Oct 15 : US semiconductor stocks were set to lose $2 trillion in market value on Thursday in the steep selloff since last week, driven by rising bets of an interest-rate hike and concerns over the cost of the AI buildout.来源 1
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The Philadelphia SE Semiconductor index was last down 3.3 per cent, adding to a $1.64 trillion wipeout over the past six sessions.来源 1
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Chipmakers lost ground, with Nvidia down 3.3 per cent, and Micron Technology and Advanced Micro Devices losing 5 per cent and 6.4 per cent, respectively.来源 2
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The broader chips index will have shed US$2 trillion in a more-than-14 per cent slide in seven sessions, if losses hold. It would mark its longest losing streak since May 2025.来源 2
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South Korea’s benchmark Kospi 200 index, which is heavily skewed towards the companies that make memory chips, fell more than 8% overnight to a six-month closing low, triggering circuit breakers that brought trading to a halt at various points.来源 3
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Some of those semiconductor stocks, such as SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics, plunged nearly 11% and 9.5% respectively. The index closed at a six-month low, down 8.1%.来源 3
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CoreWeave — a so-called neocloud company — has taken on more than $51 billion of debt and obligations to finance its AI infrastructure build-out. It's now facing a rebellion from stock and bond investors as concerns mount about AI overspending and debt levels.来源 4
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Yields on CoreWeave debt have continued to climb, with the yield to maturity on its 9.75% bond due in 2031 reaching 15.78%. Bond yields move inversely to prices. Meanwhile, the spread on its five-year credit default swaps, which are insurance against default, at one point soared above 1,140 basis points. It last stood at nearly 1,038 bps — a 16% week-over-week jump and 164% higher than a year ago.来源 4
Some investors who attended Anthropic's investor day on Wednesday in San Francisco discussed a valuation of around $1.5 trillion, three of the people said, a significant step down from the roughly $2 trillion valuation that investors had previously expected for the November share sale.来源 1
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At Wednesday's meeting, Anthropic told prospective IPO investors that its third-quarter revenue jumped 45 per cent to $16.8 billion from the previous quarter, and that it was profitable on an adjusted basis during the quarter.来源 1
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While those numbers assuaged some concerns about the massive costs of developing AI systems, some investors were disappointed by the slowing sequential growth rate in the latest quarter, as Anthropic's revenue more than doubled from the first quarter to $11.6 billion in the second quarter, the people added. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.来源 1
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Anthropic revenue surged by 45% to $16.8bn (£12.7bn) in the three months to the end of September, the BBC understands.来源 2
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Anthropic's revenue has risen in successive quarters this year, from $4.7bn in the first three months to $11.6bn the following period.来源 2
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The company also told investors during the event at its headquarters in San Francisco that it had made a third quarter profit on an adjusted basis, an accounting method which ignores non-recurring costs.来源 2
Meta announced the Muse Spark Open AI model today, claiming that it’s the “most capable US open-weight model to date,” and Meta and Apple are supporting each other on the launch.来源 2
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The collaboration centers on Muse Spark Open, the most capable open-weight model released under a license that allows for limited commercial use, according to Meta. It's an 816-billion-parameter model using a so-called mixture-of-experts architecture. As an open-weight model, developers can download the technology's parameters, or weights, from the internet and run the model on a wide range of hardware.来源 3
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Customers will be able to pair between two and four Mac Studio PCs to use Muse Spark to code, analyze video or do other agentic work. The model runs locally, instead of in the cloud, adding a layer of security and saving users money, the companies said.来源 3
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Zuckerberg posted a picture on X showing the Meta agent working on a Mac computer. He wrote, "Muse Spark Open -- weights releasing today -- runs great on new Mac Studios thanks to work with @johnternus and Apple."来源 3
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Ternus responded, "Congrats to the team! Amazing to run a model of Muse Spark Open's caliber and scale this efficiently, right from your desk. Mac Studio keeps pushing the boundaries of on-device AI!"来源 3
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The new model, which leverages 816 billion parameters and a 1 million token context window, claims to offer superior performance to other popular open-weight models, according to evaluation results released by Meta on Thursday.来源 4
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• Meta said Muse Spark has 816 billion total parameters, with 42 billion active at a time, and can handle a context window of up to 1 million tokens来源 5
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• The model can run locally on two Apple M5 Ultra Mac Studio computers and is also available through some API providers来源 5
Oct 15 : Anthropic has given nonprofit METR employee-level access to its systems and is in talks with others including Hugging Face, as AI companies pitch external evaluators as a way to safely advance the technology without slowing its development.来源 1
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Anthropic said on Thursday six employees of METR — or Model Evaluation and Threat Research — have company hardware, office space and access to internal systems roughly equivalent to its risk assessment teams. However, customer data, legally privileged information and model architecture will remain off limits.来源 1
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The company said it cannot veto METR's findings on risks, incidents and practices, but can require narrowly defined redactions. METR can also publicly question those redactions without revealing the withheld information.来源 1
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Anthropic is giving employee-level access to six researchers from METR, a nonprofit that tests frontier AI models, to independently assess Anthropic’s models, safety practices, and risk management, the company said in a blog post on Thursday.来源 2
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Under the new arrangement, the METR team has Anthropic-issued company laptops, office space, and access to internal tools roughly on par with what Anthropic’s own risk assessment teams use. “Anthropic employees are encouraged to share information with them just as they would with a fellow employee working on alignment risk” the company said.来源 2
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METR will publish its own assessments of Anthropic’s risks, incidents, and practices, and the company has given up the right to block them.来源 2
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“Anthropic can’t veto publication, but we can require them to redact information if it falls into narrow, pre-defined categories,” the company said, such as customer data, anything attorney-client privileged, or relating to information about its model architectures. “METR is free to characterize our redactions publicly, and say whether it believes the redactions were justified, as long as it does so without revealing the redacted information” Anthropic added.来源 2
As Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s record quarter makes clear, demand from chipmakers shows no sign of slowing down. In fact, TSMC can't manufacture quickly enough.来源 1
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TSMC North American CEO Sajiv Dalal told CNBC he gets at least 10 calls a day about wafer capacity. TSMC posted record profit for a sixth straight quarter on Thursday and expects fourth-quarter revenue to be 58% higher than a year earlier, driven by strong demand for its advanced chipmaking technologies.来源 1
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The artificial intelligence boom has created unending need for space on factory lines at the world's leading chip manufacturer, and it could put a chokehold on the entire industry's ability to scale. Last year, TSMC said it had the capacity to make more than 17 million 12-inch equivalent wafers. But customers want more.来源 1
Following a string of incidents where AI models hacked websites and breached government systems during testing phases, the Federal Trade Commission is officially probing Anthropic and OpenAI over consumer harms, an insider told Axios.来源 1
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On Wednesday, the FTC sent out civil investigative demands seeking a wide range of information from the AI firms on recent safety incidents.来源 1
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The FTC did not respond to Ars’ request to review the subpoena demands. However, Axios’ source said the requests spanned more than 50 pages of questions and sought documents related to the incidents, internal security measures taken, and marketing materials that may suggest consumers were misled.来源 1
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Soon, third parties targeted by OpenAI and Anthropic agents will also be subpoenaed, Axios’ source said. Any concerning evidence gathered may support FTC litigation, should the FTC decide to sue either or both firms for releasing unsafe products.来源 1
Pig kidneys that were cooled to -150 °C and stored in a freezer for months have been successfully rewarmed and shown to work again for the first time, say scientists.来源 1
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The kidneys, which are similar in size to human ones, were left in a glass-like state, in one case for over a year. Once they had been rewarmed, tested in machines, and transplanted into pigs, the kidneys regained their color and made urine—key signs they were working.来源 1
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Pig kidneys that were cooled to -150 °C and stored in a freezer for months have been successfully rewarmed and shown to work again for the first time, say scientists. They hope to replicate the findings with human organs.来源 2
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The kidneys—which are similar in size to human ones—were left in a glass-like state, in one case for over a year. Once they had been rewarmed, tested in machines, and transplanted into pigs, the kidneys regained their color and made urine—key signs they were working.来源 2
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There are lots of ways to measure the function of a kidney, but one key test is whether or not the organ can make urine. By this measure, the rewarmed kidneys did well, although they produced around two-thirds of the amount that would normally be expected. “They produce urine … within a minute or so,” says Finger. “We know that they work.”来源 2
Now, the artificial intelligence company Anthropic has published a report warning that AI-powered malware could soon infiltrate connected household devices, copy itself to other devices and become active there.来源 1
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Anthropic researchers investigated whether AI models could also run on relatively inexpensive hardware. In an experiment, they distributed an AI model across 15 low-cost Android TV boxes, with each device handling part of the computation. This demonstrated that certain AI applications can run without a large data center.来源 1
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In a controlled test environment, the researchers set up eight additional simulated Android devices. The AI model was able to infiltrate one of them, replicate itself and infect other devices. In four out of five attempts, it reached all eight target devices. In the remaining attempt, it reached seven of the eight.来源 1
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The potential consequences of cyberattacks on connected control systems has already been seen in an incident in France. Overnight into Monday, attackers tampered with refrigeration and freezer systems at numerous supermarkets. Temperatures in the affected units rose to as high as 50 degrees Celsius. Food spoiled, and some incidents also involved fires and technical damage.来源 1
BERLIN, Oct 15 : Germany plans a wide-ranging cooperation agreement with US chip maker Nvidia to boost the take-up of artificial intelligence in German industry, business daily Handelsblatt said on Thursday, citing people familiar with the issue.来源 1
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It said the deal would be announced next week at the Invest in Germany conference in Berlin, where Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang will be a guest.来源 1
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The aim of the deal would be two-fold, the newspaper said. Firstly, it would create the basis for physical AI tools, used in training robots or self-driving vehicles. Secondly, it would help to create high-performance AI models for industry.来源 1
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The newspaper said the agreement would involve investments in the hundreds of millions of euros.来源 1
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It said the agreement would be formed around the SOOFI project - Sovereign Open Source Foundation Models - launched in Germany last year to develop large AI models in collaboration with research institutions, universities, and AI companies.来源 1
Amazon on Thursday unveiled two new Bee listening devices, including a wearable and a credit card-sized voice recorder, marking its latest push into the AI gadget market.来源 1
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The Bee Frontier is an upgraded version of Amazon's existing wearable that can either be worn on a wrist or clipped to clothing. Similar to earlier generations, the Bee Frontier has up to seven days of battery life, but it's also more expensive, costing $75 compared with its $50 predecessor.来源 1
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Amazon also debuted the $100 Bee Eclipse, which functions like other Bee devices, but instead of being worn, the credit card-sized gadget magnetically snaps on to the back of a smartphone.来源 1
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The Bee Frontier is available Thursday, while the Bee Eclipse "will be available soon," the company said.来源 1
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When turned on, Bee devices are always recording. Amazon says this enables key features like conversation summaries and the ability to "review memories from the past few days to remember what you discussed." It can also track "trends or themes that recur" to give personalized goals or actions.来源 1
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The company said Bee devices are designed so that "no one, including Amazon, can access your data." Users can delete their transcripts and summaries at any time and "no audio is ever stored," Amazon said.来源 1
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Frontier is a bracelet and Eclipse is a brick that resembles a portable magnetic charger. Users attach the Eclipse to their smartphones. The devices aggregate information from calendars, apps and other data throughout the day, Amazon said.来源 2
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The Frontier bracelet costs $75 and the Eclipse $100, Amazon said.来源 2
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He said that because the devices are always listening when turned on, users do not have to make reminders for themselves and "can stay more present" throughout the day. The company said users control privacy by deciding when to turn it on and can delete insights or prior conversations as they see fit. Amazon does not store audio.来源 2
An Israeli advertising agency has been serving millions of online adverts that allow “zero-click” spyware to be used against targets, researchers at a Canadian university have said.来源 2
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Citizen Lab, a digital investigations research unit at the University of Toronto, said it believed dozens of devices at the Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera had been compromised by spyware delivered through ads run by Discover-Tech, which describes itself as a specialised digital advertising agency.来源 2
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According to Citizen Lab, Discover-Tech operates a software platform called Controlium that allows its clients to “mass-profile and deanonymise” internet users then covertly hack targets with third-party spyware. Unlike infections that rely on people interacting with links or files, the spyware requires no interaction from the victim to be installed, making it a new delivery technique, Citizen Lab says.来源 2
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They say that millions of users worldwide have been served ads by Discover-Tech since 2024, including in Yemen, Brazil, Mexico and Czechia.来源 2
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An Israeli spyware disguised as a digital advertisement firm has targeted journalists’ devices at Al Jazeera.来源 1
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An Israeli spyware disguised as a digital advertisement firm has targeted journalists’ devices at Al Jazeera and other companies. Here is what we know.来源 1
After decades of discussion, quibbling and worrying about clocks in computer systems, the world’s official timekeepers have voted to replace what many viewed as a tiresome correction: the leap second. It’s time, they say, for the leap hour.来源 1
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Delegates from 69 countries cast their votes on Thursday at a conference in France of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, which ensures the world sticks to the same standards of time, weight, distance and more.来源 1
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The decision to adopt the leap hour from next year aims to reduce the risk of computers and other technical systems tripping over as their software grapples with minutes lasting 61 seconds – and, worse, 59 seconds – instead of a round 60.来源 1
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The vote at Versailles means that coordinated universal time (UTC) can drift up to an hour from astronomical time before a leap hour is needed, but that is unlikely to happen for thousands of years.来源 1
New antibiotics are urgently needed to help with rising levels of antimicrobial resistance, but searching for new therapeutics is often a slow, labor-intensive process. With Google Antigravity, our agentic development platform, this process can now be made easier.来源 1
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Google Antigravity provides an agentic science workbench that empowers biologists to discover, structurally evaluate, and prioritize promising targets quickly, compressing what used to be a fragmented search over multiple databases into a single session. It also helps researchers scan through millions of previously uncharacterized proteins in the UniProt database using ProtNLM, a model that predicts biological function from amino acid sequences.来源 1
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This technical walkthrough shows how biologists used Google Antigravity to uncover a novel antimicrobial peptide candidate which has predicted activity against the pathogens involved in respiratory tract infections. The lead identified here is now undergoing wet-lab validation.来源 1
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the chipmaker "absolutely must" work with Chinese AI companies on monitoring risks around the "potentially dangerous" technology.来源 1
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"We absolutely should work with each other so that we advance the technology safely," he told CNBC during a media briefing on Wednesday evening in London.来源 1
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Huang said that "dialogue" was the way to work with Chinese AI companies, adding that he has "dialogues with many of the researchers in China."来源 1
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"We ought to enhance the dialogue," he added. "The United States should do it... I advocated that the U.K. do the same thing."来源 1
We’re introducing the Rosalind Academic Plan to help more academic scientists access GPT‑Rosalind, our dedicated life sciences model, which combines frontier reasoning with Rosalind workbench(opens in a new window) that enables specialized tool orchestration across medicinal chemistry, genomics, wet-lab assistance, and other scientific applications. Eligible labs can receive up to 30 Business Standard seats at no cost for up to 12 months, with access to GPT‑Rosalind subject to trusted-access approval.来源 1
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- Up to 30 Business Standard seats at $0 per user per month for up to 12 months.来源 1
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Research data shared through the Rosalind Academic Plan is not used to train our models by default.来源 1
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The Rosalind Academic Plan is currently available to academic labs at U.S. universities. PIs and lab leads at universities without an OpenAI Enterprise agreement can apply on behalf of their labs through our trusted access process. Labs at universities with an existing agreement must apply through their university’s Enterprise access process.来源 1
SATSUMASENDAI, Kagoshima -- This southwest Japan city has unveiled a basic development plan to promote an industrial cluster centered on one of Japan's largest artificial intelligence (AI) data centers being developed on the Sendai Port waterfront.来源 1
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The plan unveiled on Oct. 8 outlines land use for about 50 hectares in the area and presents a 10-year vision focused on attracting related industries, creating jobs and drawing more people to Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture.来源 1
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In July, the Satsumasendai Municipal Government signed a location agreement with Kai Shin Digital Infrastructure Inc, a new company established by Taiwan's major venture capital firm CDIB Capital Group and others, to operate a data center with a power-receiving capacity of 350 megawatts by March 2033 at Circular Park Kyushu, a decarbonization hub on the former site of a Kyushu Electric Power Co. thermal power plant. Total investment, including related projects, is expected to reach 2.85 trillion yen (roughly $18 billion), and construction of some facilities will begin in late November.来源 1
A smooth round hole in the shoulder blade of a Neanderthal who died more than 70,000 years ago may be the oldest evidence so far of a human ancestor being killed by a wooden spear.来源 1
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Archaeologists spotted the distinctive injury after excavating skeletal remains of the adult and other Neanderthals from under nearly 8 metres of rock and sediment in the Shanidar cave in Iraqi Kurdistan.来源 1
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Researchers found only partial remains of the injured Neanderthal, an adult aged about 45. The left shoulder blade that bears the wound was found with seven teeth, several ribs and fragments, and a near complete right hand that was leaning against the boulder.来源 1
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Close inspection of the shoulder blade revealed three fractures spreading out from the 1.5cm-wide hole and fragments of bone that filled the wound. The shards were probably punched out of the thin bone when the spear hit, the scientists said.来源 1
Bluesky is bringing “social vibe coding” to its experimental Attie platform, allowing users to create interactive experiences like games, quizzes, and websites that can tap into the social network's audience.来源 1
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Open social network Bluesky is once again expanding beyond its flagship app. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 on Thursday, the company announced the launch of a new tool that allows creators to make websites, quizzes, games, polls, and other interactive experiences.来源 1
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That network today has 47 million registered users, though it’s seen a decline in engagement, as some users who tested it out later returned to X.来源 1
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Bluesky’s Attie AI tool, which initially launched earlier this year as a way to use AI to build your own feeds, now lets you make “small” social apps like games, polls, and dashboards that you can then share with others as their own websites. In an interview at TechCrunch Disrupt, Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider said to think of Attie as “social vibe coding or vibe coding for your community.” [Media: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v7lt2fu7igydcjszoexxrvl2/post/3mxwnz4gbzk2r] You can make your own Attie app by typing in a prompt. A simple poll I made about Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue took a few minutes to generate. If you want to check out something more full-featured, the Attie website currently highlights a few examples like a “Flappy Butterfly” Flappy Bird clone, a drum machine, a quiz, and an idle clicker about a celery man, and each has a custom link on the attie.site domain and attribution for who made the social app at the bottom of the page. The apps I’ve messed around with are pretty lightweight novelties, though I liked the drum machine.来源 2
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas browser is gone, but now ChatGPT’s Google Chrome extension is getting some upgrades that allow it to use the browser tabs you already have open. With the extension installed, OpenAI says ChatGPT can now view your browser tabs when you tag Chrome in ChatGPT’s web or desktop app, posting a demo video showing someone asking ChatGPT to compare the three tabs they have open with sofas they’re considering. [Media: https://twitter.com/ChatGPT/status/2110823738531037651?s=20] [Media: https://twitter.com/ChatGPT/status/2110823740309401654?s=20] Here are some of the sample queries OpenAI listed for using the upgraded add-on: * Use the details in this event brief to fill out the registration form, and stop before submitting. * Put the vendors in these tabs into my comparison sheet, with pricing, key features, and source links. * Look at all the tabs I have open and compare the contractor services. Then draft an email to the one that fits my home renovation. * Fill out the form I have open in @chrome ahead of seeing my new dentist. Also, can you add the appointment to my work and personal calendar. It’s also updated ChatGPT in the sidebar, with “the full power of ChatGPT” and your entire conversation history in Chat or Work to use without leaving the page you’re viewing. It also enables ChatGPT Work to “control” your Chrome tabs for tasks like “sending messages, filling out forms, or downloading files,” similar to Google’s Gemini-powered “auto browse” feature, as well as organize or group open tabs.来源 1
US-Iran war plans reportedly include the potential use of the MOAB bomb to target nuclear sites and energy infrastructure if Trump approves renewed strikes.来源 1
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With no end to the US-Iran conflict in sight after surpassing seven months of military attrition, the United States military is now reportedly planning to switch to new plans and potentially include the use of the “mother of all bombs” in order to target Iran’s nuclear sites and energy infrastructure, if President Donald Trump gives the go-ahead to resume the strikes before or after the midterm elections. US weighs ‘mother of all bombs’ for Iran strikes If the US military goes ahead with the potential plan to use the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), it would be a major escalation in the conflict, as the Pentagon would use the largest non-nuclear bomb in the US arsenal for the first time in the war, CNN reported. However, the report added that uncertainty remains over how effective the bomb would be in achieving the objectives Trump has stated in previous months. DEFENCE · EXPLAINER MOAB explained: what the ‘mother of all bombs’ can and cannot do US officials told CNN that strike plans for Iran could include the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast, if President Donald Trump orders renewed combat. Here is how America’s largest non-nuclear bomb works, and where it falls short. GBU-43/BMASSIVE ORDNANCE AIR BLASTFIRST TESTED 2003 Inside the bomb A simplified cutaway, not to exact scale. At 9.1 m, it is about as long as five tall adults lying end to end. 9.1 m (30 ft)123456 1FUZE2CASING3FILL4GUIDE5FINS6DROP Tap a numbered hotspot on the bomb, or a label below. 1 NOSE FUZE It bursts above ground Unlike most bombs, it is set to detonate in the air, a few feet above the ground, rather than on impact. That spreads the blast across the surface instead of into the earth. Al Jazeera; The Week 2 CASING Built for blast, not penetration The case is relatively light. That lets it carry more explosive than heavier bombs, whose thick cases are designed to punch through rock and concrete before exploding. Just Security, cited by The Week 3 EXPLOSIVE FILL 8.5 tonnes of explosive About 8,500 kg (18,700 lb) of H-6, an explosive first developed for underwater use because it is stable and insensitive to shock. The blast is roughly equal to 11 tonnes of TNT. It is the largest explosive load of any non-nuclear US weapon. Air & Space Forces Magazine; AP; Just Security 4 GUIDANCE UNIT Steered by satellite A GPS and inertial navigation system, with an inertial gyro controlling pitch and roll, guides the bomb to its aim point. Air & Space Forces Magazine 5 TAIL FINS Fins for the long fall Movable fins at the tail steer it once it leaves the aircraft. It falls without a parachute. Air & Space Forces Magazine 6 DELIVERY Too big for a bomber bay It is pushed out of the rear cargo ramp of an MC-130 transport aircraft. Stealth bombers cannot carry it, which means using it needs control of the airspace. Air & Space Forces Magazine; Al Jazeera By the numbers 9,800 kgtotal weight (21,600 lb) 9.1 mlong, about 1 m across 11 tTNT equivalent 1combat use, in 2017 Air & Space Forces Magazine; Al Jazeera; AP How the air blast works DETONATES ABOVE GROUND SIMULATION 01 · RELEASE Pushed from the cargo ramp of an MC-130 flying over the target area. 02 · GUIDANCE Satellite navigation and tail fins steer it down to the aim point. 03 · AIR BURST It detonates a few feet above the ground instead of burying itself first. 04 · PRESSURE WAVE The blast wave spreads outward across the surface, destroying buildings, cave openings and hard-surface structures. Al Jazeera; Air & Space Forces Magazine The destructive footprint CLAIMED: UP TO 1 KM RADIUS~9 CITY BLOCKS Reports describe it as able to destroy an area equal to about nine city blocks. CNN, via Al Arabiya and The Week Military expert Colonel Nidal Abu Zeid says it would destroy everything above ground within a 1 km radius. Al Jazeera The real reach depends on the terrain and how densely populated the area is. Analyst Elijah Magnier, to Al Jazeera Rings are illustrative, not to scale. There is no official US figure for its blast radius. Why it struggles against deep bunkers SOILROCKGRANITE AND CONCRETEMOAB BLAST STAYS NEAR SURFACEGBU-57 MOP DRILLS UP TO ~61 MDEEPLY BURIEDFACILITY Schematic, not to scale. TOTAL WEIGHT MOAB 9,800 kg MOP 13,600 kg EXPLOSIVE INSIDE MOAB ~8,500 kg MOP 2,700 kg It does not penetrate the heaviest defences of rock and concrete. That job belongs to the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, a heavy steel bomb that burrows down before exploding. DW, cited by The Week; Al Jazeera US officials doubt it could reach Iran’s suspected nuclear facilities at Pickaxe Mountain, reportedly protected by layers of granite, or other remaining sites. CNN, via Al Arabiya Can and cannot Switch between the two lists. CANCANNOT Flatten buildings and soft structures across a wide surface area. Wreck cave openings and tunnel entrances near the surface, as in Afghanistan. Deliver a huge psychological shock: the ground shakes over a wide area. Drill through deep rock and concrete to reach buried bunkers. Be carried by stealth bombers, so it needs uncontested airspace. Guarantee the destruction of deeply buried nuclear sites, officials and analysts say. “Higher-end targets, including those that are located deep underground, require bigger bombs, and the MOAB is the biggest.” A US official, to CNN The idea is “stronger as political theatre than as military strategy.” Elijah Magnier, analyst, to Al Jazeera Al Jazeera; The Week; CNN, via Al Arabiya Its only combat use 13APR 2017 Dropped on an Islamic State cave and tunnel complex in Achin district, Nangarhar province, eastern Afghanistan. Afghan officials put the toll at 94 IS fighters and said no civilians were hurt; unconfirmed local reports spoke of civilian casualties and destroyed homes. AP, via GlobalSecurity; Al Jazeera Sources: Air & Space Forces Magazine; Al Jazeera; The Week (citing Just Security and DW); CNN, via Al Arabiya; AP, via GlobalSecurity.org. Express InfoGenIECreated by Aniruddha Dhar Trump faces pressure to end Iran war before midterms Trump is facing heat to bring an end to the Iran war ahead of US midterm elections, as reports suggest Republicans are bracing for potential backlash from voters over the “unpopular war”. Even after months of bombing, there seems to be little indication of a negotiated resolution between the two warring countries. Pentagon prepares fresh strike options for Trump The US military continues to provide Trump with all the available options for potential strikes against the Iranian targets that have not been struck, but some officials have questioned the move and asked if the White House has a strategy that incorporates all the plans to eventually end the war, a decision that the president can only take, CNN reported. The report said Trump has ordered the Pentagon to develop additional strike packages against targets in Iran that include “a lot of energy infrastructure” and the potential use of a MOAB. The US military is allegedly planning to hit Iran’s nuclear sites, including Pickaxe Mountain, and use the MOAB. In the past couple of months, the US President has repeatedly threatened the Iranian administration with an attack on Pickaxe, where the US and Israel believe Tehran has stored components of its nuclear programme.来源 1
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The White House has prepared plans to use a Massive Ordnance Air Blast, dubbed "mother of all bombs", to hit military sites in Iran if ordered by US President Donald Trump, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News on Thursday.来源 2
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"The Department of War plans for a wide range of operational scenarios to execute Presidential and Secretary level direction and to ensure mission success in any operational environment," a Pentagon Official was quoted as saying by the outlet.来源 2
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The U.S. military has drawn up options for renewed strikes on Iran that include the potential use of one of the biggest nonnuclear bombs in its arsenal, CNN reported Thursday, as Tehran vowed to continue fighting for its demands.来源 3
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The strike plans involve the possible use of the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, nicknamed the "mother of all bombs," CNN reported, citing multiple U.S. officials familiar with the matter.来源 3
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U.S. President Donald Trump said last week that he would not order a resumption of military strikes before the midterm elections on Nov. 3.来源 3
The leaders are expected to discuss ways to remedy the bloc's massive trade deficit with China, which reached €360 billion ($400.4 billion) last year and is set to exceed that level this year.来源 3
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The meeting comes less than a week after the bloc's executive body, the European Commission, reached an agreement with Beijing to curb imports of hybrid cars from China.来源 3
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The EU has accused China of unfair economic practices, saying its state subsidies for its industries are creating an unlevel playing field.来源 3
BRUSSELS — French president Emmanuel Macron warned fellow EU leaders they need to get a deal on the bloc's seven-year budget by the end of the year because it'll be too politically difficult after that, four European diplomats said.来源 2
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Macron "said that, starting from January, there will be no political room" for concluding an agreement, one of the diplomats said.来源 2
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"We are in very, very difficult negotiations regarding the future finances of the European Union," German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who has been leading the appeals for a leaner budget, said on arrival in Brussels.来源 3
Arabian Gulf monarchies have “suppressed” information about the extent of damage done to their physical infrastructure by attacks from Iran and its allies, Reuters reported on Thursday.来源 1
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Reuters' assessment is likely to cast new doubt on how Gulf states describe strikes on their territories. For example, Saudi Arabia’s energy ministry said that a Houthi drone strike caused a "limited fire" at the headquarters of the kingdom's national oil company, Aramco, in Dhahran.来源 1
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But Reuters reported on Wednesday that the headquarters suffered “extensive damage”.来源 1
Brad Smith rejected Vice President JD Vance’s H-1B visa fraud allegations, saying most of Microsoft’s green-card applications were for long-time employees.来源 1
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Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith has warned that the Trump administration’s move to restrict green-card access for skilled foreign workers could damage US technological competitiveness and drive top talent overseas. He also rejected Vice President JD Vance’s allegations that the company abused the H-1B visa programme, calling the claims “completely off base”. In an interview with POLITICO, Smith said blocking pathways to permanent residency for highly skilled immigrants could cripple the US technology sector for more than a generation. His remarks came less than a week after Vance announced that the administration would bar Microsoft and seven other companies from seeking green cards for skilled foreign workers. Vance had accused Microsoft of exploiting the H-1B visa programme to avoid hiring American workers at higher salaries. Smith's comments come a day after IT services major Wipro responded to the Trump administration’s decision, saying it doesn’t expect any material business interruption. The White House last week announced the suspension of new US permanent labour certification (PERM) applications, widening its crackdown to target fraud and protect American jobs. In a filing on Tuesday at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Wipro highlighted that the US government’s decision relates to a specific permanent residency pathway and is separate from skilled talent mobility programmes like that of the H-1B visa. The US Labour Department suspended eight IT outsourcers, including Wipro, Microsoft, TCS, Infosys, Adobe and HCLTech, from the green card programme, which potentially cuts off a common path to permanent residency for foreign tech workers. US IMMIGRATION · OCT 2026Caught in the green-card freeze? What it means for youOn Oct 8, the US Labor Department stopped green-card sponsorship filings from eight big employers, including four Indian IT firms. Pick your situation to see where you stand.PERMANENT RESIDENT · USA ON HOLD Microsoft Adobe Tata Consultancy Services Infosys Wipro HCLTech Cognizant Capgemini Microsoft Adobe Tata Consultancy Services Infosys Wipro HCLTech Cognizant CapgeminiThe eight employers suspended from PERMWhere the freeze hitsPERMLabor Dept checks no US worker is available I-140Employer petitions immigration agency Green cardWhen a visa number is free for your countryThe suspension, under a Labor Department rule on suspected fraud (20 CFR 656.31), applies to the first stage only. Officials have alleged that employers ran job searches designed not to find Americans; none of the eight has been charged.Find your situationWhere are you in the green-card process? 01I’m on an H-1BWorking for one of the eight employers02My PERM is pendingFiled by one of the eight employers03I was about to start PERMNothing filed yet04I already have a green cardOr the last step is pendingTap the card that fits you How much of your six-year H-1B limit is left? More than a year A year or less, or already past sixPick one to see what it may mean for you Your visa is safe. Your green-card clock is not.H-1B status UNAFFECTEDGreen-card filing at this employer ON HOLDOFFICIALS SAIDThe action targets PERM, the first stage of an employer-sponsored green card. It does not suspend H-1B status, and you can keep working.THE RULESTo extend an H-1B beyond six years, a PERM or I-140 must usually have been filed at least 365 days earlier. A long freeze eats into that runway.THE RULESAn employer that is not on the list can start its own PERM for you if you move jobs.Try another situation →Everything depends on what is already on fileH-1B status today UNAFFECTEDExtensions past six years DEPENDSTHE RULESWith an approved I-140 and a wait for a visa number, as most Indians face, you can extend in three-year steps without a new PERM.THE RULESIf a PERM or I-140 was filed at least 365 days ago, one-year extensions are available.LAWYERS SAYIf neither is on file, the freeze stops your employer from filing now. Lawyers point to changing employers, or self-filed routes such as EB-2 NIW or EB-1A, which skip PERM but set a high bar for evidence.Try another situation → Where has your case reached? Filed, awaiting Labor Dept approval Certified, or my I-140 is filedPick one to see what it may mean for you Your case is in the freezerYour PERM application FROZENYour H-1B status UNAFFECTEDOFFICIALS SAIDThe Labor Department will not process pending applications from the eight employers while investigations continue.THE RULESA first suspension can last up to 180 days and be extended until investigations or court cases end. Without a finding of fraud, each application must be decided on its own merits.THE RULESWhile it is held, the case cannot move on to the next stage, the I-140 petition.Try another situation →You are past the frozen stage, probablyLater stages NOT NAMEDPriority date after 180 days of I-140 approval GENERALLY KEPTSTILL UNCLEAROfficials have not said whether certified PERMs or I-140 petitions are affected. The I-140 is decided by a different agency, US Citizenship and Immigration Services.THE RULESAn I-140 approved for at least 180 days generally keeps its priority date, your place in the queue, even if the employer later withdraws it. A new employer’s petition can use that date.Try another situation → Who is your employer? One of the eight A company not on the listPick one to see what it may mean for you The door is shut for nowNew PERM filing BLOCKEDYour place in the queue NOT RESERVEDOFFICIALS SAIDThe Labor Department is not accepting new PERM applications from the eight employers.THE RULESYour priority date is usually set on the day the PERM is filed. Every month of delay pushes you further back in a queue that is already years long for Indians.LAWYERS SAYPERM job advertising must be done within a set window before filing. If it lapses during the freeze, the employer may have to restart recruitment.Try another situation →Business as usual, under a brighter spotlightPERM rules UNCHANGEDScrutiny HIGHEROFFICIALS SAIDThe suspension names eight employers only. Lawyers describe it as targeted, not a programme-wide shutdown.LAWYERS SAYExpect closer checks on recruitment and on layoffs that coincide with sponsorship. Lawyers advise employers to audit PERM compliance now.Try another situation → Which describes you? Green card in hand Final application (I-485) pendingPick one to see what it may mean for you You are outside the freezeYour permanent residence NOT TARGETEDOFFICIALS SAIDThe action concerns PERM applications. Officials have not said it reaches existing green cards.THE RULESA permanent resident is not tied to a sponsor and can change jobs freely.STILL UNCLEARInvestigations into alleged fraud at the eight employers are continuing. No findings have been announced.Try another situation →Past PERM, but watch the fine printPERM freeze STAGE ALREADY PASSEDOfficial word on pending I-485s NONE YETSTILL UNCLEAROfficials have not addressed pending green-card applications.THE RULESUnder the AC21 law, once an I-485 has been pending 180 days or more, you can generally move to a “same or similar” job without restarting the process.Try another situation →This applies to workers sponsored by the eight named employers, unless stated. For everyone else, PERM rules have not changed. General information, not legal advice.The freeze in numbers8employers suspended: Microsoft, Adobe and six IT services firmsLabor Department180days: the longest a first suspension can run before it must be extended20 CFR 656.3161certified PERM cases for TCS, Infosys, Wipro and HCLTech combined in fiscal 2026The Economic Times, Labor Dept data230K+H-1B approvals for the eight employers, officials sayLabor Secretary Keith SonderlingWhat we still don’t knowHow long it will last. Vice President JD Vance said it would run “as long as it needs to.”Whether already-certified PERMs and I-140 petitions are touched.What the investigations will find. No company has been charged or debarred.The written notice: lawyers say it had not been published as of Oct 13.Two views“You’re a great American company, but you’ve got to hire great American workers.”JD Vance, US Vice President, on MicrosoftThe company “does not anticipate a material impact.”Infosys, in a stock exchange filing on Oct 10Sources: Business Standard; Deccan Herald; Immigration Analytics (citing The Economic Times and Labor Department data); Ellis; Samper Law; WR Immigration; Boundless; 20 CFR 656.31 and 8 CFR 214.2(h).Express InfoGenIECreated by Aniruddha Dhar Brad Smith defends Microsoft’s foreign workers Smith argued that restricting immigration pathways for skilled workers could undermine the United States’ ability to attract talent in artificial intelligence and software engineering. “I think we should all be worried about sending — intentionally or inadvertently or otherwise — signals that send the most talented next wave of AI [or] SI software engineers to other countries, rather than the United States,” he said on the sidelines of the International AI Summit in Dublin, Ireland. Smith also questioned the timing of the administration’s action, noting that President Donald Trump had honoured Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella and other recipients of technology and science medals on the same day. Nadella, who was born in India, previously held an H-1B skilled-worker visa. “We should consider the fact that when the president honored six Americans with these technology and science medals, five of the six had come to the United States as immigrants,” Smith was quoted as saying. “And those five individuals, if you put them and their companies together, have companies that have a market value equal to more than 25% of the market value of the total S&P 500,” he added. He further said, “Think about what those five individuals have done for the well-being, even the wealth and standard of living, of Americans across the country. Let’s not put that at risk.” Microsoft rejects H-1B visa fraud allegations Smith strongly rejected Vance’s accusations that Microsoft had abused the H-1B programme, which allows US employers to hire foreign workers in specialised occupations. “Completely off base,” he said of the vice president’s claims. Smith suggested that Vance had not been given accurate information about the company’s employment and immigration figures. “Someone had failed to inform the vice president accurately about our numbers,” he said, adding that the “vast majority” of Microsoft’s green-card applications were for long-time employees rather than new hires. “Unfortunately, it’s just because the green card backlog is so long,” Smith said. He also denied that Microsoft paid foreign-born employees less than American workers, saying the company applied the same compensation system regardless of immigration status. “It doesn’t matter whether you came on a visa or you’re an American worker, everybody has the same compensation system,” he said. Smith further argued that the administration’s criticism had overlooked Microsoft’s domestic hiring. The company hired more than 9,000 US-born workers last year, he said. Those employees had been “left out of the narrative” surrounding the White House’s allegations, Smith added. “We will stand by our record,” he said. “And I hope that folks at the White House might look again and look at what we think is a more accurate picture.” A White House spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Smith’s remarks, Reuters reported. The vice president’s office had also not responded to an earlier request for comment on concerns from technology lobbyists that restrictions on skilled immigration could undermine US competitiveness. Smith praises Trump administration’s AI controls Despite his criticism of the administration’s immigration policy, Smith also praised the White House’s approach to certain artificial intelligence safety measures. He expressed support for the administration’s introduction of export controls on Anthropic’s new AI models this summer, saying the move demonstrated a willingness to act on public safety. “I would strongly applaud what they did,” Smith said. He added, “What government in the world took the most decisive action in 2026 to pause product releases in order to ensure public safety? It wasn’t in Brussels; it was in Washington, D.C. It was the White House. It was the team that works for the president of the United States.” The interview highlighted Microsoft’s concerns about immigration restrictions alongside its support for stronger AI safeguards and a global safety regime. (With inputs from Reuters and POLITICO)来源 1
The US on Thursday extended a sanctions waiver on Russian oil giant Lukoil, allowing its service operations outside the country to continue until April 2027, the Treasury Department announced. Under the new general licence, Lukoil petrol stations will be able to serve customers until April 25, 2027. This includes petrol stations in the US, the department said. The waiver replaces a previous licence that was set to expire this month. The licence prohibits the “transfer of funds to any person or account located in the Russian Federation”, it reads. It also excludes transactions involving Russia's central bank, its national wealth fund and the Ministry of Finance. In a separate licence, the Treasury Department also authorised certain transactions for Lukoil Bulgaria's firms in the same time period. The decision comes a week after US President Donald Trump said he had reached a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin that would allow Russia to supply diesel to the US and the global markets. The agreement deepened a rift between the US and its European partners, including Ukraine, and within Mr Trump's Republican Party. Mr Trump said Russia would immediately release 300,000 tonnes of diesel to the US and global markets, with another 500,000 tonnes released in November and a million tonnes “immediately thereafter”. He also said Russia would release three million tonnes of fuel “within a short period of time” depending on the condition of the country's diesel refineries. Oil prices remain high during the seven-month Iran war, as tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is significantly well below its prewar levels and as Iranian attacks continue in the waterway. Futures for Brent global benchmark crude fell 0.27 per cent to settle at $105.8 a barrel on Thursday, with West Texas Intermediate futures gaining 2.76 per cent at $97.71 a barrel. Diesel prices also remained elevated at $6.31 a gallon, compared to the average of $3.65 a gallon at the same time last year. The International Energy Agency's governing board on Thursday said it would quicken the release of more than 20 million barrels of diesel and the remaining volumes of the 400 million barrels of emergency stocks of crude and other oil products previously agreed to in March. The IEA said on Wednesday it expects oil market balances to remain in a deficit well into 2027. “As the remaining buffers in the system continue to erode, in the absence of a resolution to the conflicts in the Middle East, oil markets may experience more turmoil in the months ahead before any eventual surplus emerges in 2027,” it said.来源 1
The International Energy Agency (IEA) confirmed on Thursday the release of about 330 million barrels of emergency reserves of oil as part of a March agreement under which member countries agreed to release 400 million barrels to address the disruption to supplies amid the US-Israeli war on Iran.来源 1
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The International Energy Agency (IEA) has said that its March pledge to release crude oil stocks will exceed its target, and will be accelerating the release of the remaining supplies as global efforts to tame soaring energy prices continue. Members of the Paris-based agency have so far released 330 million barrels of oil, and the remaining 100 million barrels – which includes more than 20 million barrels of diesel – will be released in a “timely manner consistent with national circumstances”, it said in a statement on Thursday. That would make the total releases exceed the initial 400 million barrels the IEA had pledged in March, at the onset of the war between US and Israel and Iran. “Some IEA members have released higher volumes than initially pledged in March while other members intend to do so,” the IEA said after a meeting. Specific plans are already in place ... [to release the stocks] as soon as possible.” Global energy prices remain volatile and elevated as the war in Iran, now in its eighth month, continues to choke energy supplies. Earlier this month, G7 leaders pledged to accelerate the IEA's co-ordinated emergency stock release by rolling out 100 million barrels of diesel and other reserves through the IEA to help to stabilise markets. And in a controversial move last week, US President Donald Trump's administration lifted sanctions on Russia to enable the latter to supply millions of barrels of diesel to global markets. The Opec+ group, meanwhile, kept its oil production targets unchanged for November, extending the pause it started in October after six months of gradual increases. Oil prices rose after the IEA's announcement. Brent, the benchmark for two-thirds of the world's oil, added 0.15 per cent to $106.20 a barrel at 8.27pm UAE time. West Texas Intermediate, the gauge that tracks US crude, jumped 3.28 per cent to $98.21 a barrel. Thursday's IEA statement said it has “encouraged those IEA members holding oil production and refining capacities to boost supply of crude and refined products, particularly diesel”. The IEA said it will continue to monitor the progress of the completion of its March pledge, “and will inform G7 leaders as requested and the IEA governing board on further actions needed, based on an updated oil market assessment, focusing on diesel”, it added.来源 2
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International Energy Agency members have agreed to release more than 20 million barrels of diesel "as soon as possible" as fuel prices surge globally, the group said in a statement Thursday.来源 3
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IEA members agreed in March to deploy 400 million barrels of oil in response to the global supply disruption triggered by the Iran war. They have since agreed to release the remaining 100 million barrels pledged in March "in a timely manner consistent with national circumstances," the group said Thursday.来源 3
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IEA's governing board said 330 million barrels have been released so far. Some members have deployed more than they originally pledged so the total release will exceed the 400 million barrels agreed in March.来源 3
The dollar index, which measures the US currency against a basket of peers, fell 0.45 per cent to 101.99, having hit an 18-month high on Wednesday after US inflation figures came in stronger than expected.来源 1
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September's producer price index came in much hotter than economists forecast on Thursday, underscoring the continued inflationary pressure from energy amid the U.S. war with Iran.来源 2
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The measure of underlying inflation pressures climbed 1.3% in September and 6.3% on an annual basis, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That marked the largest monthly and annual gains since March 2022 and December 2022, respectively.来源 2
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Energy drove a sizable chunk of those increases as the Middle East conflict curtailed oil supply and sent prices surging. The so-called core PPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices from the wholesaler inflation index, added 0.7% on the month and 5% over the 12-month period.来源 2
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But there are signs that soaring energy prices are having downstream effects on other categories. The BLS said in Thursday's release that almost half of September's increase in processed goods for immediate demand was connected to the rise in diesel fuel prices.来源 2
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This week's data has left a growing minority of fed funds futures traders expecting the central bank to raise rates at its meeting later this month. Traders are now pricing in a nearly 34% likelihood that the Fed hikes borrowing costs on Oct. 28, up from under 18% a week prior, according to CME's FedWatch tool. About 90% expect at least one hike by the end of the year.来源 2
Two people have died after severe flooding caused by what the governor of Istanbul said was the heaviest rainfall in 84 years, BBC Turkish has reported.来源 1
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A14-year-old boy died after he was electrocuted when he stepped in a puddle, while a 34-year-old man attempting to cross the road slipped and fell, hitting his head on the pavement.来源 1
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Nearly 600 people have been rescued after becoming stranded, the city's deputy mayor said, with cars submerged in water in some districts.来源 1
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Some areas of Istanbul have seen rainfall equivalent to one seventh of the annual average, according to the interior minister. Schools were ordered to close on Thursday and Friday, as the rain is expected to continue.来源 1
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The flooding also impacted air travel, with 46 planes unable to land at airports in Istanbul, BBC Turkish said.来源 1
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At least three people have died and several are reported missing after torrential rain triggered severe flooding across Istanbul, inundating homes, businesses and streets. Residents and businesses are now grappling with power and water cuts, disrupted supplies and an extensive clean-up operation.来源 2
Having tried cloud seeding, water bombing and sending in army personnel to fight the fires, Indonesia’s coordinating security minister said dry ice would be dropped on the province of South Sumatra on Thursday.来源 1
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On Thursday, a Cessna aircraft will reportedly disperse 1.5 tons of dry ice over the South Sumatran city of Palembang, a move the government hopes will ease the smoke and improve air quality and visibility.来源 1
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In the Indonesian province of central Kalimantan on Wednesday, the ISPU air pollution index exceeded 1,200 – or four times the “hazardous” level of 300 – environment ministry data showed.来源 1
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Singapore's 1-hour PM2.5 reading hit a high of 284 micrograms per cubic meter in the western part of the island state, entering the National Environmental Agency's "very high" band for the first time during the current haze period.来源 2
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The East Timor government said in a statement that it was suspending face-to-face learning activities for three days starting from Oct. 15 "due to contamination by pollutant particles from wildfires in neighboring regions or countries".来源 2
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In the province of Central Kalimantan on Wednesday, Indonesia's ISPU air pollution index exceeded 1,200, Environment Ministry data showed, four times higher than the "hazardous" level of 300.来源 2
Thames Water has asked its creditors for another £2.4bn as the embattled water company comes close to running out of cash.来源 1
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The UK’s largest water company said on Thursday it needed another short-term cash injection because it would be unable to reach a longer-term deal to sort out its giant debt pile before running out of cash by “the end of 2026 or the start of 2027”.来源 1
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Thames Water said in a statement to the stock market that it “does not expect to complete its recapitalisation process ahead of this date”, meaning it would run out of cash without creditors stumping up more.来源 1
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The utility company serves 16 million customers in London and the Thames valley. However, it has been on the brink of collapse for several years after it became overwhelmed by a debt pile that is now about £20bn. Its shareholders walked away, leaving the company under the effective control of its creditors while they work out a deal to avoid bankruptcy.来源 1
Brazil’s congress has approved a constitutional amendment to shorten the working week to a maximum of 40 hours, a move that could affect 30 million workers and that will hand a political victory to the leftist president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ahead of the presidential runoff in under two weeks.来源 1
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Bolsonaro, by contrast, spent months opposing the change but reversed course on Tuesday, saying “the majority of Brazilian workers” supported it. On Wednesday, he joined 75 senators who approved the reform, which passed the lower house in May.来源 1
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The constitutional amendment bans six-day workweeks, currently worked by 16 million people, while cutting the maximum workweek from 44 to 40 hours for more than 30 million workers.来源 1
At least four people have been killed, including three children, in a shooting at an elementary school in Oregon, part of the northwestern United States, according to statements from law enforcement to CBS and CNN.来源 1
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The shooting on Thursday took place at Silver Rail Elementary school in the rural city of Bend, about 160km (100 miles) southeast of Portland.来源 1
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Authorities have said the shooter is dead, though it is unclear whether he is among the four people included in the initial death toll.来源 1
The International Monetary Fund should check its own forecasting record before criticizing U.S. fiscal policy, David Zervos, newly appointed counselor to the Treasury Secretary, said on Thursday.来源 1
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"When we see pieces on the IMF, it's good to remember how messy their forecasts have been in the past," Zervos said in emailed comments to CNBC.来源 1
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The former Wall Street economist was responding to the IMF's Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, who cautioned during the IMF-World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok on Wednesday that strong U.S. economic growth would not be sufficient to put mounting federal debt on a sustainable course.来源 1
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Georgieva was herself responding to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who told CNBC in August that the U.S. could "grow our way out" of a rising debt-to-GDP ratio, after government debt surpassed $40 trillion.来源 1
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Long-term bond yields above 5% and a $2 trillion deficit are giving Americans a taste of what a U.S. debt crisis would be like. A true emergency would hurt much more, and isn't baked in. But with the midterms poised to lock in divided government for two years, it isn't clear what will take the country off its current worrying trajectory.来源 2
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The overall U.S. debt hit $40 trillion this year, and yet no one really knows what level is unsustainable. A full-on debt crisis likely remains much further out in the future. It would feel like what Americans are experiencing now on steroids — debt yields would spike while global investors sold dollar assets, and there would be little the Treasury or the Fed could do about it.来源 2
“The pass-through from the initial locking down of the Strait of Hormuz … is now starting to be seen,” International Fund for Agricultural Development President Alvaro Lario told Reuters.来源 1
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Hormuz-related disruptions to fertiliser shipments and higher fuel and transport costs, compounded by El Nino and disruptions to Black Sea wheat supplies, threaten to lower farm yields and push up prices throughout the food supply chain, he said.来源 1