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New York Federal Reserve President John Williams said Wednesday that the recent surge in Treasury yields is the product of a strong economy, not market dysfunction.The central bank policymaker added in a CNBC interview that he’s still absorbing economic data, and did not commit on whether he thinks an interest rate hike is necessary.”I think that we have to wait and see,” Williams told CNBC’s Steve Liesman during a “Squawk Box” interview from the New York bank’s headquarters in lower Manhattan. “There’s no clear signs right now whether monetary policy currently is sufficient to make sure we bring inflation back…

Key PointsGrand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look earned 31.1 million views on Netflix’s English-language film list during the week of Aug. 24 to Aug. 30.Measured in hours, the 27-minute trailer accumulated 14 million, less than a third of the 44.1 million for the film that finished second.Netflix members watched 2% more hours during the first half of 2026, while second-quarter revenue grew 13%.10 stocks we like better than Netflix ›Netflix’s (NASDAQ:NFLX) most-watched English-language film during the week of Aug. 24 to Aug. 30 was not at all a Netflix film. It was Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look,…

August 2025 (Revised September 2026) Linear and Nonlinear Econometric Models versus Machine-Learning Models: Evidence from Realized-Volatility Forecasting Rehim Kilic Abstract: This paper examines which representations of persistence and nonlinearity are most useful for forecasting realized volatility and whether machine learning adds value beyond econometric models designed for long memory and regime dependence. We compare HAR, ARFIMA, threshold HAR, smooth-transition HAR, and Markov-switching HAR with XGBoost and several neural-network models for the S&P 500 and 40 U.S. equities. Models are evaluated under a baseline information set using realized-volatility history and an extended set of predictors selected by Elastic Net. Forecast…

The Microduck robot is set to come with a range of pre-installed actions, according to its developers HuggingFace and Pollen Robotics.Pollen RoboticsBEIJING — A popular new programmable personal robot from a French-American company is powered by a chip from Shanghai-listed Rockchip which in turn uses British company ARM’s tech, reflecting how intertwined global tech supply chains remain.The colorful “Microduck” robot from Hugging Face’s French subsidiary Pollen Robotics has sold more than 10,000 units since its launch on Thursday, with sales surpassing $5 million as of late Tuesday, according to Hugging Face. That level of demand for the robot has quickly…

Core says the incident is contained and its planned forward upgrade will not roll back the network or reverse previously confirmed transactions.

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Enterprise cyber threats and AI adoption are giving Palo Alto Networks ‘durable tailwinds,’ according to CEO Nikesh Arora, but the stock retreated after an earnings beat

The company’s backlog has reached $95 billion as demand accelerates for its AI servers

Podcast: Quantum and the Fed – Central Banking Skip to main content Close navigation menu End of drawer navigation content The Fed’s quantum computing strategy as AI accelerates Q-day Q-day is when quantum computers will become powerful enough to break through current encryption standards, making data sent over the internet vulnerable. Fabio Sanches is former director of quantum computing at the Philadelphia Fed, which runs the Quantum Experience Center. In a note published by the regional central bank in April, Sanches explained how the US National Institute of Standards and Technology is working to standardise alternative public-key cryptography systems that are…

Ether, solana, tron and dogecoin all shed ground over 24 hours while HYPE added about 4%, leaving bitcoin flat on the week after August’s 24% run.