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The cloud platform says it is currently working to resolve the outage, caused by overheating at a data center in Northern Virginia.

The shaky U.S. ceasefire with Iran has been repeatedly undermined this week, even as President Donald Trump insists it remains in effect.

The arrival of Anthropic's Mythos jolted banks, software giants and governments into reckoning with a new era of cyber attacks. But the threat is already here.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that the U.S. is expecting a response from Iran on Washington's proposal to end the war.

Cybersecurity and cloud computing firm Akamai reported first-quarter earnings on Thursday and saw its cloud infrastructure business grow 40% year-on-year.

The viral personal assistant OpenClaw has triggered a rush among Big Tech to build agentic tools.

While hardware sales took a hit in Sony's fourth-quarter, strong revenue from its image sensing and music businesses offset the dip.

Commerzbank said it would defend the interests of its shareholders as it fends off an acquisition move from UniCredit

The U.K. is counting votes after an election of local councilors and devolved governments on Thursday.

India is the world’s fastest-growing consumer market, and with cricket commanding near-religious devotion, investors are rushing to own IPL franchises.

President Donald Trump said he will give the European Union until July 4 to ratify its trade agreement with the U.S.

Nintendo said the price of the Switch 2 in the U.S. will rise from $449.99 to $499.99. In Japan, Nintendo will hike the price from 49,980 yen to 59,980 yen.

European equity markets are expected to open broadly lower on Friday, after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on the EU.

A succession of strong earnings seasons since then has allowed tech stocks to 'grow into' their stock prices.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing fresh pressure, as his Labour party suffers heavy losses in local elections across Britain.

Traders are embracing the “NACHO” trade, betting Hormuz disruptions and elevated oil prices will persist longer than expected.

The world's largest automaker by sales volume saw a 1.89% year-on-year rise in revenue during the fourth quarter ended March.

On Thursday, the U.S. and Iran opened fire in the Strait of Hormuz, with each side claiming the other initiated the attack.

Thanks to the Iran war, big issues for U.S. businesses like rare earths and supply chains may take a back seat on the agenda for the Trump-Xi summit.

Oil prices jumped on Friday after the U.S. and Iran exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz, raising fresh fears that the fragile ceasefire between the two countries is rapidly unraveling.

Asia-Pacific markets were set to open lower Friday, as concerns grew over renewed hostilities between Iran and the U.S. amid a fragile ceasefire.

Crypto trading platform Coinbase reported a surprise first-quarter loss and weaker-than-estimated revenue after the market close Thursday.

CENTCOM's statement does not mention the status of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, which has already been frayed by repeated claims that its terms are being breached.

CoreWeave has been raising debt to finance its data center buildout, and S&P has boosted the company's credit rating.

The cloud provider announced it is laying off 20% of its workforce as agentic artificial intelligence "fundamentally changes" the company's work.

OpenAI said GPT-5.5-Cyber, a variation of its latest AI model, is rolling out in a limited preview capacity to vetted cybersecurity teams.

Airbnb reported mixed first-quarter results after the bell on Thursday and warned of regional weakness due to the war in Iran.

Senior Iranian official Mohsen Rezaee reportedly said Tehran would not let the U.S. reopen the Strait of Hormuz with "an unrealistic plan."

The Strait of Hormuz remains closed as the oil market hopes the U.S. and Iran will strike a deal that could restore energy shipments.

McDonald's plans to have 10,000 locations in China by the end of 2028, and the country is its second largest market.

For an $18 billion market-cap company, data-center owner Iren trades like one of the AI giants.