The U.S. Department of Commerce filed to sell up to 9,907,399 GlobalFoundries (GFS) ordinary shares, and GlobalFoundries will not receive any proceeds from the sale.
Sep 18, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger issued Executive Order 22 to slow data center approvals by banning executive branch officials from signing non-disclosure agreements for data center projects and requiring expedited noise regulations and a review of backup-generation operations, while also creating an AI task force to assess AI-related risks like workforce displacement and data privacy and how existing law applies to AI harms.
Sep 18, 2026 ·
The Verge
The Fed raised its benchmark interest rate to 3.75%–4% from 3.5%–3.75% and officials are leaving open the possibility of additional hikes this year, with the median projections expecting a second increase before holding rates steady in 2025.
Sep 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The FCC waived its 25% cap on foreign equity ownership for Paramount, allowing Gulf-region sovereign wealth funds to hold 49.5% of the combined Paramount-Warner Bros. after the WBD-related purchase/merger proceeds.
Sep 18, 2026 ·
Engadget
The FCC approved Paramount to waive the 25% foreign-ownership limit so foreign sovereign wealth funds can take up to 49.5% indirect non-voting equity stakes in the CBS owner, with Class B shares and no voting control, while the Ellison family and RedBird Capital Partners keep 100% of Paramount’s Class A voting shares.
Sep 18, 2026 ·Ars Technica
There were about 16,790 active satellites in low Earth orbit as of today, with nearly 2 out of every 3 belonging to Starlink—raising collision and Kessler-syndrome concerns at roughly 17,000 miles per hour per satellite.
Sep 18, 2026 ·
CNET
Coinbase filed with the SEC to register its Coinbase Derivatives unit as a national securities exchange for “security futures” products, seeking approval to list perpetual futures tied to individual large-cap U.S. stocks for 24/7 leveraged trading.
Sep 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The National Archives removed an open-source Alibaba Qwen AI search tool from the Federal Register website after it was publicly noticed and questioned by the FBI and lawmakers, and the service had been available for at least a day (noted via a September 15 screenshot and Wednesday removal).
Sep 18, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Vishal Garg’s consent solicitation is backed by more than 45% of BETR shareholders—just shy of the 50% threshold needed to replace five directors, including interim CEO Daniel Lewis—while the company’s Aug. 20 poison pill restricts Garg from coordinating with holders of more than 15% of BETR stock.
Sep 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposes “pacing the frontier” by using independent safety evaluators and coordinating AI development among labs in democratic countries.
Sep 18, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order directing the state to develop AI safety rules that could include a routinely verified “kill switch” for frontier models within two months of expert recommendations.
Sep 18, 2026 ·The Verge
SAG-AFTRA and WGAE say entertainment AI isn’t as existentially dangerous as doomer warnings, but it still threatens jobs and they’ve bargained “enforceable, meaningful guardrails” and AI protections into major employers’ deals, including requirements to gain permission and compensate actors for AI-generated replicas.
Sep 18, 2026 ·The Verge
The Fed, as described by Chairman Kevin Warsh, raised its benchmark policy rate by 0.25 percentage points and characterized the move as removing “a dose of accommodation” rather than tightening, leaving markets debating how many more hikes could be needed.
Sep 18, 2026 ·
CNBC
FBI IC3 says law-enforcement and government impersonation scams cost victims more than $1.6 billion since January 2025, with close to 61,000 complaints through July 2026 and average losses of more than $26,000 per complaint.
Sep 18, 2026 ·
The Register
The FBI and U.S. Coast Guard boarded two U.S.-bound oil tankers in the Gulf of Mexico from August 21 to August 24 after hackers reportedly compromised at least one ship’s networks and took control of navigation, propulsion, and cargo systems, with the agencies reporting no operational disruptions, vessel instability, physical danger to crews, or environmental impacts.
Sep 18, 2026 ·TechCrunch
An independent Starling Advisory Group review says Fed supervisory staff knew Silicon Valley Bank’s key vulnerabilities as early as March 2022 but did not act promptly and decisively, in part due to a culture of risk aversion and unclear decision rights about who could be certain an intervention was correct.
Sep 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
GhostCode device-code phishing lets attackers steal Microsoft OAuth authentication tokens, register attacker-controlled devices, and obtain a Primary Refresh Token (PRT) that provides SSO-equivalent access to a victim’s Microsoft 365 environment for the PRT’s lifetime (14 days by default).
Sep 18, 2026 ·
Computerworld
The FCC is waiving its 25% foreign-equity limit in the Paramount–Warner Bros. case to allow three sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi to own 49.5% of the company.
Sep 18, 2026 ·The Verge
Siri Recap on Apple Watch frames Apple’s approach to AI-augmented ambient audio as keeping personal data, audio recordings, and transcripts from being stored, while relying on privacy “guardrails” rather than obtaining consent from everyone who could be exposed.
Sep 18, 2026 ·Computerworld
European Central Bank Vice President Boris Vujcic said EU banks need to operate on much larger scale in deeper capital markets to compete directly with large US banks, noting EU lenders lag US peers in trading and post-trading activities.
Sep 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
