– Microsoft’s cloud business powered a strong start to its fiscal year, with Microsoft Cloud revenue rising 30% to $63.9 billion. The company reported the results on Wednesday, October 28, for the quarter ended September 30. Net income climbed to
– Apple has launched a redesigned MacBook Pro featuring its new PROLED XDR display and, for the first time on a Mac, Touch input. The company announced the laptop on Wednesday, October 28, in 14- and 16-inch sizes. It runs
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– Meta plans to raise as much as $95 billion in new equity to fund its push into AI infrastructure and superintelligence, the company said on Monday, October 26. The plan begins with $35 billion in underwritten public offerings. A
– Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been re-elected president of Brazil after defeating Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in Sunday’s runoff, the Superior Electoral Court announced on October 25. Lula won 51.76% of the vote with nearly all polling stations counted,
– Four major financial firms have committed $63 billion to fund AI computing hardware from Broadcom for Anthropic. Bank of America, Blackstone, Citi and Morgan Stanley unveiled the transaction on Monday, October 26. The deal forms part of a strategic
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