Anthropic IPO Valuation Expectations Fall After Technology Selloff
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CNBC reported on November 6, 2026 that some Anthropic investors were lowering their valuation expectations after the technology selloff, with one putting a more likely range at $1 trillion to $1.25 trillion. Anthropic was still expected to begin its IPO roadshow in the week of November 9, 2026. That range is below both the $1.5 […]
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OpenAI Introduces BioBasicsBench to Test AI Agents on Wet-Lab Data
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OpenAI introduced BioBasicsBench on November 6, 2026, a 100-task benchmark developed with enzyme-design company Ligo to test whether AI agents can interpret raw evidence from routine wet-lab experiments. OpenAI reports results as mean reward, the average task score expressed as a percentage of available credit. At xhigh, the highest reasoning-effort setting reported for all seven […]
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Cognizant Completes Wizeline Deal to Expand AI Product Engineering
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Cognizant announced on November 6, 2026 that it had acquired Wizeline, a global services firm focused on AI-native engineering and digital product development for enterprises. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition expands Cognizant’s work in digital product development, software engineering, cloud modernization, data and AI. Cognizant expects the added capabilities to strengthen its ability […]
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OpenAI Secures $11B in Initial Funding at $1.25T Valuation
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Reuters reported on November 6, 2026 that OpenAI had closed on an initial $11 billion in new funding, the first part of a round valuing the company at $1.25 trillion, citing a source familiar with the matter. The amount raised so far represents only a portion of OpenAI’s original target of up to $30 billion. […]
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Current Muse Scores 47% on Meta’s Personal Superintelligence Index
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Meta AI Research announced on November 6, 2026 that it is rolling out specialized versions of the models behind Muse and Meta AI, trained using Muse Wonder, with the current Muse model scoring 47% on its Personal Superintelligence Index versus 38% for the previous model. The update brings Active Memory and Active Focus to both […]
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Interactive: Tracking negotiating texts at the COP31 climate summit
Print article Share The centrepiece of every UN climate summit is for countries to negotiate the wording of a large number of legal agreements – and COP31 in the Turkish city of Antalya is no different. These texts are hashed out behind closed doors in the “blue zone” at the COP, where diplomats from nearly 200 […]
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Analysis: China’s quarterly CO2 falls 3% in largest drop since Covid
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 3.1% in the third quarter of 2026, as the Hormuz crisis continued to hit oil demand and coal use also dropped. This guest post is by: Lauri Myllyvirta, lead analyst at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air This was the largest quarterly reduction since the […]
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‘Simply staggering’: Rapidly developing ‘super El Niño’ on track to peak in December
Print article Share The ongoing “super El Niño” is likely to peak at the end of 2026 and push average global temperatures to record levels next year. That is according to Carbon Brief’s latest “state of the climate” update, which analyses El Niño forecasts from more than a dozen climate models, as well as six […]
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Asian AI and Chip Stocks Tumble on US Data-Center Fears
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CNBC reported on November 6, 2026, that Asian technology and chip stocks tumbled amid US data-center policy fears and Wall Street’s AI-linked selloff, with contract chipmaker TSMC down 9.6% and South Korea’s SK Hynix losing more than 8%. Investors were concerned that Democrats’ sweeping US midterm victory could produce tighter restrictions on data-center development. Timothy […]
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Palo Alto Networks Explores Clutch Security Acquisition
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TechCrunch reported on November 6, 2026 that Palo Alto Networks is in talks to acquire Clutch Security for $500 million in cash plus additional milestone-based payouts. The report describes discussions rather than a signed or completed acquisition, and neither company responded to TechCrunch’s requests for comment. The person familiar with the discussions said Clutch was […]
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XIIlab Approves KRW 10B Convertible Bond to Expand AI Data Center Business
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South Korean AI infrastructure company XIIlab disclosed in a November 6, 2026 regulatory filing that its board approved a KRW 10 billion privately placed convertible bond for its AI data-center business. Subscription and cash payment are scheduled for November 16, 2026, so the disclosure records an approved financing, not a completed raise. XIIlab’s announcement connects […]
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Cashfree Adds WebMCP Tools to Hosted Checkout for AI Agents
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Cashfree Payments announced on November 6, 2026, that its Hosted Checkout now supports WebMCP, allowing browser-based AI agents to read orders, navigate payment methods, display UPI QR codes and check payment status. The company said the tools can reduce the tokens required to complete a checkout by more than 40%. The capability is built into […]
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EPG Tops Out Johor Factory for Modular Data Center Production
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EPG Modular Data Center has topped out its approximately US$120 million factory in Senai Airport City, Johor, the company announced on November 6, 2026, with completion scheduled for the first quarter of 2027. The topping-out ceremony included the raising of the final structural beam, marking a construction milestone rather than the start of operations. The […]
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Catching hose failure before it becomes a spill
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Tapflo PT40 peristaltic pump. The design isolates the pumped fluid within a replaceable hose, making hose monitoring and leak detection important safeguards against chemical spills and unplanned downtime. Hose monitoring and leak detection can improve the reliability of peristaltic pumps used in chemical dosing applications. Pump manufacturer Tapflo UK explains how. As water companies invest […]
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Diamond electrodes enable chemical-free disinfection
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Illustration of an electrochemical water-treatment cell. (Image credit: Oxi-Tech Solutions) Oxi-Tech Solutions has secured Innovate UK funding for a two-year research partnership with the University of Warwick to develop electrochemical water disinfection technology that could reduce reliance on chemical cleaning agents in industrial applications. The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), beginning in 2027, will focus on […]
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CB Live: Carbon Brief’s team at COP17 on the nature talks’ key outcomes
Print article Share Following this year’s UN COP17 biodiversity conference, Carbon Brief’s journalists hosted a livestream to explain what happened at the summit. Carbon Brief’s Orla Dwyer and Aruna Chandrasekhar have been on the ground in Yerevan, Armenia, over the past two weeks, covering the negotiations. They were joined on the livestream by associate editors […]
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Q&A: What is in the global ‘roadmap’ for transitioning away from fossil fuels?
Print article Share Article Contents Expand menu Close Why has Brazil produced a fossil-fuel ‘roadmap’? What does the fossil-fuel roadmap say? How will the fossil-fuel roadmap be discussed at COP31? Transitioning away from fossil fuels is “urgent, inevitable and, yet, possible”, according to a first-of-its-kind global “roadmap” produced by Brazil. The host of last year’s […]
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Q&A: What is the Brazil-led ‘deforestation roadmap’?
Print article Share Article Contents Expand menu Close What is a deforestation ‘roadmap’? What does the roadmap say about reducing deforestation? Why did some countries not sign onto the roadmap at COP30? What are the barriers to implementing a deforestation roadmap? On 3 November, the Brazilian presidency of the COP30 climate talks released its long-awaited […]