Exclusive | Abdul El-Sayed remains close to terror-linked mother despite best efforts to hide her from campaign

Exclusive | Abdul El-Sayed remains close to terror-linked mother despite best efforts to hide her from campaign

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has carefully curated a family narrative for the campaign trail that erases his terror group-linked birth mother for his white stepmom — even though he remains close to his “ummi,” The Post can reveal. Biological mom Fatten Elkomy, 66, a psychiatric nurse at New Horizons Community Support Services in Columbia,…

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Here’s what we know about the man who allegedly bugged an OpenAI conference room in San Francisco

Here’s what we know about the man who allegedly bugged an OpenAI conference room in San Francisco

Build a continuous audio recorder. Develop speech-triggered recording. Add Wi-Fi connectivity. Encrypt memory card. These are some of the prompts an engineer arrested by federal authorities last week is accused of submitting to an artificial intelligence chatbot to program a recording device hidden in an OpenAI conference room. In a criminal complaint filed in U.S.…

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Foreign holdings of US Treasuries rise from almost 1-year low

Foreign holdings of US Treasuries rise from almost 1-year low

Published Sat, Oct 17, 2026 · 03:15 PM [NEW YORK] Foreign holdings of US Treasuries rose in August from the lowest level since October 2025, led by increases in the stockpiles of Canada and Belgium. Overseas holdings climbed more than US$83 billion from July, according to data published by the Treasury Department on Friday (Oct…

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Big US bank stocks log worst weekly losing streak since 2008

Big US bank stocks log worst weekly losing streak since 2008

Published Sat, Oct 17, 2026 · 02:31 PM [NEW YORK] Big US bank shares recorded their worst weekly losing streak since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis after quarterly earnings didn’t do enough to lift sentiment for the ailing sector. The 24-member KBW Bank Index fell nearly 1 per cent this week and is well into…

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Apple says iPhone Duo demand extraordinary after delivery delays

Apple says iPhone Duo demand extraordinary after delivery delays

Published Sat, Oct 17, 2026 · 01:16 PM [NEW YORK] Apple said demand for the new iPhone Duo has been “nothing short of extraordinary” after shipping estimates slipped to the end of January of next year just minutes after pre-orders opened on Friday (Oct 16). “The pre-order demand for iPhone Duo, our first foldable iPhone,…

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Chinese stocks turn biggest losers as global AI trade stumbles

Chinese stocks turn biggest losers as global AI trade stumbles

Underperformance of tech stocks poses a challenge for authorities keen to use capital markets to fuel firms’ growth Published Sat, Oct 17, 2026 · 12:11 PM [BEIJING] Chinese firms have emerged as the biggest losers of the faltering global artificial intelligence trade, a setback for Beijing’s efforts to use stock markets to supercharge its ambition…

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Deluge shares close 6.7% higher on first day of mainboard listing

Deluge shares close 6.7% higher on first day of mainboard listing

[SINGAPORE] Shares of Deluge Corp closed 6.7 per cent higher on their first day of trading on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) mainboard on Friday (Oct 16), after the fire protection specialist’s initial public offering was 3.86 times subscribed. The shares opened at S$0.63, 5 per cent above their S$0.60 offer price, and then hit an…

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Shadow AI Risk: Pluto Security Raises $42M for Vibe-Coded Apps

Shadow AI Risk: Pluto Security Raises M for Vibe-Coded Apps

Your employees are probably building software with AI, and your security team may not know about it. TechCrunch reports that Pluto Security, which just left stealth, has raised $42 million to find and control that kind of hidden risk. If you run a small team, it is tempting to assume this is a big-company problem.…

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Business Loan Rates and Dimon’s Warning: A Founder Plan

Business Loan Rates and Dimon’s Warning: A Founder Plan

When the head of the country’s largest bank talks about borrowing risk, founders with debt should listen. In coverage of JPMorgan’s third-quarter results, Jamie Dimon pointed to large deficits, stubborn inflation, rising rates, and geopolitical uncertainty as the risks his bank is preparing for. That matters because business loan rates drive what you can afford…

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