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A month into the escalation of conflict in the Middle East, more and more civilian infrastructure has been attacked, many by design. A factory that produces steel, aluminum, and chemicals. Refineries; Reservoirs; Desalination plants. All civilian airports and universities were also damaged. Some of these targets could be said to support the country’s war machine. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned last week of attacks on “additional targets and areas that support the regime in the production and operation of weapons against Israeli civilians.” Shortly thereafter, Israel closed several steel mills. Analysts say the economic and social costs of attacks…

People line up to refuel their cars at a gas station in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, on March 24, 2026, following import disruptions related to the Middle East war. Null Photo | Null Photo | Getty ImagesIndia has warned that its growth forecast of 7.0% to 7.4% for the fiscal year ending March 2027 faces “significant downside risks” due to rising energy costs and supply chain disruptions related to the Iran war.The conflict, which began on February 28 after US and Israeli attacks on Iran, has disrupted the movement of goods through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway that carries…

Fresh off a successful Series C funding round in November, South Korean fabless AI chip startup Rebellions has raised an additional $400 million. The capital injection comes ahead of an IPO scheduled for later this year and was led by Mirae Asset Financial Group and Korea National Growth Fund. This also comes as the company is engaged in aggressive expansion efforts, with recently announced plans to increase its presence in Asia as well as the Middle East and the United States. Founded in 2020, Rebellions develops and designs AI chips while outsourcing manufacturing. The startup’s chip is designed for inference,…

This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Happy Monday. Reading this article about the future of the studio’s animated productions reminded me that I need to go see “Hoppers.” I feel like I’m the only one among my friends who hasn’t gone to see it.Stock futures are rising this morning as Wall Street tries to recover from a losing week.Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.1. The hard truthTraders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Monday, March 9, 2026 in…

13. Travis has three personal trainers: Alex Skacel, Andrew Spruill and Lawrence Justin Ng, and according to The Athletic, one of them usually accompanies him everywhere he goes to keep him ready to catch football year-round. Alex, who is also a physical therapist, recalled that Travis wanted to go for a run late at night after watching a lot of shows during Paris Fashion Week and not exercising that day. “It’s the middle of the night, and he’s sprinting across a bridge over a river,” his trainer told The New York Times in April. “No matter where he is, he…

Corir tested positive for a drug that stimulates the production of red blood cells during an out-of-competition test.Published March 30, 2026March 30, 20262021 New York Marathon champion Albert Korir of Kenya has been suspended for five years after admitting to using banned performance-enhancing drugs, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced.AIU announced Monday that Korir received a one-year reduction from his original six-year suspension “based on early admission and acceptance of sanctions.”Korir, 32, tested positive for the synthetic form of erythropoietin (EPO), which stimulates the production of red blood cells, during an out-of-competition test in Kenya in October 2025.The five-year suspension…

Asia’s low-cost airlines are at risk of losing their price advantage as rising fuel prices and tensions in the Middle East disrupt key routes, forcing them to raise fares and cut costs.Because low-cost carriers rely on high passenger numbers and low fares, they have lower profit margins than full-service carriers and have less room to absorb fluctuations in fuel prices and route disruptions. Airline executives speaking at the Aviation Festival Asia conference in Singapore said they were currently working to cut costs, adjust fares and change routes to avoid passing on too much of the increase to passengers.”We need to…

AI may be booming, but behind the scenes, businesses are wasting vast amounts of expensive computing. GPUs are sitting idle, workloads are over-provisioned, and cloud costs continue to rise. At ScaleOps, we believe the problem is mismanagement, not scarcity. The startup, which develops software that automatically manages and reallocates computing resources in real-time, has raised $130 million at a valuation of $800 million, ScaleOps announced Monday. The Series C funding round was led by Insight Partners with participation from existing investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, NFX, Glilot Capital Partners, and Picture Capital. The company says its software reduces cloud and…

Rebel-Quad is Rebellions’ second generation product and consists of four Rebel AI chips. South Korean company Rebellions is trying to compete with companies like Nvidia in AI chips.rebellionSouth Korean AI chip startup Rebellions announced Monday that it has raised $400 million to expand into the U.S. market ahead of a public listing.Mirae Asset Financial Group and the Korean National Growth Fund, the Korean government’s investment arm, led the round, valuing Rebellions at $2.34 billion.Rebellions is one of many semiconductor startups looking to capitalize on demand for AI chips and investor appetite for companies that are helping build out the technology’s…

Emilia Clarke’s brain aneurysmEmilia Clarke, who filmed battle scenes for Game of Thrones, published an essay in The New Yorker in 2019 titled “A Battle for My Life.”After suffering a severe headache at the gym, the actress writes, “I made it to the bathroom and fell to my knees feeling very, very sick.” “During that time, the pain was getting worse with shooting, stabbing, squeezing pain. On some level, I knew what was happening: my brain was damaged.”She was taken to the hospital for a brain scan.”The diagnosis was swift and ominous: a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a life-threatening type…