How the AI Trade Hijacked the Treasury Market for a Month
Plus, Nvidia enters its next phase, and Microsoft’s global outage
We haven't written up this one. WSJ Markets has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.
More in AI
Copper falls, heads for fifth straight weekly drop on AI rout
Copper slipped to its lowest in almost four months on Friday and was on course for a fifth weekly dip in a row on mounting concerns around AI investment. Benchmark three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was down 0.5% to $13,519 per metric ton as of 1000 GMT after earlier hitting $13,456, its lowest since July 17.
Is Mark Zuckerberg's cute new AI assistant a surveillance trap? Why child safety experts are sounding the alarm over Meta Muse
While Mark Zuckerberg frames Meta’s Muse as a "fun, completely customizable character," child digital safety experts warn of a new youth digital crisis. Here, what's at stake as the cute AI agent prepares to land in more countries.
UK firms are spending billions on hidden infrastructure costs — money they can't spend on hiring or AI
The UK overspends £3.8 billion on infrastructure every year – one third is directed to AI. But it means hiring and training are taking a hit.
The morphing terror threat: How AI, younger recruits, and evolving warfare are reshaping terrorism
TERRORISM AFFAIRS: From far-right-jihadist combos, to terrorists acting like militaries, to AI, terrorism has never been harder to defend against, ICT’s new counterterrorism head tells 'Post.'
- AI and technology lower barriers for individuals to engage in terrorist activities
- Terrorism diversifies with convergence of far-right, far-left, and jihadist ideologies
Silicon Valley visit to strengthen SA’s AI capabilities: Nzimande
Cyril Ramaphosa to lead a high-level delegation to Silicon Valley from Sunday.
Outlook, Teams, Copilot, and more are inaccessible for millions
Microsoft has suffered a global outage across most of its services which has now lasted more than 17 hours, and cut off services including Microsoft Exchange. Microsoft services are down worldwide - image credit: Microsoft. In October 2026 , a change in Microsoft's Exchange Web Services affected Apple Mail.