Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank is targeting a strategic utility investment to secure reliable electricity for its growing AI infrastructure ambitions.
Year: 2026
US Temporarily Lifts Oil Sanctions on Iran Allowing Dollar-Denominated Sales
The Treasury waiver allows Iran to sell crude oil and petrochemical products in US dollars for the first time in decades, easing sanctions pressure.
Noam Shazeer, Co-Author of ‘Attention Is All You Need’, Joins OpenAI as Architecture Lead
The Transformer co-inventor leaving Google DeepMind for OpenAI is the biggest individual talent move in AI history since Andrej Karpathy’s move.
SpaceX $60 Billion Cursor Acquisition Still Settling a Week After SEC Filing
The largest acquisition in AI coding history is being scrutinised for antitrust implications as SpaceX integrates Cursor’s 7.5M developer users.
Nasdaq Drops 2.21% and S&P 500 Falls 1.44% in Broad AI Stock Sell-Off
US markets extended Monday’s losses as semiconductor stocks led a global tech sell-off that wiped out recent gains.
South Korea’s KOSPI Plunges 10% as AI Chip Sell-Off Triggers Circuit Breaker
Panic selling in semiconductor stocks caused Korea’s benchmark index to trip a 20-minute trading halt — the biggest single-day fall in years.
3I/ATLAS: What Scientists Found When They Searched an Interstellar Visitor for Alien Signals
SETI scanned the rare interstellar object for radio signals but found only Earth-origin interference — yet the observation itself was scientifically valuable.
India’s Padma Awards Are Back: Why They Still Matter and Who Gets Overlooked
This year’s ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan honoured 65 achievers but critics note the awards still under-represent tribal artists and grassroots workers.
What Messi Breaking the World Cup Record Means: The Numbers Behind the Moment
Messi’s record-breaking brace against Austria makes him the all-time leading scorer in FIFA World Cup history — a statistical look at the achievement.
Glyphosate’s Hidden Danger: The Weedkiller Is Fueling Hospital Superbugs
New research links glyphosate resistance in bacteria to drug resistance, raising alarming questions about agricultural herbicide use worldwide.