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Astronomers Find Evidence of an Exomoon Spewing a Volcanic Cloud

Astronomers have yet to confirm the existence of exomoons, but a molecular signal around a far away star offers some of the best evidence yet.

Science - The New York Times - October 15

LVMH Results Cast Cloud on Luxury Stocks

European luxury stocks fell after third-quarter results from industry bellwether LVMH dashed hopes that a sector recovery is under way and renewed concerns over the Chinese market.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 16

Google’s strong earnings boosted by cloud computing gains

Parent company Alphabet’s shares rise 6% as results show lift from AI demand

Business - Financial Times - 17 hours ago

Google's Cloud Business Powers Accelerating Revenue Growth

Google reported a 15% jump in year-over-year revenue driven by strong results in its cloud-computing division, boosting the company’s fortunes during a costly push into artificial intelligence.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - Yesterday

Xbox Cloud Gaming Is Planning For Direct-To-Cloud Controllers And Higher-Quality Streams - Report

Microsoft launched Xbox Cloud Gaming in 2020 with great fanfare, but the company's stated goal to push cloud gaming even further has run into some technological setbacks as well as ongoing ...

Tech - GameSpot - October 18

Uber’s drive for ‘super app’ status

The ride-hailing app is exploring a takeover of Expedia, which would be its biggest deal yet

World - Financial Times - October 21

CoD: Black Ops 6, MW3, And Warzone Coming To Xbox Cloud Gaming

Microsoft has announced that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be available on Xbox Cloud Gaming for Game Pass Ultimate members at launch. Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare 3 will also ...

Tech - GameSpot - October 15

Startup Make Sunsets Wants to Fight Global Warming by Making Aerosol Clouds

Scientific critics are skeptical, but venture funders steered $1.5 million to a California company creating high-altitude particle clouds to slow global warming. Call it a moonshot for the Earth.

Business - Inc. - October 15

Hurricane victims push for donations as right-wing falsehoods cloud recovery efforts

Residents are launching GoFundMe to finance repairs but worry that scams and falsehoods, including right-wing disinformation, will hamper their appeals for help.

Rising food inflation clouds the good news on headline rates

Let them eat CPI

World - Financial Times - October 18

The human factor: How companies can prevent cloud disasters

Let's explore human engineering techniques that have worked at scale across the most successful tech companies in history.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 19

License to compete: Regulators must step in to even the cloud playing field

Regulators need to press for a better and fuller solution to the cloud competition challenge right now. The longer the delay, the more entrenched the monopolistic behaviors become and the harder ...

Politics - The Hill - October 20

Bad Polls for Japan’s Ruling Coalition May Cloud BOJ Rate Path

World - Yahoo News - October 21

Clippers' fresh start clouded by old struggles in Intuit Dome debut

L.A.'s other team debuted their state-of-the-art Intuit Dome with a valiant effort led by James Harden, but old challenges and uncertainties still loom over their new chapter.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 6 days ago

Sequence launches on Google Cloud Marketplace for Web3 gaming tech

Sequence, the all-in-one platform for building Web3 games, has partnered with Google Cloud Marketplace to widen its reach to game developers.

Tech - VentureBeat - 6 days ago

Indonesia’s Marapi volcano erupts, spewing ash and hot clouds

One of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes has erupted, spewing thick columns of ash at least three times and blanketing villages with debris, but no casualties were reported

World - ABC News - 3 days ago

What to know about the new way Microsoft will report cloud numbers Wednesday

Some on Wall Street are upbeat about the move. Others are not.

Business - CNBC - Yesterday

Alphabet shares rise on earnings beats boosted by cloud revenue

Google parent Alphabet reported third-quarter earnings that beat on top and bottom lines.

Business - CNBC - 14 hours ago

Microsoft Cloud revenue rises on AI boom but softer outlook weighs on shares

Warnings of slowing Azure growth and rising data centre costs dampen initial optimism on tech giant’s quarterly earnings

Business - Financial Times - 5 hours ago

Why the cost of insurance is driving UK motorists to distraction

This multi-faceted problem is not for the industry alone

World - Financial Times - October 19

The Powerful Companies Driving Local Drugstores Out of Business

The biggest pharmacy benefit managers are profiting by systematically underpaying independent drugstores, creating “pharmacy deserts” across the country.

Business - The New York Times - October 19

Trump works the drive-thru at Pennsylvania McDonald’s

Former President Trump on Sunday stepped behind the counter at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania, working the drive-thru for a short time after he spent weeks mocking Vice President Harris's past ...

Politics - The Hill - October 20

Messi Mania helps drive record growth for MLS

Major League Soccer is hitting record attendance marks and mounting sponsorship revenue

Sports - ABC News - October 22

The Patagonian shale riches driving Argentina to an energy surplus

New oil pipelines will boost exports from the Vaca Muerta formation, although gas infrastructure is more complex

World - Financial Times - October 23

Tesla Self-Driving System Will Be Investigated by Safety Agency

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it was looking into what Elon Musk’s electric car company called the full self-driving system.

Tech - The New York Times - October 18

Before the First Kiss, Plenty of Drives Home

Jocelyn DeGroot-Lutzner grew up four blocks from Ephream Seyoum in West Philadelphia. But the two didn’t meet until she applied for a job at his family’s Eritrean restaurant.

Lifestyle - The New York Times - October 23

Auto-enrolment drives surge in ‘lost’ UK pensions

£31bn sitting in unclaimed, inactive or lost savings pots

Business - Financial Times - 6 days ago

Teen death crash driver was drink-driving - inquest

Jesse Owen, Callum Griffiths and Morgan Smith died at the scene of the collision.

EU drives through tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles

Levies totalling up to 45% needed to compensate for Beijing’s ‘injurious’ subsidies, says Brussels

Business - Financial Times - Yesterday

Ukraine in new mobilisation drive as Russia advances

Ukraine's military has been under severe pressure of late, in part due to Russia's greater manpower.

How Diwali Is Influencing Brands and Driving Customer Experience

From big box retailers to small brands, capitalizing on Diwali makes good business sense.

Business - Inc. - 21 hours ago

Generative AI startups get 40% of all VC investment in cloud amid ChatGPT buzz

Venture capital firm Accel says that funding for cloud startups is set to rise 27% in 2024 thanks to a boost from AI — the first year of growth in three years.

Business - CNBC - October 16

Amazon cloud boss says employees unhappy with 5-day office mandate can leave

Amazon's cloud boss on Thursday told employees who are unhappy with the company's new five-day in-office mandate they can leave for other companies.

Business - CNBC - October 18

Japan's political instability could cloud economic policy, herald 'revolving door' of prime ministers

Analysts predict a short tenure for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, with one noting that Japan could return to an era of "revolving door" prime ministers.

Business - CNBC - 2 days ago

Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund leads $500mn fundraising for AI cloud group Crusoe

Deal values infrastructure start-up at $3bn as it benefits from spending surge on generative AI