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In the wake of attacks on CEOs, a nationwide protest movement targeting data centers, and increasing concerns about AI job replacement, federal intelligence agencies and domestic law enforcement are circulating reports with a new domestic target in mind: anti-technology extremists. More than 1,000 pages of unpublished reports from the Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and fusion centers obtained by WIRED show a national shift taking place to surveil this new and worryingly broad category of people and activities deemed an emerging threat. This new effort follows President Donald Trump’s National Security Presidential Memo 7, which instructs the Department of Justice…

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., talks with a reporter in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall on Friday, March 27, 2026. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesRepublicans have said for months that inflation is former President Joe Biden’s problem. Now, they’re staring down the barrel of an inflation crisis of their own making just in time for the midterm election, and the blame game is just getting started. Inflation ticked up to 3.8% year-over-year in April, the highest mark since 2023. Much of that spike is coming on the back of soaring energy prices, which have persisted since President…

Options traders are convinced the “SaaS-pocalypse” is over. Whether that’s true will likely depend on the market’s reaction to Salesforce earnings after the bell Wednesday.Volume ratios in options trading on the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV) have been increasingly bullish throughout this month, including on Tuesday — when more than twice as many calls traded as puts, with a heavy bias toward call-buying. By comparison, five times more puts traded in the VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) than calls.Cloud giant Salesforce, down more than 50% from its all-time highs more than 18 months ago, will likely have an outsized impact…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on December 02, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesTreasury yields fell on Wednesday as investor optimism over a potential settlement to the war in Iran was undented by pressure on the fragile ceasefire between Washington and Tehran. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note — the key benchmark for U.S. government borrowing — fell more than 2 basis points to 4.465%.The 2-year Treasury note yield, which more closely tracks short-term Federal Reserve interest rate policy, also fell more than 2…

US funds set aside cash as SpaceX and OpenAI prepare to go public, analysts say Source link

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced plans for a new campus in Taiwan during an employee meeting on May 27, 2026.NvidiaNvidia is expanding heavily in Taiwan with a new campus and a tenfold increase in annual spending, CEO Jensen Huang announced Wednesday, as the chipmaker plans for artificial intelligence-powered growth.Taiwan’s Taiex stock index climbed 1.7% to a record close on Wednesday. Also helping gains was news that South Korea’s SK Hynix and U.S.-based Micron became the latest chip-related companies to reach $1 trillion in market value.”Now we’re spending $100 [billion], going to $150 billion in Taiwan each year,” Huang said in…

The former SNP leader’s solicitor says her response was “standard” and she later provided written answers to detectives’ questions. Source link

A customer fills up a vehicle with fuel at a BP Plc petrol station in London, UK, on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFormer BP Chairman Albert Manifold has pushed back against accusations over his conduct following his shock departure from the British energy major.In an emailed statement to CNBC, Manifold said he’d been removed from his post “without warning and without explanation” and that he disputes “entirely the characterisation” of his conduct.His comments come after BP’s board on Tuesday announced the removal of Manifold due to “serious concerns” relating to governance standards, oversight and conduct. Amanda…

Investing.com —  reported a sharp fall in annual profit on Wednesday but said it was comfortable with market expectations for a recovery in the year ahead, sending its shares up over 4%. The British pet retailer posted pretax profit of £92.8 million for the year ended March 2026, down from £133 million a year earlier. The result came in ahead of the £92 million the company had outlined in March and within the £90 million to £100 million range it had set out in September 2025. The company said it was “comfortable” with consensus pretax profit of £98 million for…

Up until a decade ago, China had never launched as many as 20 orbital rockets a year. But beginning in 2022, the Asian country launched 64 rockets and last year reached a record total of 93, marking it as the second-most productive space power in the world. Further growth is anticipated from both the company’s state-owned enterprises as well as a rapidly expanding number of private launch companies. There is nothing wrong with this, as China’s rapid growth in launch has been mirrored by the United States and, in particular, SpaceX. However there is an issue with these launches, as…