Nvidia shares fell 1% on Tuesday, August 26, sliding ahead of the artificial intelligence bellwether’s upcoming earnings report, according to live market updates from the Wall Street Journal. Major stock benchmarks drifted down less than 0.5% in a cautious trading session that also saw Meta Platforms reach an $18 billion settlement with 48 states. Meta … Read more
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a stepped-up economic pressure campaign against Iran on Monday, aiming to enforce what he termed an “economic D-Day” and “economic asphyxiation” of the country, according to financial reporting. In response to the geopolitical developments, Brent crude futures fell $2.22 to finish at $92.17 a barrel, snapping a six-session winning … Read more
Google Cloud has established an aggressive roadmap to migrate its entire infrastructure and customer-facing products to post-quantum cryptography by 2029, a timeline that significantly outpaces traditional government and industry projections, according to company announcements. The initiative aims to protect critical data, digital signatures, and authentication systems against future quantum computers capable of breaking conventional cryptographic … Read more
Global equity markets are opening the trading week on a solid footing, with U.S. stock futures holding steady after the S&P 500 closed the previous week at a new all-time high, according to market data. Investors are balancing strong corporate earnings against ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and upcoming U.S. inflation data. Global … Read more