Iran is set to receive approximately $24 billion in previously frozen assets under the terms of the memorandum of understanding reached with the United States, a figure that represents one of the largest sanctions relief payouts in diplomatic history. The funds have been locked in accounts across multiple jurisdictions, primarily South Korean, Japanese, and European banks that held payments for Iranian oil and gas exports, and their release will immediately restore significan

Cisco is in advanced talks to acquire Astrix Security, a Tel Aviv based startup specializing in monitoring and securing AI agents for between $250 million and $350 million, according to people familiar with the matter. Astrix has built technology designed to track what AI agents are doing, what data they are accessing, and whether their behavior falls within expected and authorized parameters, capabilities that are becoming increasingly critical as enterprises deploy autonomo

Robotaxi services have quietly moved from high profile prototype to genuine urban infrastructure in 2026, with autonomous ride hailing vehicles now operating commercially in dozens of cities across the United States, according to a new assessment from Nvidia's newsroom. The shift is one of the most tangible expressions of how quickly physical AI, the application of AI to real world mechanical tasks, has moved from lab to street. Passengers are routinely getting into vehicles

SpaceX's record-breaking IPO is already reshaping the broader space sector, with the company set to begin entering MSCI's global equity indexes on June 13, a process that will eventually force index-tracking funds around the world to buy shares of the newly public company. While inclusion is typically a positive catalyst for a stock, the scale of SpaceX's roughly $1.77 trillion valuation means index funds may need to raise cash by trimming positions elsewhere, a dynamic some

Cuban President Miguel Díaz Canel unveiled a package of economic reforms this week aimed at liberalizing parts of the island's centrally planned economy, marking one of the most significant shifts in Cuban economic policy in years. The measures reportedly include expanded space for private enterprise, changes to currency and pricing policies, and steps intended to attract foreign investment, all framed by the government as necessary adaptations to the severe economic pressure

NVIDIA is reportedly developing a new AI model for healthcare documentation in partnership with Abridge, a startup that has become one of the fastest-growing names in clinical AI by helping doctors automatically generate notes from patient conversations. The collaboration would combine Nvidia's AI infrastructure and model-development expertise with Abridge's clinical workflow integrations, which are already used by a number of major US health systems to reduce the administrat