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TURIN, Italy, April 08, 2026--Reply [EXM, STAR: REY] has been confirmed one of a small number of Launch Partners for Agent 365, supporting the general availability of Microsoft's new platform designed to provide enterprise-grade governance, observability and lifecycle management for AI agents.
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Broadcom has joined Project Glasswing, an industry wide cybersecurity initiative focused on using advanced AI models to protect critical software infrastructure. The collaboration brings together Broadcom, Amazon, Anthropic, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia and others to apply AI to vulnerability detection and defensive security tools. The move extends Broadcom's role beyond its core semiconductor and AI chip business into infrastructure software and cybersecurity partnerships. For...
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Iren recently accelerated its shift from Bitcoin mining to AI cloud infrastructure, securing a five‑year US$9.70 billion Microsoft AI data center capacity deal and arranging US$9.30 billion of funding to deploy more than 150,000 Nvidia GPUs across a 4.50 GW power portfolio. This combination of a large, long-term hyperscale contract and substantial capital raising highlights both Iren’s potential to scale AI revenues and the execution and dilution risks that come with such rapid...
IREN (NasdaqGS:IREN) is back in focus after its pivot toward AI cloud infrastructure, anchored by a five year, multibillion dollar data center capacity deal with Microsoft, raised fresh questions about execution and funding. See our latest analysis for IREN. At a latest share price of $35.74, IREN has a 1 day share price return of 1.74% and a 7 day share price return of 4.26%. However, the 90 day share price return of 18.07% and year to date share price return of 16.30% point to fading short...
Dow Jones futures jumped, oil prices dived. President Trump agreed to halt Iran attacks for two weeks. Iran reportedly agreed to open the Strait of Hormuz.
Tesla billionaire also seeks Sam Altman’s removal from the OpenAI nonprofit’s board in an amendment to the suit over for-profit conversion.
CrowdStrike Holdings (NasdaqGS:CRWD) has been selected as a partner in Anthropic's "Project Glasswing". The company gains early access to Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview AI model for defensive cybersecurity work. This partnership places CrowdStrike alongside large technology players such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple within the project. CrowdStrike focuses on cloud delivered cybersecurity, with a core platform built around endpoint protection, threat intelligence, and security...
Apple's long-anticipated entry into the foldable smartphone market has run into trouble before the product ever reached a store shelf. The company has experienced setbacks in the engineering test phase of its first foldable iPhone that could delay mass production and its planned shipment schedule, ...
Production may be delayed as issues persist
Health insurers gained today on Medicare Advantage payment rate news while investors watch developments in the Iran conflict, today, April 7, 2026.
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Apple joined Amazon, Microsoft, and Anthropic in Project Glasswing, a new AI powered cybersecurity initiative, signaling deeper collaboration on digital protection for users and enterprises. Engineering issues reported around Apple's first foldable iPhone are raising the prospect of launch delays, potentially pushing back its entry into the foldable handset segment. In China, the Supreme People's Court rejected Apple's appeal to invalidate Xiao I Corporation's AI patents, confirming Xiao I's...
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Locally-owned Servpac announces its offering Microsoft Azure Local to Hawaiʻi government, education and businesses, allowing organizations throughout the islands to access Azure's cloud services while keeping data locally in Hawaiʻi to meet regulatory and compliance requirements.
Rosenblatt Securities says the company’s relationships with major AI hyperscalers should see a big payoff soon.
Stocks traded sideways Tuesday after President Donald Trump declared that “a whole civilization will die tonight” ahead of his 8 p.m. ET deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Apple dropped 2.1% after Nikkei Asia reported that the iPhone maker’s long-awaited foldable phone had encountered engineering challenges and could face shipping delays. The federal government on Monday pledged to pay insurers in the Medicare program an average increase of 2.48% next year, well above an originally proposed rate of just 0.09% in January.
Wall Street's key equity benchmarks closed mixed Tuesday as uncertainty prevailed ahead of President
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Private AI developer Anthropic (ANTH.PVT) is partnering with an array of Big Tech names for its Project Butterfly cybersecurity initiative that will help combat AI-empowered cyberattacks.Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley joins Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre to break down the headline.