Saudis postpone investment conference until 2027 amid fighting with Houthis

The Hill - Oct 19, 2026

The Saudi government has postponed its annual investment conference — known colloquially as “Davos in the Desert” — to next year, after the Iran-backed Houthi rebels carried out multiple deadly attacks on Saudi Arabia earlier this month. Organizers at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute postponed the 10th edition of the conference, which was set...

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has ordered that products from the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek be removed from federal agency IT systems and barred from government contracting. The order, which initially went out in July, was published on the Federal Register website Monday. It said DeepSeek’s AI models present “multiple threat vectors,” noting the...

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Meta apologizes for suspending 'No Kings' Instagram account, blaming bot traffic increase

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Facebook's parent company Meta apologized Sunday for suspending the "No Kings" Instagram account, saying the suspension was caused by a high increase in traffic by bots. Meta spokesperson Andy Stone wrote in a statement that the company's engineering team found the "spike that triggered the incorrect enforcement was primarily in the account’s 'reading' behavior" attributed...

Anthropic pledges 5 percent of stock to public benefit initiative

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The artificial intelligence firm Anthropic announced it will commit 5 percent of its shares to its new public benefit fund as the industry faces heat over its potential impact on society and the labor market. Anthropic, in a blog post Sunday, said the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund will help the company pursue it's "mission in...

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Warren warns against Sysco-Restaurant Depot merger

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Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) on Sunday warned against a merger between Sysco and Restaurant Depot, arguing it could lead to an increase in restaurant prices. “Watch out: going out to eat at your favorite restaurant could become even more expensive,” Warren wrote on the social platform X. “The Trump administration might approve a merger...

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