Posts by Swedan Margen
Malaysian chip firm SQAI said to plan US$73 million IPO in early 2027
Published Thu, Oct 8, 2026 · 01:08 PM [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian semiconductor firm SQ Advanced Interconnect (SQAI) is considering raising about RM 300 million (US$73 million) in an initial public offering in the first quarter of 2027, people familiar with the matter said. SQAI, which is based in Malaysia’s semiconductor hub Penang and also has…
Read MoreOil falls with focus on Hormuz vessel attacks and Mideast flows
Brent settles lower, near US$100 a barrel, as West Texas Intermediate dips 1.3% to around US$88 Published Thu, Oct 8, 2026 · 06:09 AM [TOKYO] Oil fell in choppy trading as traders weighed a pickup in Iranian attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz against resilient flows from the Middle East. Brent settled slightly…
Read MoreJustice Alito on Sports Gambling, ‘Nutty’ Law Reviews, and a Judge’s Fighting Spirit | National Review
Alito tells National Review what a justice needs and reads, and what worries him the most about the future. Source link
Read MoreBold Marketing Beats Caution, New Study Finds
Playing it safe is not as safe as it looks, according to a new study from FleishmanHillard and Contagious. The research, released October 6 in New York, argues that caution has become the riskiest strategy in marketing. The findings matter to any founder with a small budget and a big goal. Treat the study with…
Read MoreTucker Carlson Is Now a World War II Revisionist | National Review
These days, he’s doing more than just asking questions. Source link
Read MoreTeen Entrepreneur Zain Javaid Raises $11M for Ghost
A 19-year-old founder just raised $11 million in seed funding for Ghost, a startup that sells a $3,499 computer built to run personal AI agents. Andreessen Horowitz led the round, and the founder is Zain Javaid. If you are a teen entrepreneur or just starting out, this one is for you. Age did not stop…
Read More“Fear Fokol” Looks Inside the Private-Security Forces That Patrol Johannesburg
Tuva Björk’s short documentary opens with a private-security officer offering a litany of the weapons he has with him in his car, recounted with a pride that borders on glee. He has a small metal bar, best for breaking the bone around the eye socket; a knuckle-duster, worn down from use, attached to his key…
Read MoreDodgers, Angels receive surprising report cards from the Automated Ball-Strike system’s first season
The Dodgers were horrible. The Angels were great. No, that’s not a dispatch from topsy-turvy land. It’s their report cards following the first season Major League Baseball has utilized the Automated Ball-Strike system (ABS), courtesy of Baseball Savant’s calculations of the total run value of overturns on challenges. ABS is the review process that uses…
Read MoreChatGPT’s teen safeguards failed to alert parents during suicide conversations, report finds
The guardrails OpenAI put in place to protect teens don’t seem to be working, according to a new report. Common Sense Media’s Youth AI Safety Institute rated ChatGPT for Teens an “Unacceptable Risk” for children under 18 in a study published Wednesday. The media and technology watchdog organization urged OpenAI to pause marketing the product…
Read MoreSouth Korean investors suffer US$1.7 billion losses from leveraged ETFs
Published Wed, Oct 7, 2026 · 12:56 PM [SEOUL] Retail investors have suffered an estimated 2.3 trillion won (US$1.7 billion) in cumulative losses from leveraged single-stock exchange-traded products tracking South Korea’s major chipmakers, according to data from the Financial Supervisory Service released by opposition lawmaker Choi Eun-seok. Clients across 10 major South Korean brokerages –…
Read More‘Legitimate concern’: JPMorgan CEO Dimon says Anthropic’s Mythos pushed cyber risk up 10 times
Published Wed, Oct 7, 2026 · 06:54 AM [NEW YORK] Anthropic’s Mythos artificial intelligence model has dramatically increased global cybersecurity risks, JPMorgan Chase chief executive officer Jamie Dimon said. Risks from AI “went up 10-fold after Mythos,” Dimon said on Tuesday (Oct 6) in an interview on Bloomberg TV. “AI created vulnerabilities that we didn’t…
Read MoreThe System Worked in the Cornell Seven Case | National Review
Based on the information available to them at the time, the authorities handled the matter in keeping with the facts and the law. Source link
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