Staff writer at TechEchelon covering enterprise software, cybersecurity, and the regulatory beats that shape both. Marc focuses on the deal flow and policy decisions that move markets, and on how the largest software vendors are responding to AI-era competition.
Harvard University's endowment posted a 27.1% return in fiscal year 2026 — its best in five years — reaching nearly $68 billion, with a $2.2 billion SpaceX position serving as the portfolio's largest single holding.
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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said speed-based restrictions on SpaceX's Starshield military satellite service disrupted drone intercept operations and contributed to civilian deaths, while Elon Musk attributed control of the system to the U.S. government.
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Ukraine's sudden loss of access to Starshield, SpaceX's military satellite service, has intensified tensions between President Trump and Senate Republicans while raising questions about who controls the $6 billion government-contracted network.
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SK Hynix fell more than 10% and Samsung dropped 7.1% as Asian chip stocks extended a Wall Street sell-off driven by fears of further Federal Reserve rate hikes and mounting concerns over the cost of financing AI infrastructure projects.
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Federal prosecutors say OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan had booked one-way tickets to Saudi Arabia for himself and family members before his Oct. 9 arrest on charges of secretly installing a recording device in an executive conference room.
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A Saudi national who worked as an engineer at OpenAI has been arrested and charged with planting a recording device inside the company's offices, the Department of Justice said Tuesday.
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The FTC and seven states filed a contempt motion Tuesday against Martin Shkreli, alleging he traded in at least 60 pharmaceutical stocks and offered public commentary on drug companies in violation of a 2022 lifetime industry ban.
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China's ChangXin Memory Technologies triggered a global semiconductor sell-off Tuesday after announcing progress on a new chip architecture, sending Micron down 5%, SK Hynix down 10%, and Samsung down 7.4% while extending losses across Asian and European markets.
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Hackers forced refrigeration systems at hundreds of French supermarkets — including Carrefour, Intermarché, and Coopérative U — to overheat to 122°F overnight, spoiling food and drawing condemnation from EU officials over the "weaponization of food."
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Third-party AI evaluators like METR and Apollo Research are taking on growing responsibility for model safety oversight as Anthropic and OpenAI embed independent auditors and the federal government opts against formal regulation.
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Apple disclosed to the European Commission that it has agreed to hire members of the Huxe AI team and license the personalized podcast startup's intellectual property, in a reverse acqui-hire deal filed on June 9.
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The FCC announced it will vote on auctioning 25MHz of prime spectrum to support direct-to-device satellite services, a proposal that could benefit SpaceX and Amazon as both companies race to expand satellite-based smartphone connectivity.
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Meta's Muse personal AI agent has reached 6.6 million installs since its September 8 launch and expanded to iPad on Wednesday, with new small-business and retail connectors added alongside the tablet release.
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Google DeepMind's Lila Ibrahim has shifted from chief operating officer to Chief AI Readiness Officer, a role she says is focused not on DeepMind's own preparedness but on helping workers, schools, and communities adapt as artificial intelligence accelerates into everyday life.
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U.S. stock futures edged up 0.1% Sunday evening as investors monitored elevated Treasury yields and looked ahead to Federal Reserve meeting minutes due Wednesday for clues on the central bank's next rate move.
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Tesla's Cybercab fleet in Texas grew from 45 to 169 authorized vehicles in its first month of commercial operations in Austin, but mixed passenger reviews, federal safety scrutiny, and a dominant rival in Waymo underscore the challenges ahead for the driverless ride-hail service.
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AI-related job postings at major U.S. banks reached 139,819 this year, up 49% from 2025, with demand for agent orchestration skills surging 1,721%, according to hiring data firm Draup.
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Micron Technology posted fiscal fourth-quarter revenue of $54.23 billion, nearly four times its year-ago result, as DRAM sales surged 343% and the company issued guidance that exceeded analyst forecasts by a wide margin.
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