35+ min ago   (764+ words) Anthropic says authoritarian regimes used Claude AI for disinformation and surveillance. The company says it shut down the operations.Dado Ruvic/Reuters Authoritarian regimes around the world are deploying Anthropic’s Claude AI system to expand the disinformation and surveillance campaigns…...

33+ min ago   (672+ words) Intrepid Growth Partners, an AI-focused financier co-founded by ex-Canada Pension Plan Investment Board chief executive officer Mark Machin, has raised US$525-million for its first fund. Intrepid Growth Partners, an AI-focused VC fund co-founded by (from left) Ajay Agrawal, Mike…...

2+ hour, 18+ min ago   (406+ words) Patent cliff concerns continue to weigh down Bristol Myers Squibb's stock. The pharmaceutical company's management is taking active steps to counter some longstanding headwinds. This is a great stock for income-focused investors, but it's also appealing to growth-minded investors. With…...

4+ hour, 22+ min ago   (501+ words) Shares of fast-food chain McDonald’s have taken a sizeable tumble in response to disappointing sales. It remains to be seen how well or how quickly the reasons for this weak revenue will be shored up. There’s nothing about the current…...

5+ hour, 27+ min ago   (544+ words) Amazon remains a top cloud computing and e-commerce stock to own. Microsoft is seeing strong cloud and enterprise software growth. Meta's platform is a great AI flywheel, while its new AI agent could be a game changer. Billionaire hedge fund…...

6+ hour, 15+ min ago   (394+ words) The Vanguard Information Technology ETF (VGT) has averaged over 23% annual returns over the past decade. Much of VGT's growth has come at the hands of the current AI boom. Over the past decade, information technology (tech) has easily been the…...

10+ hour, 52+ min ago   (360+ words) Salesforce has been aggressively buying back its stock, spending $27.1 billion on repurchases in Q1 alone. The company continued to repurchase and retire shares in Q2. Huge gains for the stock following the company's Q2 report show this was a smart move. Salesforce(NYSE:…...

7+ hour, 13+ min ago   (367+ words) Early last year, UPS began scaling back the amount of work it was doing for Amazon. Although the partnership generated plenty of revenue, it was also crimping profits. While there’s room for improvement, the tough decision looks like it was…...

12+ hour, 6+ min ago   (588+ words) Nvidia and Broadcom are both poised to see strong revenue growth driven by insatiable demand for AI compute power. AMD and Arm Holdings both have big opportunities with CPUs and agentic AI. Marvell is well-positioned in custom chips and optical…...

8+ hour, 51+ min ago   (438+ words) Casey’s recent sell-off makes the stock more interesting to me because the underlying problem looks temporary. Church & Dwight’s ability to buy small brands and scale them gives it a simple, repeatable growth engine. To me, Casey’s is the more interesting…...