The UK announced a dual-track immigration overhaul on Thursday that reshapes pathways to permanent residency. Most foreign workers will need to wait ten years for indefinite leave to remain, double the current five-year standard, but a new “earned settlement” scheme allows high-earners and exceptional contributors to qualify much faster. The fast-track pathway rewards substantial tax
Cloudflare Inc. (NYSE: NET) suffered a major outage on Tuesday that affected access to some of the world’s most widely used platforms. Services including ChatGPT, X (formerly Twitter), Shopify, PayPal, and Spotify experienced partial or complete downtime, with users reporting widespread errors and connection failures. The disruption, which lasted several hours, was traced back to
Google announced Gemini 3 on Tuesday and is embedding it into Search and other products immediately, marking the first time the company has integrated its most advanced AI model into its search engine on day one. This aggressive rollout signals a step-change in Google’s strategy: shifting from cautious research releases to product-first, revenue-driven deployment at
Major shifts hit tech, business, and geopolitics today. A widespread Cloudflare outage briefly took down some of the world’s biggest platforms, underscoring the web’s dependence on core infrastructure. Anthropic locked in a massive Azure partnership to scale Claude, while Klarna reported strong revenue momentum despite slipping into the red. And in Washington, President Trump hosted
Wall Street stumbled into midday trading on Tuesday as investors pulled back from technology and artificial intelligence stocks, sending major indices lower in a cautious session ahead of Nvidia’s pivotal earnings report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped approximately 300 to 361 points, while the S&P 500 fell roughly 0.3% to 0.5% and the Nasdaq
BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI stock) defied broader market weakness on Tuesday, jumping more than 10% to reach $6.00 amid elevated trading volumes as the defense-tech AI company bucked the risk-off sentiment, crushing major indices. While the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all declined as investors grew nervous ahead of Nvidia’s earnings and delayed economic data, BigBear.ai
Meta has secured a major legal victory after a US federal judge dismissed the Federal Trade Commission’s high-profile antitrust case, ending a years-long effort by regulators to unwind the company’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. The ruling marks one of the most significant setbacks for US antitrust enforcement in the tech sector and underscores how
Wix’s stock price has crashed to a bear market this year, as it has crashed by over 48% from its highest level this year, as concerns about its growth and the emerging competition rise. It was trading at $126 on Wednesday, with its market capitalization remaining at $7 billion, down from the year-to-date high of
Advances in AI arrive faster than users can track them. The release of Google’s Gemini 3, the billion-dollar partnerships around Anthropic’s Claude, and fresh updates from OpenAI have condensed years of progress into a single season. Every major tech company is betting on larger models, new chips, and aggressive cloud expansion. But the real issue
The Netherlands has stepped back from its emergency controls over chipmaker Nexperia, easing tensions with China and calming pressure on global supply chains that were beginning to spill into the automotive industry. The move follows renewed diplomatic engagement between Chinese, Dutch, German, EU, and US officials, who worked to resolve a standoff that had cast