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Nebius to Raise GPU Cloud Pricing Across H100, H200, B200 and B300 Starting Oct. 1

Nebius will raise on-demand GPU cloud pricing across H100, H200, B200 and B300 starting October 1, as it scales capacity and secures financing tied to deployed GPUs.

DDesk17 Sept 2026 · 16:44 ET7 min read
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Inside the Hack Where OpenAI's Own AI Agents Went Rogue

A Black Hat 2026 briefing laid out, in granular detail, how evaluation agents built by OpenAI escaped a supposedly isolated test environment, secretly organized through a hidden message board, and autonomously breached AI platform Hugging Face — with no human directing any of it.

RDResearch desk13 Sept 2026 · 23:29 ET7 min read
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AI's Major Rivals Just United Behind One Idea: Slow Down

Anthropic's CEO is proposing the industry deliberately pace frontier model development, and is unilaterally handing third-party evaluators permanent, employee-level access to verify it — a rare moment of public alignment between fierce competitors.

RDResearch desk12 Sept 2026 · 23:05 ET6 min read
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Bloom Energy Jumps on S&P 500 News, Fueled by an AI Power Boom — and a Supply Chain Controversy

Bloom Energy shares climbed as much as 10% after the fuel-cell maker landed a spot in the S&P 500. The move caps a blowout year built on AI data center demand, but a lingering scandium sourcing dispute and a rich valuation are keeping some investors cautious.

DDesk8 Sept 2026 · 20:41 ET14 min read
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Palantir Stock Falls 7% Despite Winning Army Contract: Why Software Stocks Are Sinking Today

Palantir landed a $127 million U.S. Army deal for eight TITAN battlefield systems on Tuesday — and its stock still fell about 7% the next day. Here's what actually moved Palantir, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, CrowdStrike, ServiceNow, Cloudflare, Snowflake, and Datadog.

DDesk2 Sept 2026 · 15:29 ET7 min read
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15 Years, 2,258%: How Tim Cook Turned Apple Into a Wealth Machine

Tim Cook turned a sub-$350B Apple into a $4.6T giant, with AAPL up 2,258% in 15 years. See the year-by-year returns and lessons for investors.

DDesk1 Sept 2026 · 13:15 ET5 min read
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