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Jeff Bezos sold Seattle mansion for $63 million before Washington tax
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos sold his Seattle Hunts Point mansion for $63 million in spring 2025, setting a record for the most expensive home sale in Washing…
17 Oct, 04:05 am IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Woman pleads guilty to $1.2 billion fraud plot targeting Wes Edens
Changli “Sophia” Luo pleaded guilty Tuesday in Manhattan federal court to a fraud scheme aimed at extorting more than $1.2 billion from three victims, incl…
17 Oct, 02:05 am IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Anthropic explains origins of ECDSA cryptographic curve seeds
Anthropic published a detailed explanation resolving the decades-old mystery behind the origins of the seed parameters used in the ECDSA elliptic curve cryptography standard.
17 Oct, 02:05 am IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Michael Dell loses over $20 billion as Dell stock falls 11%
Michael Dell’s net worth dropped by more than $20 billion on Wednesday after Dell Technologies’ shares fell 11.1%, causing him to slip from the fourth to the fifth richest person globally.
16 Oct, 12:05 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 1 min
TSMC discusses partnership with Elon Musk’s Terafab but insists on control
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is in talks with Elon Musk’s Terafab chipmaking project about a potential partnership, while emphasizing it w…
15 Oct, 04:05 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Getty Images to go private after $2.1 billion debt restructuring
Getty Images, the US-based photography company, announced plans to go private following a bankruptcy filing expected by the end of 2026.
15 Oct, 12:05 am IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Meta launches Your Algorithm for personalized Facebook recommendations
Meta announced on October 13 the launch of Your Algorithm, an AI-powered tool on Facebook that allows users to customize their Feed and Reels recommendations using natural language prompts.
14 Oct, 02:05 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
More than a third of high earners live paycheck to paycheck, Goldman Sachs finds
More than 36% of Americans with household incomes above $500,000 say they live paycheck to paycheck, according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Retirement Survey and Insights Report 2026.
14 Oct, 08:05 am IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Judge orders OpenAI to share hiring records in Apple trade secrets case
A judge has ordered OpenAI to provide Apple with expedited access to hiring documents in the ongoing trade secrets lawsuit filed by Apple in July.
14 Oct, 04:05 am IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Kormotech CEO steps back as company globalizes amid war challenges
Kormotech, a Ukrainian family-run pet food company, has grown to $210 million in revenue and ranks among the world’s top 50 pet food manufacturers.
13 Oct, 02:05 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 1 min
Trump announces energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine
Former US President Donald Trump announced an 'energy ceasefire' between Russia and Ukraine, urging both sides not to break the agreement.
11 Oct, 09:29 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 1 min
David Zaslav nets $606 million from Paramount’s Warner Bros acquisition
David Zaslav, the outgoing CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, will receive approximately $606.1 million from his equity holdings following Paramount’s acquisit…
10 Oct, 07:28 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Apple cuts iPhone 18 Pro component orders amid price concerns
Apple has instructed some suppliers to reduce component production for the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max by at least 15% in October, according to Nikkei Asia.
10 Oct, 07:28 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Masked thieves steal $8 million in Italy’s largest wine heist
Masked thieves stole about 30,000 bottles of wine worth over $8 million from Marchesi Antinori’s warehouse in Cortona, Tuscany, on a Saturday night, according to fortune.com.
10 Oct, 01:29 am IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 set to host 10,000 attendees in San Francisco
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will take place from October 13 to 15 at Moscone West in San Francisco, attracting 10,000 founders, investors, and tech leaders.
09 Oct, 09:29 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Disney offered $2 million to 13-year-old for The Lion King singing role
Disney offered 13-year-old Jason Weaver $2 million to sing as young Simba in The Lion King, but his mother declined the offer in favor of royalties and a $…
09 Oct, 03:29 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Ex-AWS techie defends immigrant workforce amid US visa suspensions
Daniel Vassallo, a former Amazon Web Services (AWS) employee, defended the role of immigrant workers in building major American tech companies, emphasizing…
09 Oct, 01:29 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Elon Musk loses trillionaire status after $36.4 billion stock drop
Elon Musk lost his trillionaire status for the second time in a month after a sharp decline in SpaceX and Tesla shares wiped $36.4 billion off his fortune in a single trading session on October 8.
09 Oct, 11:28 am IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Engineer creates detailed website simulating Elizabeth Holmes’ Theranos desk
Extend engineer Bo Lau has developed a website that simulates sitting at Elizabeth Holmes’ desk during the height of Theranos in 2016, using over a thousan…
09 Oct, 03:28 am IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Four-hour battery storage now cheaper than gas turbines globally
Wood Mackenzie’s latest global report reveals that four-hour battery storage has become less expensive to install than open-cycle gas turbines in all 43 markets where both were analyzed.
09 Oct, 01:29 am IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Foreign workers settle for $35 million over labor abuses in Milan consulate project
More than 60 foreign workers, mostly from India, secured payouts averaging 45,000 euros ($50,400) each on Wednesday as part of a nearly $35 million settlem…
08 Oct, 09:29 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
CoreWeave to launch first India data centres with AdaniConneX in Navi Mumbai
AI cloud-computing provider CoreWeave Inc. is set to launch its first data centres in India through a partnership with AdaniConneX, a joint venture between the Adani Group and EdgeConneX.
08 Oct, 01:29 am IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Top 0.1% wealth surges to $204 million, widening gap with top 1%
The wealth gap within America's richest households has widened significantly, with the top 0.1% now averaging about $204 million in net worth, according to a Fortune analysis of Federal Reserve data.
08 Oct, 01:29 am IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Former CIA officer admits stealing $190 million via fake program
David J. Rush, a former CIA officer, pleaded guilty to wire fraud for stealing nearly $200 million, including hundreds of gold bars, through a fabricated top secret government program, the U.S.
07 Oct, 11:29 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Americans 55 and older hold $140 trillion in wealth, report shows
Households aged 55 and over in the United States held nearly $140 trillion in wealth in the second quarter of 2026, accounting for roughly three-quarters o…
07 Oct, 11:29 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Americans need $1.2 million on average to retire comfortably
Americans with workplace retirement plans say they need an average of $1.2 million to retire comfortably, according to Schroders' 2026 U.S. Retirement Survey.
07 Oct, 09:29 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai win 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Henri B.
07 Oct, 07:28 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 1 min
HubSpot lays off 660 employees with 20 weeks’ severance pay
HubSpot has laid off 660 employees as part of a workforce reduction, offering affected staff 20 weeks of base pay along with job-search support, the company confirmed this week.
07 Oct, 05:28 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Billionaire David Reuben moves to Monaco amid UK tax changes
David Reuben, the $13.1 billion property magnate, has relocated from London to Monaco this summer following changes to the UK tax system, a spokesman confirmed.
07 Oct, 03:29 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
McDonald’s $5 meal deals fail to boost US customer visits
McDonald’s recent push with $5 Sausage McMuffin meals and $6 mix-and-match combos has not reversed declining customer visits in the US, the company confirmed this week.
07 Oct, 03:29 pm IST