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OpenAI slashes funding target by $10bn as tech anxieties mount
ChatGPT maker is now seeking about $20bn at a $1.25tn valuation as it tempers its ambitions
US greenlights $2.1bn sale of Patriot interceptors to Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelenskyy had accused Trump administration of delaying the weapons as relations deteriorated between the countries
Russia observes rare Ukraine ceasefire to allow evacuations
Hundreds of residents from Russian-occupied Oleshky to be repatriated to Ukraine via Russia and Belarus
Pensioners bet on a lifetime cruise. They ended up in a Cambodian scam town
Many passengers on the Odyssey hoped to spend the rest of their lives at sea but high oil prices got in the way
$6.3bn in 30 minutes: how the world’s biggest heist unfolded
North Korean hackers’ attack on Binance takes crypto theft to an unprecedented scale
The effects of a midterm ‘blue wave’ will be felt for years
Senate arithmetic in this electoral cycle could spell disaster for the Republicans
The trouble with small nuclear reactors
Proponents believe the technology is central to the AI data centre boom. Others think it is a waste of time and money
Anthropic may not secure investment-grade rating after IPO, Blackstone says
Private capital giant says AI group is expected to receive ‘high’ junk rating in shift from previous guidance
CD&R pursues buyout of $40bn payment processor Global Payments
Deal for US company would rank among largest buyouts in history
Did Anthropic value itself at $1.2tn in August?
Not quite Navier-Stokes
What we know about the $6.3bn Binance hack
Analysis suggests hackers bypassed standard methods used in crypto thefts
Weil’s Ramona Nee in talks to join Kirkland & Ellis
Co-managing partner decided in August not to take over as law firm’s chair
Qatari mediators return to Tehran in last-ditch effort to broker interim deal
Talks ahead of next week’s US midterm elections aimed at preventing an intense new round of war
Iran hits Hormuz tanker with limpet mines in apparent tactical shift
Ship damaged on Thursday by attackers in speedboat in first such incident since 2019
Oil spills from Iran’s tanker attacks wash up on UAE beaches
Tehran has stepped up strikes on vessels in Strait of Hormuz in the past month, leading to a trail of pollution
How North Korea became a hacking superpower
Cash-strapped state, cut off by sanctions, has invested heavily in cyber warfare to help support itself
Binance’s $6.3bn heist is the biggest . . . but not the first
Security breach at world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange is latest in wave of digital thefts