Stock Market
Intel's 29% plunge drags stocks down on Friday
US stocks fell sharply at Friday's close: the S&P 500 lost 1.82% to 7,580.07, the Dow dropped 1.09% to 51,770.31 and the Nasdaq slid 2.86% to 25,437.00. Intel fell 28.58% after guiding fourth-quarter earnings to 25 cents a share against a 43-cent estimate and warning about cash burn, pulling the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index down 7.2%. Amazon slipped 1.41% after missing on revenue and profit, with trailing free cash flow at minus $42.4 billion and its $220 billion spending plan unchanged.
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Technology
Google's first data-center satellite is online in orbit
Google's Project Suncatcher prototype, a satellite built with Planet Labs that carries a single TPU and up to 1 kilowatt of solar power, is working after launching on a Falcon 9 in October; its first task was having Gemma 4 write a haiku. The chip can run for about 20 minutes at a time for now. Google plans two more satellites in 2027 and is aiming for economical AI inference in orbit in the 2030s.
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World News
Ebola deaths in DR Congo pass 5,000
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has now killed more than 5,000 people, with over 10,000 cases since May, making it the country's deadliest outbreak and the second-largest on record. It has spread to 8 of the DRC's 26 provinces, and cases have been reported in Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria. There is no approved vaccine or treatment for the Bundibugyo strain behind it, and Saudi Arabia has suspended travel with Kenya.
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Movies
Spain reportedly drops release of Klara and the Sun
Sony has reportedly scrapped the Spanish release of Taika Waititi's Klara and the Sun, and other European markets may follow. The film opened to just $701,059 in the US and $1.44 million worldwide, with a 26% Rotten Tomatoes score and a Metacritic score of 30.
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