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Investors Dial Back October Hike Bets After Warsh; Taiwan to Curb AI Chip Exports to China

US equity futures waver after rising on Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's remarks at the IMF meetings. Taiwan is said to be preparing to tighten export controls on AI chips to further align with US restrictions, while the EU and China holds high-level trade talks. Russia is reportedly deploying an army of bots to push AI-fabricated videos and influence…

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Bloomberg· Oct 16, 11:27 AMInvestors Dial Back October Hike Bets After Warsh; Taiwan to Curb AI Chip Exports to China

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GOP senators press Pentagon over Ukraine’s loss of Starshield dataFour Republican senators have joined their Democratic colleagues in pressing the Trump administration for information about whether Pentagon officials ordered restrictions on Ukraine’s access to the satellite-based Starshield network, which Ukrainian officials said limited their ability to intercept Russian drones. Ukraine needs access to fast Starshield…

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What is Starshield, SpaceX’s military version of Starlink?Ukraine said on Wednesday that SpaceX had restricted “military-grade” Starlink services, hampering Ukrainian drone strike missions and air defenses.

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Damning report claims Musk didn’t tell the whole truth on Ukraine’s ‘night of carnage’SpaceX CEO Elon Musk pitched President Donald Trump on slowing Ukraine’s military Starlink service before publicly blaming him for it, The Telegraph reported . Four people familiar with the talks told the British newspaper that the idea of throttling the system, which crippled Ukraine’s drone defenses, came from Musk. One said Trump “agreed,” after which…

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Iran-backed militias sending money back to cash-starved IRGC, U.S. saysIran-backed militias in the region have been sending money back to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to relieve the economic pressure it's under after nine months of war , U.S. CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper said Friday. Why it matters: While the U.S. military has been preparing for a possible resumption of major combat operations against Iran,…

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Elon Musk and Trump Were Both in on Ukraine Starlink ShutoffTech CEO Elon Musk reportedly approached President Trump on slowing down his Starlink communications service in Ukraine earlier this week, contradicting both Musk’s statement that it was Trump’s idea and Trump’s statement that he has no idea who did it. The Telegraph , citing four anonymous sources, reports that Musk proposed slowing down Starshield, the…

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‘They both lied. Ukrainians died’: Musk under fire after explosive Starlink reportElon Musk’s attempt to wash his hands of a decision Ukraine says proved deadly blew up in his face after a new report tied him to it, and critics wasted no time pouncing. The Telegraph reported Friday that Musk brought President Donald Trump the idea of slowing Ukraine’s access to Starshield , the military-grade version of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite…

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