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Applications for unemployment benefits in the United States rose slightly last week, signalling continued labour market resilience even as hiring momentum has slowed over the past year.New filings for jobless aid increased by 5,000 to 210,000 for the week ended March 21, up from 205,000 in the previous week, the US Labour Department said on…
Microsoft President Brad Smith has reportedly shared advice for tech companies planning to build data centres in the US. According to a report by the news agency Reuters, Smith said technology companies must secure and maintain the trust of local American communities to move forward with data centre projects in the US. This advice comes…
Precious metal prices may stabilise and witness a mild recovery next week after a steep correction, although the upside could remain capped due to elevated interest rates and a firm US dollar, analysts said.Market participants are expected to track key macroeconomic indicators, including provisional manufacturing and services PMI readings from the US, UK and Japan,…
NEW DELHI: The govt has asked all entities across the oil and gas value chain to regularly furnish detailed operational information to the ministry’s Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC), with officials classifying the data as a matter of national security. With imports plummeting, the move signals the vulnerability of the sector, turning it into…
The Centre has classified key energy data as a matter of national security and directed all entities across India’s oil and gas value chain to submit detailed operational information, as the government moves to tighten oversight of supplies disrupted by the ongoing Middle East war.The oil ministry has issued the Petroleum and Natural Gas (Furnishing…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is buying commercially available data that can be used to track people’s locations and movement history, Kash Patel, the director of the agency, said at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Wednesday (March 18), marking the first time the agency has openly acknowledged the practice is currently ongoing.“We do…
North Korean hackers are reportedly posing as remote IT workers for more companies. Cybersecurity experts have warned that the scheme, previously identified in the United States, is now affecting companies in Europe. The issue earlier drew attention in the US after an incident involving Amazon. In December 2025, the e-commerce giant’s chief security officer, Stephen…
Developments in the ongoing Middle East conflict and the movement in crude oil prices will be the key drivers for Indian equity markets this week, analysts said, with investors also closely tracking the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision, inflation data and foreign fund flows after a bruising selloff in Dalal Street.Market participants are bracing…
Palantir CEO Alex Karp made a series of statements, including a claim that artificial intelligence (AI) is giving the US and its allies a decisive advantage in the conflict with Iran. He also warned that Iran’s recent attacks on three Amazon data centres in the Middle East signals a calculated front in modern warfare, essentially…
A developer’s AI-assisted server migration has gone badly wrong, taking down two websites and deleting all backups in the process. It started as a routine infrastructure move. It ended with a frantic call to Amazon support and a very expensive lesson in AI supervision. Alexey Grigorev, founder of AI Shipping Labs, recently published a post…
