Nvidia is in advanced talks to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, a deal that would give the chip giant control over the open-source AI hub used by more than a million developers worldwide.
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Posted inMarkets
September Rate-Hike Bets Double After Warsh’s Hawkish Jackson Hole Debut
Markets pushed September rate-hike odds from 35% to 57% after Fed Chair Warsh refused to signal policy direction at Jackson Hole, sending the S&P 500 down 0.25% and the Nasdaq 0.52% on Friday.
Posted inEconomy
Warsh Debuts at Jackson Hole Warning That Inflation Is Still Too High
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh used his first Jackson Hole address to warn that July PCE inflation at 3.3% does not confirm underlying trends have improved, and called for a quieter central bank that signals less.
Posted inGeopolitics
Ratcliffe Flies to Moscow With a Warning on NATO and a Plea to Cut Iran Loose
CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a secret visit to Moscow on August 26, meeting Russian intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin to warn against NATO attacks and urge Russia to end its support for Iran.
Posted inWorld
Norway’s King Harald V Dies at 89 After 35 Years on the Throne
King Harald V of Norway died on Friday at Oslo’s National Hospital at age 89, ending a reign of more than 35 years; his son Crown Prince Haakon automatically became King Haakon VIII.
Posted inTech
OpenAI Pulls DALL-E GPT From ChatGPT on August 30 as gpt-image-1 Takes Over
OpenAI retires its ChatGPT-native DALL-E GPT on August 30, directing users to the gpt-image-1-powered ChatGPT Images available across all subscription tiers.
Posted inMarkets
S&P 500 Holds Below Record as Markets Wait for Warsh’s Jackson Hole Debut
Equity markets treaded water Thursday as traders positioned cautiously ahead of Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s first Jackson Hole speech, with the S&P 500 holding at 7,676 and gold near $4,620.
Posted inEconomy
Bank of Korea Delivers Back-to-Back Rate Hike to 3%, Citing AI Boom and Sticky Inflation
South Korea’s central bank raised its benchmark rate to 3% on Thursday in a second straight hike, as the AI chip boom stokes wages and inflation across the export-driven economy.
Posted inGeopolitics
Ukraine Intelligence Says Russia Plans 600,000-Strong Draft Across 2026 and 2027
Ukraine’s intelligence agencies say Russia is preparing a 600,000-troop draft across 2026 and 2027, to be announced after September’s Duma elections.
Posted inWorld
Glacial Collapse at Nepal-Tibet Border Kills 390 and Leaves 1,500 Missing
A glacier collapse in Nepal’s Langtang region triggered a catastrophic flood that killed more than 390 people and left over 1,500 missing, including 668 tourists from 34 nations.