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Stocks Settle Sharply Higher as Microsoft Leads a Surge in Tech Stocks
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Thursday closed up +1.66%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +1.19%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($...
Forward-Deployed Engineers Are The Training Wheels For AI Reinvention
Deloitte named a forward deployed engineering (FDE) practice back in December 2025. At the time it read as a consulting rebrand with better vocabulary. Then, between May 4th and July 15th this year, four technology providers committed roughly $9 billion to pu…
EXCLUSIVE: Trump's America 250 Celebration Faces Funding Scrutiny as Senator Questions New $10M Taxpayer Request — After $150M Already Approved
Trump’s America 250 celebration faces scrutiny after a senator questioned a reported $10million taxpayer request despite $150million already approved.
Trump’s Vision for Defense-Heavy West Takes Root in Europe at Athens Defense Summit
ATHENS, Greece — Top U.S. and European officials convened earlier this year here to chart a path forward on key defense objectives in a world filled with growing threats to western civilization at the Athens Defense Summit. The post Trump’s Vision for Defense…
Trump Vowed Private Donors Would Pay For Freedom 250; Taxpayers Just Got The Bill
Turns out "Freedom" isn't free — and neither is Trump's sparsely attended 250th anniversary bash. The Department of the Interior is going back to Congress with its hand out again, this time asking for another $10 million to cover costs from this summer's Free…
Amazon is investing $1B in a hot new tech role. Here's what the job entails.
The role of the forward-deployed engineer is quickly becoming the hottest job in tech as demand soars with investments from companies like Amazon.
OpenAI Cuts GPT-5.6 Luna Price by 80% as Chinese Models Close In
OpenAI on Thursday reduced the price of its GPT-5.6 Luna model by 80%, three weeks after launching the model, according to the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm. Luna, a speed-focused model, now costs 20 cents per million input tokens and …
Is Wall Street Bullish or Bearish on Palantir Technologies Stock?
With a market cap of around $293.1 billion, Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) is a software and data analytics company that develops platforms designed to integrate, manage, and secure complex datasets across government and commercial clients. Headquartered i…
Latin America is becoming a laboratory for tech-supremacism
Trumpism, corporate deregulation and biometric surveillance are converging into a new model of control in the region.
Hot Centrist Summer Was a Bust
Billionaire donors went hard in July to sell mainstream Dems on their diet MAGA vision for the party. Now they are back on the defensive. The post Hot Centrist Summer Was a Bust appeared first on The American Prospect.
Would-be FIFA investor Joshua Kushner also wants $10bn U.S. sports team
Many fans hadn’t heard of him until yesterday, but Joshua Kushner could prove to be one of the most significant figures in football’s history. The 41-year-old, the younger brother of Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, is reportedly leading a group of in…
SES to enable communications for Starlab commercial space station
Next-generation, AI-enabled commercial space station developer teams with satellite operator to provide always-on low orbit relay services supporting real-time mission awareness
The Quiet Retreat of Sustainability in Ad Tech
Paul Evans, Founder and Chief Positioning Engineer, V2RSION, looks at why sustainability has seemingly been pushed into ad tech’s background… The post The Quiet Retreat of Sustainability in Ad Tech appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.
US Democratic lawmakers press SEC to probe Trump Media's fast feed
NEW YORK, July 29 : Democratic senators Elizabeth Warren and Adam Schiff on Tuesday asked the U.S. securities regulator to probe whether Truth Social parent Trump Media's plan to sell early access to President Donald Trump's social media posts breaks the law,…
NVIDIA’s Open Secure AI Alliance Launches With 35+ Members and Three Notable Absences
NVIDIA and more than 35 founding partners have launched the Open Secure AI Alliance, an initiative focused on developing open-source tools, models, agent frameworks, and security technologies for AI systems. The membership is notable as much for who is absent…
‘I started going to Instagram to get my news’: Left-wing’s populist turn fueled by retreat from traditional media
"I couldn’t stand all the lies on the stations,″ said Farah Berent, a physician assistant in Michigan, who cited Palestinian suffering in particular.
Microsoft vs Palantir: Which AI Stock Has More Upside in 2026?
The post Microsoft vs Palantir: Which AI Stock Has More Upside in 2026? appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) both just delivered earnings that put the AI trade on trial. Microsoft posted $82.89 billion in Q3 FY…
Rivals target Palantir’s contracts in Europe amid sovereignty concerns
Europe's shift to local tech firms for defense data systems highlights a growing trend towards digital sovereignty and reduced reliance on US tech. The post Rivals target Palantir’s contracts in Europe amid sovereignty concerns appeared first on Crypto Briefi…