursive’ Self-Improvement and Force Human Control: Report

Ro Khanna Takes Aim at AI’s Biggest Safety Risk With New Bill — Would Ban ‘Recursive’ Self-Improvement and Force Human Control: Report

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) is planning to unveil a bill aimed at governing AI that is expected to have stern liability guidelines.

Trump Rejects Iran’s 7-Day Ceasefire Offer, Tells Aides Bombing Could Resume After Midterms: Report

Trump Rejects Iran’s 7-Day Ceasefire Offer, Tells Aides Bombing Could Resume After Midterms: Report

President Donald Trump has discarded Tehran's offer for a ceasefire and expects to restart attacks on Iran after the midterms.

Trump-Iran Talks Put Strait of Hormuz Access On Table In Exchange For US Blockade Relief: Report

Trump-Iran Talks Put Strait of Hormuz Access On Table In Exchange For US Blockade Relief: Report

Negotiators from the U.S. and Iran are discussing a gradual way out of the war that would see the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, among other things.

Sam Altman, Dario Amodei Warn AI Could Threaten Humanity at UN as Trump Rejects ‘Globalist’ Controls: OpenAI CEO Says AI Race Is No Reason for ‘Rash Decisions’

Sam Altman, Dario Amodei Warn AI Could Threaten Humanity at UN as Trump Rejects ‘Globalist’ Controls: OpenAI CEO Says AI Race Is No Reason for ‘Rash Decisions’

CEO's of Anthropic and OpenAI warned of potential risks of AI at the United Nations Security Council urged global cooperation.

Elizabeth Warren Slams Trump as $6.9 Billion in Russia-Linked Payments Reportedly Slipped Through Global Banks Despite Sanctions (UPDATED)

Elizabeth Warren Slams Trump as $6.9 Billion in Russia-Linked Payments Reportedly Slipped Through Global Banks Despite Sanctions (UPDATED)

Global banks, including Standard Chartered and Citigroup, processed over $6.9 billion from a Russia-backed financial firm that deceived its way into the system via document forgery.

Google's Gemini Goes Rogue, Hacks 3 Companies During Cybersecurity Test — Here’s What Happened (UPDATED)

Google's Gemini Goes Rogue, Hacks 3 Companies During Cybersecurity Test — Here’s What Happened (UPDATED)

Google Gemini accessed the internet and broke into three companies while a test of its cybersecurity capabilities was being carried out.

US Government Website Quietly Used Alibaba’s Qwen AI Amid FBI Accusations of China Firm Imitating Anthropic: Report

US Government Website Quietly Used Alibaba’s Qwen AI Amid FBI Accusations of China Firm Imitating Anthropic: Report

A US government website used an AI model Alibaba allowing users to search for proposed federal rules, despite the FBI previously accusing the company of imitation of Anthropic's AI technology.

World’s Top-Performing Sovereign Wealth Fund Warns US Stocks Could Face a ‘Reversion’ — ‘We Would Expect There to Be Some...’

World’s Top-Performing Sovereign Wealth Fund Warns US Stocks Could Face a ‘Reversion’ — ‘We Would Expect There to Be Some...’

The world's best-performing sovereign wealth fund based on long-term annualized returns has warned about a potential pullback in U.S. equities.

Satya Nadella Says Xi Jinping ‘Should Also Deeply Care’ About AI Safety — ‘It Doesn’t Make Sense’ for Risks to Concern Only Americans

Microsoft Corp.'s (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Satya Nadella said China should also care about AI safety, while weighing in on the impact of AI.

OpenAI’s AI Agents Went After RubyGems Before the Hugging Face Hack — 500+ Malicious Packages Were Removed

OpenAI’s AI Agents Went After RubyGems Before the Hugging Face Hack — 500+ Malicious Packages Were Removed

AI agents from OpenAI attacked a software service called RubyGems in May, months before the hack on Hugging Face.

Gavin Newsom Takes the Fight to Big Tech With New Curbs on Social Media, AI Use to Protect Kids: ‘Unregulated Technology Puts Our Children at Risk’

Gavin Newsom Takes the Fight to Big Tech With New Curbs on Social Media, AI Use to Protect Kids: ‘Unregulated Technology Puts Our Children at Risk’

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed laws limiting addictive social media features, strengthening AI chatbot safeguards.

Investors Showing 'Complacency' Even as Geopolitical, Economic Risks On the Rise, Says UBS CEO:

Investors Showing 'Complacency' Even as Geopolitical, Economic Risks On the Rise, Says UBS CEO:

UBS Group AG's (NYSE:UBS) CEO Sergio Ermotti warned that investors have grown complacent, in spite of rising geopolitical and economic risks.

Amazon, Google and Meta Face Pushback Over Data Center Tax Breaks — Lawmaker Says They Have ‘More Money Than God’

Amazon, Google and Meta Face Pushback Over Data Center Tax Breaks — Lawmaker Says They Have ‘More Money Than God’

Some state lawmakers, including Ohio State Rep. Tristan Rader, D-Lakewood, want to repeal the sales-tax exemption and renegotiate previous deals with big tech companies for data centers.

Elon Musk’s Space Data Center Bet Faces a Reality Check — Experts Says It Could Be a ‘Next-Decade Event’

Elon Musk’s Space Data Center Bet Faces a Reality Check — Experts Says It Could Be a ‘Next-Decade Event’

Orbital data centers could be the next frontier in the AI race but experts are divided on the timeline, with one saying it is a "next-decade event," even as Elon Musk eyes a launch in late 2027.

LULU Stock Got Crushed 17% — Ross Gerber Says Lululemon Is in ‘Shambles’ as Michael Burry Calls His Largest Position a ‘Trickster’

LULU Stock Got Crushed 17% — Ross Gerber Says Lululemon Is in ‘Shambles’ as Michael Burry Calls His Largest Position a ‘Trickster’

Lululemon stock slumped about 17% on Friday after the company forecast a weaker full-year outlook, drawing sharp reactions from top investors.

Broadcom CEO Says AI Demand Could Be ‘Significantly’ Higher — But Land, Power, Chips and Substrates Are Holding Back Data Center Deployments

Broadcom CEO Says AI Demand Could Be ‘Significantly’ Higher — But Land, Power, Chips and Substrates Are Holding Back Data Center Deployments

Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) is positive on generating billions of dollars in AI revenue, but flagged supply chain constraints and the actual deployment of data centers as issues that remain.