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Economy / Markets
The S&P 500 fell 93.74 points, or 1.2%, to 7,663.43 on Thursday, its worst session since July, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 694 points, or 2.6%, to 26,008.86 and the Dow edged up 0.02% to 52,867.98.
Sources Bloomberg via The Business TimesAssociated PressReuters via Investing.com
AI
Google Cloud began listing OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Luna in its Model Garden as a private preview for selected enterprise customers, billed through Google Cloud Marketplace and counted against existing cloud commitments.
Sources Google Cloud BlogArs Technica
Economy / Markets
Brent crude rose about 3% to top $112 a barrel for the first time since 18 May and was holding near $113 in early Asian trade on Friday. Yemen's Houthis hit several Saudi targets on Wednesday: two people were killed and eight wounded at a civilian airport in Dammam, and a drone attack on an oilfield killed two.
Football
Bournemouth beat ten-man AC Milan 3-0 at the Vitality Stadium for a third straight Europa League win. Koni De Winter's handball gave Justin Kluivert an eighth-minute penalty, and Milan captain Mike Maignan was sent off in the 28th minute for pushing Tyler Adams in the face at a corner; Marcus Tavernier converted the second penalty and Amine Adli added a free kick in the 84th.
Sources AC MilanThe Guardian
Technology
Microsoft attributed a supply-chain intrusion at IT management vendor ConnectWise to Storm-0940, a China-aligned group it says used ARTEX, an open-source AI penetration-testing framework, to automate reconnaissance and credential attacks.
Sources The RegisterTechCrunch
AI
Anthropic donated Agent Skills, the folder-and-SKILL.md convention that gives agents procedural knowledge, to the Agentic AI Foundation, the Linux Foundation body it co-founded with Block and OpenAI and to which it already donated the Model Context Protocol.
Sources Anthropic
Economy / Markets
MSCI's regional benchmark slipped 0.3% for a second day on Friday, around levels last seen in July, with Japan's Topix down 0.4% and Australia's ASX 200 0.3% in early trade while Hang Seng futures rose 0.8%.
Sources Bloomberg via The Business TimesThe Herald Business (Korea Herald)
Technology
At GTC Berlin, Nvidia introduced DSX POD, a reference design that packs a complete Vera Rubin AI factory into factory-built, pre-tested containers. Nvidia says a site with power and water ready can go from delivery to production in as little as 14 days instead of about six months, because rack wiring, power distribution and liquid cooling are integrated before shipping.
AI
In work with verification startup Theorem, Anthropic had Claude prove at the RISC-V assembly level that 239 entry points across 123 OSS-Fuzz libraries cannot crash on any input up to 64 MB, producing roughly 180 million lines of Rocq that a proof checker validates rather than a reviewer.
Sources Anthropic
Football
Benfica top the Europa League after matchday three on goals scored, their 4-1 win at Omonia putting them level on nine points with Bayer Leverkusen, Bournemouth, Ferencvaros and Olympiacos.
AI
OpenAI made its Decisions API generally available, entering a market for small, fast models that pick among options and report a confidence instead of writing prose.
Sources TechCrunch
AI
The Independent Community Bankers of America and OpenAI announced an alliance giving eligible member banks a path to Daybreak for Frontline Defenders, OpenAI's package for defensive security work such as vulnerability validation, threat investigation and remediation support, with subsidised access and training from OpenAI staff.
Technology
The Browser Company will retire its Arc browser on 22 December, ending a product that won a devoted following for vertical tabs and Spaces. New accounts stopped on Thursday; Arc Search loses its AI features on 23 November; on 22 December the Mac and Windows apps stop working and account data is deleted within 30 days.
Sources TechCrunch
Technology
Rivian acquired Third Dimension, a 15-person British startup that turns images and video into three-dimensional worlds, to sharpen simulation for driver assistance and the robotaxis it plans to supply to Uber.
Sources TechCrunch
Football
Celtic led through Mika Baur's strike a minute into the second half at Celtic Park, but Celta Vigo's Javi Rodriguez headed an equaliser in the 68th minute and drove in the winner three minutes later for a 2-1 away win.
Sources Celtic FCThe Guardian