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Alphabet Loses $500 Billion in Market Value as AI Threatens Google Search
Alphabet Loses $500 Billion in Market Value as AI Threatens Google Search
October 29, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Google parent company Alphabet saw its stock price drop 13%, and its market value lose $500 billion Thursday (Oct. 29), marking the stock’s worst day ever, the Wall...

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Amazon Puts a Million Robots Behind Its AI Ambitions
Amazon Puts a Million Robots Behind Its AI Ambitions
October 29, 2026  |  Earnings

Amazon’s third-quarter earnings brought the same concern that shadowed Alphabet’s results a day earlier: whether enormous artificial intelligence investments will deliver enough profit and cash...

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FTC Takes Down 19 Fake FTC Sites in Impersonation Scam Crackdown
FTC Takes Down 19 Fake FTC Sites in Impersonation Scam Crackdown
October 29, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) battle against impersonation scams has included the removal of websites that impersonated the FTC itself, the agency said in a Thursday...

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Polymarket Restores Trading After Third-Party Security Breach
Polymarket Restores Trading After Third-Party Security Breach
October 29, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

Prediction market firm Polymarket took its international exchange offline briefly on Thursday (Oct. 29) as it dealt with an issue related to a third-party provider, the company said...

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Google Tops AI Smarts Ranking as OpenAI Slashes Prices
Google Tops AI Smarts Ranking as OpenAI Slashes Prices
October 29, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Google may have finally caught up with its archrivals. Its new Gemini 4 Carbon model ranks first on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, an independent...

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Mistral Touts Cyber Capabilities of Its ‘Chonk’ AI Model
Mistral Touts Cyber Capabilities of Its ‘Chonk’ AI Model
October 29, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Mistral released an updated version of its Large 4 artificial intelligence model, saying in a Thursday (Oct. 29) announcement that it comes with improved coding...

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Cohere Raises $5 Billion for Alternative AI Vision
Cohere Raises $5 Billion for Alternative AI Vision
October 29, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Canadian artificial intelligence company Cohere said in a Thursday (Oct. 29) company blog post that it rejects what it called “frontier fatalism.” That’s its term...

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American Express Turns Card Rewards Into Bank Deposits
American Express Turns Card Rewards Into Bank Deposits
October 29, 2026  |  Loyalty & Rewards

American Express has introduced new ways for consumer and business cardholders in the United States to redeem rewards for a deposit into eligible American Express...

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Amazon Adds 100-Plus Capabilities to Alexa for Shopping
Amazon Adds 100-Plus Capabilities to Alexa for Shopping
October 29, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Amazon has introduced several new capabilities for its Alexa for Shopping artificial intelligence assistant. “Our vision for Alexa for Shopping is to make every part of...

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