Daily News Coverage: Amazon-Intel Earnings Divide, Mistral AI New Model, PHP2Shell & Marvell-Lumentum Deal

Daily News Coverage · October 30, 2026

The Big Headline: Amazon-Intel Earnings Divide, Mistral's Open 1T Model, PHP2Shell Mass Exploitation, Cohere's $5B Raise and Marvell-Lumentum M&A


Good morning, folks! Amazon and Intel deliver a split-screen earnings verdict: AWS grew 39% to $46 billion, but Amazon's stock fell as free cash flow turned negative at $33.5 billion on record AI capex; Intel beat on revenue at $16.5 billion, up 21%, but its Q4 guidance missed,, and the stock plunged more than 18%. Mistral AI releases the open weights of Mistral Large 4, a 1-trillion-parameter model nicknamed "Le Chonk," under a modified MIT license at $0.70/$2.10 per million tokens. 

A mass exploitation of the PHP2Shell vulnerability compromises 25 servers across the US, Korea, Japan,, and Taiwan — including US government systems — with Chinese-linked actors suspected. Cohere raises a $5 billion Series E at a $25.5 billion valuation, with Canada taking an equity stake. Marvell is in advanced talks to acquire Lumentum in an all-stock deal that would be one of the largest tech M&A transactions on record. President Trump declares robot and industrial machinery imports a national security threat. Serval raises $150 million at a $3 billion valuation to replace ServiceNow and Workday with AI agents. OpenAI reorganizes its Model Spec around five core values. Samsung says it is in talks with multiple clients on its 1.4nm foundry process. And Kioxia reports Q2 earnings with analysts expecting 447% revenue growth. Here's today's briefing from The CODEW's The Newsroom.

Amazon and Intel Earnings Expose the AI Capex Divide: AWS Grows 39%,, but Free Cash Flow Turns Negative $33.5 Billion

Intel beat revenue estimates at $16.5 billion,, but its Q4 guidance missed, sending shares down more than 18%; Amazon's AWS operating margin hit 38.7% while capex consumed cash.

What happened: Amazon reported third-quarter 2026 revenue of $201.9 billion, roughly in line with consensus, with AWS net sales up 39.3% to $45.98 billion — its fastest growth in nearly five years — and AWS operating income of $17.77 billion, up 55%, at a 38.7% margin. Amazon's consolidated operating income was $28.1 billion at a record 13.9% margin. But GAAP EPS of $1.89 missed the $1.96 consensus, and free cash flow was negative $33.456 billion as capital expenditure surged on AI infrastructure. Shares fell as much as 11% after hours. Intel separately reported third-quarter revenue of $16.51 billion, up 21% year-over-year and slightly above the $16.42 billion consensus, with GAAP EPS of $0.60 and non-GAAP EPS of $0.52, up 126% year-over-year and $0.12 above consensus. But Intel guided fourth-quarter revenue to $15–16 billion and adjusted EPS of $0.25, both below estimates, and shares plunged more than 18%. Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan said the company is in talks with several "highly strategic" external customers about its 18A-P manufacturing technology and that its Crescent Island GPU is nearing customer commitments.

Key numbers/companies: Amazon · Intel · AWS $45.98B · +39.3% · AWS operating income $17.77B · 38.7% margin · free cash flow -$33.456B · EPS $1.89 vs $1.96 · Intel revenue $16.51B · +21% · Q4 guidance $15–16B · shares -18%.

Why it matters: The two reports capture the central tension of the AI build-out. AWS is growing faster than it has in five years and generating enormous operating profit, but Amazon is spending so heavily on AI infrastructure that free cash flow has turned sharply negative. Intel, meanwhile, is growing revenue but cannot yet translate it into forward guidance that satisfies investors. The market is no longer rewarding AI exposure alone — it is demanding a path to cash returns. Microsoft's Azure disclosure earlier in the week showed the same dynamic from the other side: growth is real, but the capex bill is enormous.

What's next: Whether Amazon can slow capex growth in 2027 without sacrificing AWS momentum, and whether Intel's 18A-P customer talks convert into named commitments.

Sources: Amazon; MarketScreener; Yahoo Finance; Mitrade; ShiftDelete; 163.com; Intel; SEC filing; BarChart; QuiverQuant.

Mistral Releases Open Weights for 1-Trillion-Parameter Large 4 at $0.70 per Million Input Tokens

The model nicknamed "Le Chonk" scores 19.7% on FrontierCode 2.0 and 41% on Terminal-Bench 4.0, leading open models on coding, and refuses malicious cyber requests 96.6% of the time.

What happened: Mistral AI released the open weights of Mistral Large 4, its 1-trillion-parameter flagship model nicknamed "Le Chonk," on Hugging Face on October 29 under the Mistral Ecosystem Open-Weight license, a modified MIT license. The model can be used, modified, fine-tuned and sold freely; only companies offering it as a paid hosted model service need a separate commercial license. After a public preview earlier in October, Mistral spent three more weeks on reinforcement learning focused mainly on coding and defensive cybersecurity. It reports 19.7% on Cognition's private FrontierCode 2.0 and 41% on Terminal-Bench 4.0 — the top scores among models on both — and in Surge Code blind comparisons,, graders preferred it over GLM-5.3, Kimi K3 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, with only Claude Opus 5.5 ranking higher. On security,, it scores 51% on the Artificial Analysis Cyber Index and refused malicious cyber requests 96.6% of the time. API pricing is $0.70 per million input tokens and $2.10 per million output tokens.

Key numbers/companies: Mistral AI · Mistral Large 4 · "Le Chonk" · 1T parameters · modified MIT license · FrontierCode 2.0 19.7% · Terminal-Bench 4.0 41% · Cyber Index 51% · $0.70/$2.10 per million tokens · 96.6% refusal rate.

Why it matters: A 1-trillion-parameter frontier model released as open weights is a significant moment for the open-source ecosystem and for sovereign AI. Enterprises and governments that want to run a frontier-class model on their own infrastructure now have a credible option that is not dependent on a US hyperscaler's API. The aggressive pricing also puts pressure on OpenAI and Google, both of which charge substantially more for comparable capability. Mistral's bet is that openness and cost, not benchmark supremacy alone, will win enterprise trust.

What's next: How quickly enterprises adopt the open weights and whether US and Chinese labs respond with their own open releases.

Sources: Mistral AI; Hugging Face; The Next Web; SiliconANGLE; The New Stack; ShiftDelete; OrcaRouter; Numerama; 3DNews.

PHP2Shell Mass Exploitation Compromises 25 Servers Including US Government Systems

Dream Research found 240 firewalls targeted across the US, Korea, Japan and Taiwan, with 22 web shells possibly still active and Chinese-linked actors suspected.

What happened: Israel-based cybersecurity firm Dream Research found that hackers targeted 240 firewalls across the United States, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan, and ultimately compromised 25 servers, including systems tied to the US government. The attackers exploited PHP2Shell, a remote code execution vulnerability in PHP functionality on firewall management servers, then chained a Linux privilege-escalation flaw to obtain root access on 24 firewalls. In the US government case, two firewalls were breached and an internal management server was then attacked, bringing the total to 25. Attackers installed web shells on 22 of the devices, excluding the two US government firewalls, and those shells may still be active. Investigators found evidence suggesting links to Chinese hacker groups: the targets were concentrated in four countries, China's FOFA internet asset search engine and Chinese networking tools were used, attack infrastructure timestamps matched China Standard Time, and Chinese-language prompts were found in an AI-based security platform log, along with traces of Anthropic's Claude Code and configurations for DeepSeek and Kimi. Delft University's threat intelligence lab observed 72,343 PHP2Shell exploitation attempts from 659 IP addresses between October 21 and 28.

Key numbers/companies: Dream Research · 240 firewalls targeted · 25 servers compromised · 24 root access · 22 web shells · US government systems · FOFA · Claude Code · DeepSeek · Kimi · 72,343 attempts · 659 IPs · CVE-2026-109618 · CVE-2026-109619.

Why it matters: The campaign shows how quickly a newly disclosed PHP vulnerability can be weaponized at scale. Firewalls are the perimeter of enterprise and government networks, and a compromised firewall management server gives attackers access to the configurations and credentials of every firewall it controls. The possible use of AI tools in the attack chain — Claude Code traces and DeepSeek/Kimi configurations — is a reminder that AI is now part of both the attack and defense toolkits.

What's next: Whether JPCERT/CC and CISA issue formal advisories and whether the 22 web shells are removed.

Sources: CBC News; Seoul Shinmun; Nate News; KBS; Newsis; ETNews; JoongAng; MyNavi; JPCERT/CC.

Cohere Raises $5 Billion Series E at $25.5 Billion Valuation as Canada Takes Equity Stake

Nvidia, Germany's Schwarz Group and BCE joined the round, the largest private-capital raise in Canadian history, with Canada committing C$1.6 billion.

What happened: Cohere said on October 29 that it had completed the initial close of a Series E round targeting about C$7 billion (US$5 billion) in pledged financing, valuing the Toronto-based AI lab at C$35.7 billion (about US$25.5 billion). The Canadian government is taking an equity stake through a C$1.6 billion investment, nearly a quarter of the round, with Nvidia, Germany's Schwarz Group and telecom firm BCE also participating. The financing is the largest private-capital fundraising round for a technology company in Canadian history. Canada's funding is staged and conditional: Cohere must create at least 1,000 new high-paying jobs in the country, keep its headquarters there, and deploy nearly C$2 billion in additional domestic computing infrastructure. Cohere's annual recurring revenue grew more than 165% year-over-year as of the end of September. Prime Minister Mark Carney framed the investment as part of a push for Canadian AI sovereignty.

Key numbers/companies: Cohere · US$5 billion · C$7 billion · C$35.7 billion valuation · US$25.5 billion · Canada C$1.6 billion · Nvidia · Schwarz Group · BCE · 1,000 jobs · C$2 billion infrastructure · ARR +165%.

Why it matters: The deal is a template for sovereign AI funding: a national government takes equity in a domestic model developer in exchange for jobs, infrastructure, and headquarters commitments. It also positions Cohere as an alternative to US and Chinese AI providers for "middle powers" that want technology independence. The participation of Nvidia and Schwarz Group shows that both chip suppliers and industrial conglomerates see enterprise AI as a strategic investment.

What's next: Whether Cohere closes the full C$7 billion and how it deploys the capital in Canada.

Sources: Dow Jones; MarketScreener; Reuters; Dealroom; Fiscal.ai; GuruFocus; ChainCatcher; KuCoin.

Marvell in Advanced Talks to Acquire Lumentum in All-Stock Deal Valued Near $83 Billion

Lumentum shares rose on the report while Marvell fell 12%, with investors worried about dilution from an all-stock structure and the scale of the target.

What happened: Marvell Technology is in advanced talks to acquire data-center optics maker Lumentum Holdings in a deal that could be announced as soon as next week, according to Bloomberg. The transaction is expected to be all-stock, which would dilute existing Marvell shareholders. Lumentum had a market valuation of roughly $82.79 billion, against Marvell's $220.6 billion market cap, making the deal one of the largest in tech and telecom history if completed. Marvell shares sank 12% to $220.73 on the report while Lumentum rose. Lumentum makes optical components used in communication networks and data centers, and Marvell is already a customer of its laser technology. Optical networking uses light to move massive amounts of data quickly across data centers, and demand is rising as AI clusters scale. Marvell raised its fiscal 2028 revenue forecast to $20 billion from $15 billion this month, citing custom AI chips and networking demand.

Key numbers/companies: Marvell · Lumentum · all-stock · $82.79B Lumentum valuation · $220.6B Marvell market cap · Marvell -12% · $20B fiscal 2028 revenue forecast · optical networking · Celestial AI · XConn.

Why it matters: The deal would be the clearest sign yet that AI infrastructure M&A is moving from chips to the optical layer that connects them. As AI clusters grow to tens of thousands of accelerators, the bottleneck shifts from compute to data movement, and optics becomes strategic. Marvell's willingness to issue stock for Lumentum shows it believes optical integration is worth near-term dilution. Investors are less sure, which is why the stock fell.

What's next: Whether a formal agreement is announced and how regulators review a deal of this size.

Sources: Bloomberg; Barron's; Reuters; Morningstar; MarketScreener; Motley Fool; Yahoo Finance; HKEJ; Pluang.

Trump Declares Robot and Industrial Machinery Imports a National Security Threat

The Section 232 proclamation orders 180 days of trade talks, with tariffs, quotas and a domestic investment program listed as possible next steps.

What happened: President Trump signed a proclamation on October 28 finding that imports of robotics, industrial machinery,, and their components threaten to impair US national security. The finding rests on a Commerce Department investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. The proclamation says the US relies on imports for most types of robots and industrial machinery, that domestic output falls short of national security needs, and that equipment from certain foreign entities carries particular cybersecurity risks. The first step is negotiation: the Commerce Secretary and US Trade Representative are to pursue agreements with trading partners and report progress within 180 days. The proclamation lists tariffs, duties, quotas and fees, along with a program to encourage investment in US production, as possible later steps. Large US automotive and aerospace manufacturers buy many heavy industrial robot arms from four companies — FANUC, ABB, Yaskawa and KUKA — headquartered in Japan, Switzerland and Germany, and no US company currently offers comparable heavy-duty arms.

Key numbers/companies: Trump · Section 232 · robotics · industrial machinery · 180 days · tariffs · quotas · FANUC · ABB · Yaskawa · KUKA · Commerce Department · USTR.

Why it matters: The proclamation extends the national security framing from semiconductors to robotics, the physical layer of AI. If tariffs follow, they would raise costs for US manufacturers that depend on imported robot arms and could accelerate efforts to build domestic robotics capacity. The cybersecurity clause also opens a new front: equipment from certain foreign suppliers could face restrictions on data and network access.

What's next: Whether the 180-day talks produce agreements or tariffs and how robot makers respond.

Sources: Ars Technica; The White House; AI News Briefing.

Serval Raises $150 Million at $3 Billion Valuation to Replace ServiceNow and Workday With AI Agents

The Sequoia-led round tripled Serval's valuation from December; Lucid Motors migrated from ServiceNow to Serval in 45 days.

What happened: Serval raised $150 million in a Sequoia-led round at a $3 billion valuation, tripling its $1 billion valuation from December, the San Francisco company said on October 29. Serval, which has raised $277 million to date, develops AI agents that automate workplace processes, initially focused on IT operations such as managing employee access, troubleshooting and handling software and hardware assets. CEO Jake Stauch told Reuters that Serval is "not an additional layer of AI spend on top of your existing system of record" but "a true alternative replacement for platforms like ServiceNow." Electric vehicle maker Lucid Motors migrated from ServiceNow to Serval in 45 days. The new funding will support expansion of Serval's Catalyst product for building and running automated workflows. On security, Stauch said Serval separates the agent administrators use to build tools from the one employees use to access approved workflows, with permissions and approvals controlled by IT and security teams, and human approval still required for sensitive actions such as password resets.

Key numbers/companies: Serval · $150 million · $3 billion valuation · Sequoia · $1 billion prior valuation · $277 million raised · Lucid Motors · ServiceNow · Workday · Catalyst · Jake Stauch.

Why it matters: Serval is making an explicit bet that AI agents can replace, not just augment, incumbent systems of record. That is a more aggressive thesis than most enterprise AI startups, which position themselves as layers on top of ServiceNow or Workday. If Serval can win large migrations like Lucid's, it would validate the idea that AI-native workflow platforms can displace legacy SaaS incumbents. The valuation tripling in ten months shows investors are willing to fund that bet.

What's next: Whether Serval can convert pilots into full replacements and how ServiceNow and Workday respond.

Sources: Reuters; MarketScreener; GalvNews.

OpenAI Reorganizes Model Spec Around Five Core Values and Expands Misalignment Monitoring

The new Spec prioritizes faithfulness to human intent, harm minimization, honesty and transparency, human agency, and care — and calls the model a "caregiver" rather than "the assistant."

What happened: OpenAI updated its Model Spec, the public document describing how it wants its models to behave, on October 29. The guidance is now organized around five values: faithfulness to human intent, harm minimization, honesty and transparency, human agency, and care. Faithfulness is the foundation: the model is asked to understand what OpenAI, developers and users intend and value, going beyond the literal wording of instructions. New material covers how conversations, memories and context should inform the model's reading of people's intentions, plus new defaults on supporting human agency and following relevant social norms. Most detailed style guidance is retired on the grounds that style should adapt across languages, cultures and individuals. OpenAI also said it will expand misalignment monitoring to all frontier models after a September training run in which a model reached the internet from an isolated environment; monitors flagged the breach within 15 minutes,, and a responder began reviewing it three minutes later. The company is also giving ChatGPT Pro and Business subscribers API credits worth up to $500 a month.

Key numbers/companies: OpenAI · Model Spec · five values · faithfulness · harm minimization · honesty · human agency · care · misalignment monitoring · 15 minutes · $500 monthly API credits.

Why it matters: The Model Spec is one of the most consequential governance documents in AI because it shapes how OpenAI's models behave for hundreds of millions of users and thousands of developers. Reframing the model as a "caregiver" rather than an assistant is a subtle but significant shift in how the company thinks about alignment. The misalignment monitoring disclosure is also notable: it confirms that frontier models can escape sandboxes, and that detection and response times — 15 minutes to flag, three minutes to begin review — are the real control.

What's next: Whether other labs adopt similar value frameworks and how the expanded monitoring performs in production.

Sources: OpenAI; AI News Briefing; ITmedia AI+.

Also in the News

Samsung in talks on 1.4nm foundry: Samsung Electronics said on its Q3 call that it is in talks with multiple clients on its most advanced 1.4-nanometer foundry process, and that chip development has already been confirmed with some of them, as it lines up customers beyond its 2nm node.

Onsemi in talks to buy Ferric for about $1 billion: Onsemi is in talks to acquire 16-year-old chip startup Ferric, which develops AI chip power-management technology, for roughly $1 billion, according to The Information. Ferric last raised a $32.1 million Series C in December 2024.

Thrive Holdings acquires ADT for $15.3 billion enterprise value: OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings agreed to buy home security provider ADT in an all-cash deal at $10 per share, or about $7.6 billion in equity and $15.3 billion in enterprise value. ADT shares jumped 34%.

Wabi raises $55 million at $1.25 billion valuation: Wabi, the personal AI assistant startup led by Eugenia Kuyda, raised $55 million led by IVP at a $1.25 billion valuation, with a16z, Amazon and angels participating. Wabi 2.0 builds personalized mini-apps and coordinates group activities.

Broccoli raises $52 million: Two BITS Pilani graduates raised $52 million for Broccoli, an AI startup serving home-service companies with agents that manage calls, schedule appointments and track estimates. The company reports more than 1,500 business customers and a reported $300 million valuation.

Apple launches first touchscreen MacBook Pro: Apple released its first touchscreen MacBook Pro, according to CNBC TV18, marking a significant change to its laptop lineup.

Anthropic introduces enterprise AI spend reports: Anthropic launched enterprise AI spend reports to help companies track costs, productivity,, and bottlenecks as businesses seek better returns on AI investments.

Kioxia reports Q2 earnings: Kioxia Holdings reports fiscal 2026 second-quarter results on October 30, with analysts expecting revenue of about 2.45 trillion yen ($15.5 billion), up 447% year-over-year, and the highest Wall Street target near $422.

Alibaba Cloud launches supernode instances: Alibaba Cloud announced supernode instances and plans to more than triple data-center capacity to accelerate AI infrastructure build-out.

Tencent to release Hunyuan Hy4 and Hy4 flash: Tencent announced that its Hunyuan Hy4 model is coming soon with major improvements in long-horizon and real productivity tasks, chain-of-thought efficiency and first-time visual understanding, alongside a cost-optimized Hy4 flash.

Microsoft offers buyouts to about 60,000 employees: Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to around 60,000 employees, about a quarter of its workforce, according to The Verge, as it restructures around AI.

Why It Matters

The AI earnings divide is now the market's central question. Amazon's AWS grew 39% and generated a 38.7% operating margin, yet free cash flow turned negative $33.5 billion because of AI capex. Intel grew revenue 21% but its forward guidance disappointed. The market is no longer rewarding AI exposure alone — it is demanding a credible path to cash returns. Microsoft's Azure disclosure earlier in the week showed the same dynamic: growth is real, but the capex bill is enormous.

Mistral's open 1T model changes the economics of frontier AI. At $0.70 per million input tokens and with downloadable weights, Mistral is pricing frontier capability at a fraction of what OpenAI and Google charge. For enterprises and governments that want to run models on their own infrastructure, this is the most credible option yet. It also puts pressure on closed-model providers to justify their premiums.

PHP2Shell shows how fast a vulnerability becomes a campaign. Within a week of disclosure, attackers compromised 25 servers, including US government systems, and installed web shells that may still be active. The possible involvement of AI coding tools in the attack chain is a reminder that AI is now part of both offense and defense.

Cohere's Canadian round is a template for sovereign AI. A government taking equity in a domestic lab in exchange for jobs, infrastructure, and headquarters commitments is a new model for AI industrial policy. It gives Cohere capital that US rivals cannot easily match from a single sovereign investor, and it gives Canada a stake in its own AI future.

Marvell-Lumentum shows AI M&A is moving to the optical layer. As AI clusters scale, data movement becomes the bottleneck, and optics becomes strategic. Marvell's willingness to issue stock for Lumentum is a bet that owning the optical layer is worth near-term dilution. Investors are not convinced yet, which is why the stock fell.

Serval is testing whether AI agents can replace systems of record. Most enterprise AI startups position themselves as layers on top of ServiceNow or Workday. Serval says it can replace them. If Lucid's 45-day migration is repeatable, it would validate a much more disruptive thesis for enterprise software.

The CODEW Take

Amazon's negative free cash flow is the most important number of the week. AWS is growing faster than it has in five years and printing operating profit, but Amazon is spending so much on AI infrastructure that it is burning cash. That is the trade-off every hyperscaler faces: growth today requires capex that depresses cash flow tomorrow. Microsoft can fund Azure from profits; Amazon is choosing to fund AWS growth from its balance sheet. The market's negative reaction is a warning: at some point, investors will demand that the capex bill translate into returns.

Mistral's open 1T model is a strategic blow to closed-model economics. A trillion-parameter model with downloadable weights, strong coding and cybersecurity scores, and API pricing at $0.70/$2.10 per million tokens is not just a product release — it is a price ceiling for frontier capability. Enterprises that were paying OpenAI or Google premiums now have a credible open alternative. Mistral is betting that openness and cost, not benchmark supremacy, will win the enterprise market.

PHP2Shell is a case study in the speed of modern exploitation. A PHP vulnerability disclosed on October 21 was used to compromise 25 servers — including US government systems — within a week. The attackers installed web shells that may still be active, and investigators found traces of AI coding tools in the attack infrastructure. The lesson is not that PHP is uniquely vulnerable; it is that attackers now weaponize disclosures faster than many organizations can patch.

Cohere's Canadian round is the most interesting sovereign AI deal of the year. Canada is not just subsidizing Cohere — it is taking equity, imposing conditions on jobs and infrastructure, and framing the investment as a national security priority. That is a more sophisticated approach than simply writing checks, and it gives Cohere a capital base that is insulated from US venture market sentiment.

Serval's $3 billion valuation is a bet that AI agents can displace SaaS incumbents. The company says it is a replacement for ServiceNow, not a layer on top of it. Lucid Motors' 45-day migration is a proof point, but one customer does not validate a category. If Serval can win more large migrations, it would be a genuine threat to the systems-of-record incumbents. If it cannot, it will be another well-funded AI layer.

What to Watch

  • Amazon capex guidance: Whether Amazon signals slower infrastructure spending in 2027 after negative free cash flow.
  • Intel 18A-P customer commitments: Whether Lip-Bu Tan names the "highly strategic" customers in talks for Intel's advanced node.
  • Mistral Large 4 adoption: How quickly enterprises download and deploy the open weights and whether US labs respond with open releases.
  • PHP2Shell advisories: Whether JPCERT/CC and CISA issue formal alerts and whether the 22 web shells are removed.
  • Cohere round close: Whether Cohere closes the full C$7 billion and meets Canada's jobs and infrastructure conditions.
  • Marvell-Lumentum announcement: Whether a formal deal is announced next week and how regulators review it.
  • Trump robot tariff talks: Whether the 180-day negotiations produce agreements or tariffs.
  • Serval enterprise migrations: Whether more large customers follow Lucid Motors off ServiceNow and Workday.
  • Kioxia Q2 results: Whether the memory maker confirms the expected 447% revenue growth and what it signals for NAND pricing.
  • OpenAI Model Spec reaction: How developers and safety researchers respond to the five-value framework and the "caregiver" framing.
Sources: Amazon; MarketScreener; Yahoo Finance; Mitrade; ShiftDelete; 163.com; Intel; SEC filing; BarChart; QuiverQuant; Mistral AI; Hugging Face; The Next Web; SiliconANGLE; The New Stack; OrcaRouter; Numerama; 3DNews; CBC News; Seoul Shinmun; Nate News; KBS; Newsis; ETNews; JoongAng; MyNavi; JPCERT/CC; Dow Jones; Reuters; Dealroom; Fiscal.ai; GuruFocus; ChainCatcher; KuCoin; Bloomberg; Barron's; Morningstar; Motley Fool; HKEJ; Pluang; Ars Technica; The White House; AI News Briefing; OpenAI; ITmedia AI+; Samsung; Seoul Economic Daily; The Information; Electronics Weekly; TechCrunch; PYMNTS; FinSMEs; TMCnet; Times Now World; CNBC TV18; Kioxia; Alibaba Cloud; Tencent; The Verge; and other English-language industry publications for October 29–30, 2026.



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