An intensifying rout of tech stocks hit global markets Friday, with a surge of red tickers spreading from Wall Street to Asia and Europe after the blue wave of the U.S. midterm elections fueled fears over AI development.
Wall Street had a historic moment the day after Democrats swept the midterms, with the Dow rising 3% on Wednesday, its best performance after a midterm in 44 years. But on Thursday, it erased those gains,...
Google’s updated policy on how schools access its AI tools has raised questions among educational technology experts about the rationale behind the decision. The tech company on Tuesday announced plans to...
Market fears of AI investment slowdown isn't a new thing, says fund managerpublished at 08:06 GMT Image source, EPA ShutterstockObe Ejikeme, global equities fund manager at asset management company...
DOJ Super Intelligence Task Force launched Nov. 5 to coordinate criminal and civil enforcement against AI misuse, but neither it nor Executive Order 14434 creates a new offense. Attorney General Todd...
From 47m agoIntroduction: Global stocks tumble as AI panic grips marketsGood morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy.Fears that the Democratic...
S&P 500 companies lost a record $2.9 trillion (€2.6 trillion) in market value on Thursday. European shares opened lower on Friday as investors weighed whether Democrats’ US midterm wins could lead to tougher rules on AI data centres.
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minutes agoBen ChuPolicy and analysis correspondentGetty ImagesA US midterms voter poll has suggested data centres were a highly motivating issue for many Americans, leading some to argue public backlash...
The crude oil tanker NEW VISION unloads cargo at the Motor Oil refinery terminal in Agioi Theodoroi near Corinth, Greece, on Oct. 29, 2026, after departing Fujairah Anchorage in the United Arab Emirates....
Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below.Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) accused Alphabet Inc.'s Google of using its influence over schools to push...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has created a new task force to address criminal threats involving super intelligence (SI), putting federal prosecutors and investigators at the center of America’s...
Elon Musk deleted posts on X after Democrats made major gains in the 2026 US midterm elections, despite his financial backing of Republican candidatesElon Musk has deleted social media posts urging voters to...
By PYMNTS | November 5, 2026 | The valuation or the timing of Anthropic ’s planned initial public offering could be impacted by Thursday’s (Nov. 5) selloff of tech stocks, according to multiple media reports. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that three major investors who plan to participate in the IPO said An
By Huileng Tan You're currently following this author! Click to unsubscribe from email alerts. South Korea's Kospi had been among Asia's biggest beneficiaries of the AI boom, leaving it particularly exposed to the global tech sell-off. Chris Jung/NurPhoto/Getty Images Asia's technology stocks took another beating on Fr
It has been a challenging month for big tech stocks, including the biggest, Nvidia (NVDA -9.26%). The world's most valuable company has seen its stock price plummet about 15% since Oct. 6, down to $203 per...
President Donald Trump blamed Democrats' sweeping midterm election victories for Thursday's massive stock market sell-off, as Wall Street suffered its sharpest losses since April 2025. In a post on Truth...
Images of mobile devices at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) Museum of Innovation in Hsinchu, on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. I-Hwa Cheng | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAsian technology stocks tumbled...
Skip to main contentThe ChatGPT maker won’t use NDAs with public officials as part of its new data center community commitments.The ChatGPT maker won’t use NDAs with public officials as part of its new data...
ADAMS COUNTY, Ill. (WGEM) - A local Adams County harvest is going up in smoke this week, not from an accidental fire, but out of frustration. With sweeping new state rules on hemp taking effect next...
Cyberattacks targeted several European countries this week, including grocery stores across the UK and the European Union, as well as three cold storage facilities in France that house some of the nation's...
Stocks sank as investors fear an incoming Democratic Congress — and states across the country — could crack down on the AI industry and data centers. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images Two days after Democrats won overwhelmingly in the national midterm elections — a
AI shares sink after blue wave Transcript Download Embed < iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-6031987/nx-s1-9993987" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript Transcript AILSA CHANG, HOST: It was an ugly day on Wall Street. Stock markets
(KRON) -- A North Carolina man said his wife used ChatGPT to carry out an attempted murder plot against him, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday against San Francisco-based OpenAI.James Gates survived his...