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FCC to vote on auctioning 25MHz of ‘prime spectrum’ in move that could benefit Amazon, SpaceX
SpaceX and Amazon have moved to expand providing direct-to-device services with networks of satellites.
Trump doesn’t think Russia plague incident is bioweapon, plans Putin call Wednesday
Nearly 200 people were placed under medical observation earlier this week in Russia’s Irkutsk region in eastern Siberia over suspected exposure to plague.
Fed officials see another hike coming, but no sign as to when, minutes show
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday released minutes from its Sept. 15-16 policy meeting.
Inflation fears on the rise as one-year outlook in Fed survey hits highest level since May 2023
The Survey of Consumer Expectations indicated that the median outlook for inflation over the next 12 months rose to 3.9%.
Trading platform Webull’s China ties create national security risk, congressional panel finds; stock drops 18%
A congressional committee says trading platform Webull is not the ordinary U.S. company it claims, but exposes customer data to Chinese surveillance risk.
Refinance demand is now half what it was a year ago, as mortgage rates rise again
Mortgage rates rose to the highest level in nearly three years, causing demand for both refinancing and homebuying to decline even further.
Meta’s Muse assistant tops app charts. Now it needs to become a habit
Meta’s Muse is free for now as the company searches for a business surrounding its personal AI agent.
Meta joins with group of companies to tame ‘chaos’ of doing business with AI bots
Meta and OpenAI Chairman Bret Taylor’s startup Sierra are building a set of tech standards to make it easier to do business with AI bots.
Young voters struggle to afford housing. But they don’t expect help from political candidates
Pennsylvania’s competitive U.S. House districts showcase how housing affordability challenges for young voters may play into control of the next Congress.
Meta Muse popularity lifts AMD stock to fresh highs as AI agents juice CPU sales
The personal agent boom is lifting the fortunes of AMD and Intel, which have outperformed their megacap tech peers over the past month.
Trump allows cheaper, dyed diesel on highways to blunt historic fuel cost spike ahead of midterms
The U.S. national average price of diesel topped $6 a gallon in September for the first time ever, as fuel supply disruptions pushed up transportation costs in the country.
Pentagon says Trump approves Army firing squad execution of Fort Hood killer Nidal Hasan
Former Army Maj. Nidal Hassan was sentenced to death after a court-martial that convicted him of killing 13 and wounding 32 others at an Army base in Texas.
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