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Stock Futures Decline as Big Tech Earnings Force Reassessment of AI Valuations

Market Futures Slide Amid Dual Headwinds: Tech Earnings and Fed Stance Stock market futures moved distinctly lower late Wednesday, October 29, 2025, as investors processed a potent combination of disappointing Big Tech earnings reports and the Federal Reserve’s latest commentary on monetary policy. The decline signaled a renewed focus on the sustainability of high valuations,…
Bill Gates Warned Satya Nadella Initial OpenAI Investment Was Like 'Setting $1 Billion on Fire'

Bill Gates Warned Satya Nadella Initial OpenAI Investment Was Like ‘Setting $1 Billion on Fire’

The Billion-Dollar Warning: Gates’ Skepticism Over Early OpenAI Investment In the high-stakes world of technology investment, few decisions have proven as transformative—or as controversial at the time—as Microsoft’s early commitment to OpenAI. While the partnership is now universally lauded as a masterstroke that cemented Microsoft’s leadership in the generative AI era, CEO Satya Nadella recently…