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An intensifying rout of tech stocks hit global markets Friday, with a surge of red tickers spreading from Wall Street to Asia and Europe after the blue wave of the U.S. midterm elections fueled fears over AI development.

A steep rout in technology stocks today rippled through markets on fears that the Democrats' victory in the US midterm elections would increase regulatory scrutiny of AI and slow the data centre build-out.

<p>A rout in Asia’s tech-heavy markets deepened on Friday as fear of increased regulatory scrutiny and a slowdown in AI build-out precipitated the <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2042373/stocks-slide-on-wall-street-as-investors-worry-about-data-centre-backlash-following-us-midterms">steepest decline in US stocks</a> since the tariff-triggered “Liberation

SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price In...

Asian technology stocks tumbled Friday, tracking a sharp sell-off on Wall Street overnight that sent the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite into correction territory.

The stock market tanked on Thursday after an initial post-midterm surge. CBS News' Kelly O'Grady breaks down what happened.

Investors fear US will now seek to slow data centre buildout in potential blow to tech companies

US vice-president JD Vance blames Republicans’ midterm defeat on anger over Iran war

The world’s richest person has antagonized Democrats, some of whom have signaled their intent to investigate him when they take control of Congress.

French group also sets out plan to cut €2bn in debt in second major profit warning under new chief Martin Sion

Prices extend decline after Iran’s president said the country’s supreme leader had given officials certain authority over talks

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VICTORIA — The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia says artificial intelligence company OpenAI is challenging an order to produce documents related to the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge.

Intel shares cratered and Amazon tumbled on Friday, as disappointing earnings reports fuelled a new wave of investor concerns over the AI buildout and the massive investments powering it. Intel shares sank 28.51 percent after forecasting a weak fourth-quarter outlook due to slowing demand for PCs, triggering a slide for other semiconductor stocks. AMD, Arm H

Big Tech stocks plummet as cash burn spooks investors

Revelations that Anthropic could receive junk rating after IPO add to concerns over industry borrowing spree

VANCOUVER — The father of Tumbler Ridge attack victim Maya Gebala says she is being released from BC Children's Hospital, more than eight months after being shot three times.

"262 days since we were told, “We did everything we could, but we don’t think she’s going to make it through the night'," David Gebala wrote on Thursday.

Google parent burned $9.1bn after lifting AI spending to $50bn

Bunnings, JB Hi-Fi and other major retailers have reported a sales slump as people rein in spending.

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Casey Sparks told NBC News he was convinced his GPS was taking him the wrong way, but it turned into good fortune: “Now I see it: I wasn’t putting 2 and 2 together at the time.”

The Heat fell to 0-3 after a 115-110 loss to the undermanned Hornets in which Giannis Antetokounmpo scored just 14 points before fouling out.

Price records were broken in the cattle market this week as widespread rain fell across Queensland and northern New South Wales.

Tech-heavy Nasdaq falls 2.6 percent as debate rages over whether AI is a bubble.

Treasury yields dove dramatically lower on Thursday as investors monitored a slump in stocks and surging oil prices.

The Australian sharemarket has opened lower after AI stocks tumbled on Wall Street, while oil prices hit their highest levels since May on worries about the war with Iran.

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U.S. equity markets sold off sharply as fears that Israel and the U.S. would attack Iran sent oil prices higher, while stocks failed to hold on to recent gains.

The alleged co-conspirator in the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is expected to enter a plea at an arraignment in a Seattle courthouse Thursday.

Social media group’s market value sinks by $124bn after it says it will raise ‘hundreds of billions of dollars’ in coming years

SEATTLE — The alleged co-conspirator in the deadly mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., has pleaded not guilty in a U.S. court.

South African fast bowling great Vernon Philander described Australia’s first-innings capitulation in the second Test as “gutless” on a horror fourth day in Gqeberha.

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