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Meta Credit Risk Gauge Surges to Record on AI Spending Plans

Caleb Mutua / Bloomberg /

Also: Daily Maverick Meta strikes deal to keep Zuckerberg in California after wealth tax concerns, Semafor Meta plans nonvoting shares, eyeing more stock sales to fund its AI dreams

In other languages: Valor Econômico Em NY, Nasdaq despenca em meio aos receios sobre gastos de empresas de IA (pt)

  1. Some US diplomats told to leave Saudi Arabia amid Houthi attacks

    Jonathan Yerushalmy / The Guardian /

    Also: Sky News Who is behind the powerful Houthi dynasty?, Al-Monitor From mountain fighters to 'regional power': the rise of Yemen's Houthis, Bloomberg US Orders Some Diplomats Out of Saudi Arabia Amid Houthi Attacks, Financial Times US orders some personnel to leave Saudi Arabia after Houthi attacks · see all

    In other languages: Le Temps Des montagnes du Yémen à la scène régionale, l'ascension des houthis avec l'appui de l'Iran (fr), Aftenposten Houthiene har angrepet flere mål i Saudi-Arabia (no), Handelsblatt +++ Iran-Krieg +++: Nach Alarm: Ölkonzern Saudi Aramco evakuiert seine Zentrale (de)

  2. Vance: Starlink Use Depends on US Policy Toward Kyiv, Moscow – Not Musk

    Kyiv Post /

    Also: The Wall Street Journal Trump Called Musk and Asked Him to Lift Ukraine Starlink Restrictions

    In other languages: Handelsblatt +++ Ukraine-Krieg +++: Musk hat Starlink-Zugang für Ukraine laut Trump wiederhergestellt (de)

  3. Barclays to Cut 5,000 Jobs in A.I.-Driven Push to Lower Costs

    James Paton / The New York Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Barclays to Cut 5,000 Jobs as AI Starts to Create Efficiency, The Guardian Barclays to cut 5,000 jobs as bank’s bosses hail AI productivity advances, BBC Barclays cutting 5,000 jobs as it increases reliance on AI, Financial Times Barclays to cut 5,000 jobs as bank steps up AI adoption, Euronews Barclays to cut 5,000 jobs as it turns to AI to improve efficiency · see all

    In other languages: Le Figaro Avec l’adoption de l’IA, la banque britannique Barclays va supprimer environ 5000 emplois (fr), Handelsblatt Künstliche Intelligenz: Nach KI-Investitionen: Großbank Barclays streicht 5.000 Jobs (de), Le Temps La banque Barclays annonce supprimer environ 5000 emplois, qu’elle remplace par l’IA (fr), Dagens industri Barclays säger upp 5.000 anställda – ersätts med AI (sv), Expansión Barclays recortará 5.000 empleos por el uso de la IA y otras tecnologías (es), Neue Zürcher Zeitung MELDUNGEN WIRTSCHAFT - Just Eat stellt Geschäftsmodell um und baut Stellen ab +++ Grossbank Barclays streicht nach KI-Investitionen 5000 Stellen (de) · see all

  4. Oil Tankers Plying the US-China Route Command $60 Million. It’s Crushing Demand.

    Yongchang Chin and Nathan Risser / Bloomberg /

    Also: MarketWatch Oil prices approach Iran-war highs as soaring tanker rates trigger a second energy squeeze

  5. Shell and Exxon Put $8 Billion Chemical Unit on Block, FT Says

    Joe Ryan / Bloomberg /

    Also: Financial Times Shell and Exxon’s $8bn UK chemicals unit put up for sale

    In other languages: Diario Financiero Shell y Exxon evalúan la venta de su unidad química británica por US$ 8.000 millones (es)

  6. Ukraine Expands Satellite Cooperation With Finland as Starlink Doubts Linger

    Kyiv Post /

  7. UK to relax post-2008 rules that hold City bosses accountable for wrongdoing

    The Guardian /

  8. UK waters down ‘fit and proper’ rules set up to hold bankers to account

    Financial Times /

  9. ECLAC cuts Latin America’s 2026 growth forecast to 2.0%

    bne IntelliNews /

  10. Qatar locks in US LNG through 2054 as it looks beyond Hormuz

    Samuel Wendel / Al-Monitor /

    Also: Bloomberg Qatar Agrees to Buy US LNG to 2054 as War Upends Supply

  11. EU Sanctions Envoy Pushes for Action Against Rusal’s Irish Alumina Refinery

    OCCRP /

  12. Flaw in PHP computer language leads to shutdown of websites around world

    Robert Booth and Aisha Down / The Guardian /

    Also: Bloomberg Hackers Morph Exposed AI Models Into Tools for Cybercrime, Financial Times Websites taken offline in race to patch PHP security flaw, MercoPress Global alert over two critical PHP flaws forces government websites offline, Sky News The PHP internet crisis could just be the beginning, BBC What is PHP and why did it spark a global cyber-security scramble?, The New York Times PHP Security Flaw Sets Off Global Rush to Patch, Leaving Websites Offline, The Japan Times Bank, business and ministry websites halted after PHP vulnerabilities announced · see all

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Cybersecurity: Sicherheitslücke in Programmiersprache: 70 Prozent aller Websites betroffen (de), Jornal de Negócios Falha de cibersegurança na linguagem PHP obriga a desligar sites em todo o mundo (pt), La Nación Empresas y gobiernos del mundo se apuran a corregir una vulnerabilidad que los expone a millones de intentos de ataque (es), Diario Financiero Los sitios web de todo el mundo corren para corregir una falla de seguridad en PHP (es), Neue Zürcher Zeitung Kantone, Spitäler, KMU: In der Schweiz waren Tausende Websites von der gefährlichen Sicherheitslücke betroffen (de), NRC Kwetsbaarheden in PHP lijken met een update te zijn opgelost, maar tech-experts denken nieuwe risico’s te zien (nl), Süddeutsche Zeitung Podcast: „Auf den Punkt“: Die PHP-Sicherheitslücke – und was KI damit zu tun hat (de), Frankfurter Allgemeine Internetseiten offline: Was hinter den PHP-Schwachstellen steckt und was nun jeder tun muss (de), Svenska Dagbladet Varnar efter säkerhetshålen i PHP (sv) · see all

  13. Egypt calls for Yemen talks as parliament weighs military support to Saudi Arabia

    Al-Monitor /

  14. China's AI leader DeepSeek raises $15B

    Jeronimo Gonzalez / Semafor /

    In other languages: Valor Econômico DeepSeek conclui captação de US$ 15 bilhões para impulsionar corrida da IA, dizem fontes (pt), Handelsblatt Künstliche Intelligenz: Deepseek sammelt wohl 15 Milliarden Dollar ein (de)

  15. GROUNDUP: High court sets aside multibillion-rand ARV contracts over procurement irregularities

    Tania Broughton for GroundUp / Daily Maverick /

  16. Net Power Surrendered Its Clean Dreams to Data Center Demand

    Emily Pontecorvo / Heatmap /

  17. First known human case of Shamonda virus confirmed in France

    Claudia Chiappa / POLITICO Europe /

    Also: The Guardian Shamonda virus detected in human for first time in France

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Patient gestorben: Frankreich meldet ersten Shamonda-Virus-Fall beim Menschen (de)

  18. RBI asks banks, payment firms to forensically clear tech environments in case of a data breach

    The Economic Times /

  19. A 100-day plan to keep Joburg’s lights on

    Ann Bernstein / Daily Maverick /

  20. Palantir chief: Europe must ‘accept some dependency’ on US tech

    Sifted /

  21. US and Israel develop plans to attack Iran after the midterms

    Macarena Vidal Liy / El País /

    Also: The Telegraph US and Israel draw up plans to target Iranian nuclear sites

  22. Ukraine war latest: Ukrainian troops infiltrate Russian rear near Kupiansk through 15 kilometers of gas pipelines

    Tania Myronyshena / The Kyiv Independent /

  23. Portuguese and Spanish unions in talks over 'Iberian general strike'

    Euronews /

  24. Germany arrests Ukrainian national suspected of spying for Russia

    Jonas Heins / The Kyiv Independent /

    Also: Kyiv Post Germany Arrests Ukrainian Suspected of Spying for Russia

Earlier today

  1. Meta to Pay Historic $25 Billion in New Mexico Deception Case

    Isaiah Poritz / Bloomberg /

  2. Oil tops $110 as Houthi drone strike near Saudi Shaybah field rattles markets

    Jennifer Gnana / The National /

  3. SpaceX and Tesla mega-merger under discussion

    Prashant Rao / Semafor /

  4. What Elon Musk stands to gain from a Tesla-SpaceX merger

    Financial Times /

  5. US orders diplomats to depart Saudi Arabia amid Houthi strikes

    Al-Monitor /