TECHNOLOGY

Technology is becoming a powerful tool of diplomacy as nations use AI, semiconductors, digital infrastructure and innovation partnerships to strengthen global alliances.

New LinkedIn data shows men accounted for nearly three-quarters of U.S. hires into AI roles last year, with the difference particularly large in higher-paying technical positions.

The deal is part of Spirit Airlines' bankruptcy process following the halting of its operations in May.

Nearly 1,340 investors disclosed positions of fewer than 100,000 shares each, collectively representing less than 1% of reported holdings.

Meta will face attorneys general representing 29 states in a case accusing it of deliberately designing addictive features to keep young users engaged while misleading the public about potential mental health risks.

Bankers and investors are using revenue estimates two years into the future to determine how much the AI company could be worth.

The State Department has prepared a letter for the 35 countries that signed the U.S. "AI Opportunity Statement" in June, according to a new report.

The discussions could further deepen the financial ties between some of the biggest beneficiaries of the AI boom.

The AI company is now telling investors its sales could approach $200 billion by 2028.

JPMorgan informed Polymarket in October that it would need to find another bank, and the prediction market platform has since moved its banking business to another lender, whose identity was not disclosed.

In the looming Artificial Intelligence (AI) battle, the US is preparing the groundwork to let its partners know that they can't have pacts with China if they are keen to join the US-led AI coalition. In other words, those who want to dabble with China, as the AI race gathers momentum, can rest assured that they will be excluded from US-led AI initiatives, including Pax Silica.

Anthropic is rolling out invisible watermarks designed to identify content generated by Claude. But even a human-written document could carry the AI signature if Claude was only used to proofread, translate or format it.

The deal assumes significance as this would be Anthropic's first acquisition in Israel. If reported $6 billion figure is true, this would be Anthropic's biggest acquisition to date. The development also assumes significance as OpenAI and Anthropic have plans to spend billions of dollars on data centers stocked with chips that cost a fortune.

The company's annualized revenue run rate has roughly doubled from the more than $20 billion it recorded at the end of 2025.

The investment bank upgraded Sandisk to overweight from neutral on Friday.

The Beijing-based company said its upcoming GLM-5.3 model will deliver improved coding capabilities, putting its performance closer to leading systems such as Anthropic's Fable 5.

Shares surged 7% on Friday after the Japanese gaming giant revealed that sales of Pokémon Pokopia have surpassed 5 million copies.