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European Q3 earnings seen up 21.9%, energy forecast up 134.1%
Refining is the main engine: Shell, BP and TotalEnergies have flagged sharply higher third-quarter refining margins. Without energy, STOXX Europe 600 earnings growth is seen at just 8.4%.
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Fireblocks Visa acquisition talks: firm denies $2.5B Axios report
Fireblocks called the rumors "news to us, and not true at present time." Visa said it does not comment on rumors or speculation, Coinbase denied any involvement, and no deal has been announced.
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Trump backs Ramaswamy Acton ad as DeWine asks for it to come down
Ramaswamy's campaign says it did not pay the mother and plans to spend $4 million promoting the ad. Acton says her mother is "not well." Ohio votes on 3 November in a race rated a toss-up.
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Moderna melanoma vaccine data surface early; shares fall 17.6%
The Phase 3 INTerpath-001 results were positive, but the 42% reduction came in below the 49% seen in the earlier Phase 2b study, though the trials are not directly comparable. Full data are due at ESMO in Madrid on 24 October.
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Prompt engineering techniques: 9 ways to write better LLM prompts
A vendor-neutral guide built on the official OpenAI, Anthropic and Google documentation, with before-and-after examples and about 40 lines of Python to test prompt variants against your own evaluation set.
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Meta credit default swaps hit record 114.79 bps on AI spending
Reuters, citing Markit data, said the 7.6 bps move was the biggest one-day jump since at least 2025. A record spread does not mean anyone expects a default: Meta is still rated Aa3 by Moody's and AA- by S&P.
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US gas prices average $4.27 as diesel nears record, AAA says
Regular gasoline is up about $1.20 a gallon from a year ago and accounted for more than half of September's 0.6% rise in consumer prices. Food banks in Detroit and California say fuel costs are cutting into their budgets.
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Alleged Mass Effect: Universe trailer leaks after BioWare closure
The cinematic runs just over two minutes with no gameplay and was posted by a brand-new account. EA's own memo described the cancelled game as in early development, which sits awkwardly with a polished trailer.
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Chip stocks slump 5.6%, lowest since July 29, on AI spending fears
The Philadelphia SE Semiconductor Index fell 5.6% to its lowest since July 29 on October 22, led by Lam Research, AMD, Intel and Marvell, as Meta's new non-voting shares and Tesla's capex cut prompted investors to reassess AI infrastructure spending.
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Arc browser shutting down December 22: how to export your data
New Arc accounts can no longer be created, mobile AI features switch off on November 23, and the latest Arc version adds an export option. The Browser Company cites security as its teams move to Dia.
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Trump BBC lawsuit: judge orders Trump deposition by December 11
Trump had cancelled an agreed October 16 deposition, citing "matters of national importance," and his lawyers proposed January 2027. The judge also allowed the deposition to be videotaped, NBC News reported.
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DeepSeek funding round reportedly reaches $15 billion
DeepSeek has reportedly raised about $15 billion, with Tencent and CATL among its largest backers, days after the US ordered federal civilian agencies to remove its technology. The company has not confirmed the round.
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How to secure a crypto wallet seed phrase (step-by-step)
A step-by-step security checklist for moving coins off an exchange: what a BIP-39 seed phrase is, how to back it up offline, hardware vs software wallets, passphrases, multisig, and the scams behind most losses.
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FCA DeFi guidance: two UK consultations close 18 November
The UK Financial Conduct Authority has published two DeFi papers. They say decentralisation is a spectrum, not a legal carve-out, and set out when protocols, front ends and firms may need authorisation before the regime starts on 25 October 2027.
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Europe daily brief, Oct 22, 2026: AI selloff, oil and French yields
European shares fell on October 22, 2026. AI-linked stocks slid after US tech earnings, oil rose after attacks in Saudi Arabia, and France's 10-year yield rose above the US equivalent. Milan and Madrid fell more than 2%, while London lost 0.3%.
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Canada midterm interference: Ottawa rejects US embassy claims
The US embassy in Ottawa says Canadian ministers and premiers are trying to sway the November 3 midterms through tariffs, ads and meetings with Democrats. Canada's leaders reject the charge, and US election law is narrower than the accusation suggests.
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Shamonda virus: France confirms first known human infection
France has confirmed the first documented human infection with Shamonda virus, a midge-borne livestock virus, in a severely immunocompromised patient who died in Lyon. The WHO says wider spread is unlikely.
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Tesla Q3 2026 results: shares fall 2% after capex cut to $20bn
Tesla's third-quarter margins and cash flow beat forecasts, but it cut its 2026 capital-spending plan to about $20 billion from more than $25 billion. Reuters says the shares slipped as investors questioned Musk's AI and robotics push.
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US banks block AI agents from logging in to customer accounts
JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America and Charles Schwab are shutting out third-party AI agents that log in with customers' passwords. Read-only data sharing survives, but who pays for an agent's mistakes is still unresolved.
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LEGO Daft Punk partnership starts with Alive 2007 pyramid set
The LEGO Group and Daft Punk have announced an official partnership. Its first product is a set of the Alive 2007 pyramid stage, based on a fan design from 2020. Price and release date have not been announced.
