Posts by Swedan Margen
OpenAI apologies for Australian government website hack, pledges to rebuild trust
Firm’s chief strategy officer to appear at an Australian Senate committee hearing on AI on Oct 6 Published Tue, Sep 29, 2026 · 12:28 PM [SYDNEY] OpenAI apologised for the hacking of an Australian government website by a rogue AI agent, committing funding to improve cyber defences and to establish a local response task force…
Read MoreNvidia rival AMD to buy industry pioneer’s AI startup World Labs for US$8.2 billion
The deal will bolster AMD’s offerings by allowing it to provide a variety of AI models to customers Published Tue, Sep 29, 2026 · 06:26 AM [SAN FRANCISCO] Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) agreed to acquire World Labs for US$8.2 billion, gaining an artificial intelligence startup founded by industry pioneer and researcher Fei-Fei Li. The…
Read MoreIPO Timing Keeps Slipping as Solari Capital Emerges
A new investment firm stepped out of stealth mode on September 25 with $350 million already deployed, and its founder is making a blunt argument: companies are staying private for far too long, and that is exactly where the opportunity sits. AJ Scaramucci runs Solari Capital, and he built it to bet on that gap.…
Read MoreUBS faces 9% profit hit from latest Swiss capital plan
Published Mon, Sep 28, 2026 · 11:17 PM [BERN] The latest capital reform proposal adopted by Swiss lawmakers would cut UBS Group’s earnings per share by 9 per cent, RBC analysts estimated. The decision “is close to the worst case,” RBC analysts Anke Reingen, Sherry Lin and Susana Cruz said in a note on Monday…
Read MoreIndian firms ready US$3 billion of debt issues with eye on potential RBI rate hike
Published Mon, Sep 28, 2026 · 06:37 PM [MUMBAI] Indian companies are rushing to lock in borrowing costs ahead of a potential rate hike by the central bank, with about US$3 billion of rupee debt issuances lined up over the next few days. Large Indian conglomerates, state-run firms, infrastructure investment trusts and non-bank finance companies…
Read MoreWhat the ‘Anti-Woke’ Crowd Gets Wrong | National Review
National Review’s original mission statement makes painfully clear that ‘liberal orthodoxy’ did not just emerge in 2016. Source link
Read MoreFulton Sheen Was More Than an Influencer Saint | National Review
He showed the Christian life. Source link
Read MoreFlattering a Faltering China: Trump Misreads a Country in Decline | National Review
Only a sliver of its population is involved in the tech sectors that have the world so mesmerized. Source link
Read MoreHow America Became Antifascist
Franklin D. Roosevelt was slow to confront the threat of Fascism. A new history explores how he—and the country—finally came around. Source link
Read MoreVictoria Tentler-Krylov’s “Flower District”
For the October 5, 2026, issue, the artist and architect Victoria Tentler-Krylov celebrates the flower district, one of New York’s most magical, verdant nooks. Once sprawling from Twenty-third to Thirty-fourth Street, the neighborhood has contracted to a single block on Twenty-eighth Street—but has lost none of its charm. “Walking through the block on a wet…
Read MoreCan CDL become a powerhouse in fund management?
Kudos to the company for sharing strategic plans with clear targets; other family-linked groups should too Source link
Read MoreOil rebounds after Trump rejects Iran peace deal
Published Mon, Sep 28, 2026 · 06:29 AM [SINGAPORE] Oil prices rebounded more than 1 per cent on Monday (Sep 28) after US President Donald Trump rejected a peace deal from Iran to resolve their conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude futures rose US$1.82, or 1.74 per cent, to US$106.14 a barrel…
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