Another superb week for stocks is in the books. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq rallied on Friday to close out the week at a record high as Wall Street celebrated another solid batch of earnings and a strong-but-not-too-strong jobs report, while holding out hope for an end to the hostilities in the Mideast….
Cybersecurity and enterprise software stocks have been market dogs since the start of 2026, with fears that AI will wipe out a wide range of companies in the enterprise space dominating the narrative. But they snapped a brutal losing streak this past week, joining in the broader market rally that saw all losses from the…
Anthropic CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei speaks during the 56th annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 20, 2026. Denis Balibouse | Reuters Anthropic on Tuesday announced an advanced artificial intelligence model that will roll out to a select group of companies as part of a new cybersecurity initiative called Project Glasswing. The…
Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Cybersecurity stocks slumped on Friday following a report that Anthropic is testing a powerful new artificial intelligence model that is more advanced in cyber capabilities and also presents potential security risks. Fortune first reported the news on Thursday, citing information from a publicly accessible draft blog post. According…
D3sign | Moment | Getty Images Bots have taken over the internet. The State of AI Traffic report released Thursday by Human Security, a cybersecurity firm, showed that artificial intelligence and bots have officially eclipsed human users. “The internet as a whole was created with this very basic notion that there’s a human being on…
The Iran war-driven spike in oil prices crushed stocks last week, culminating in the S & P 500 ‘s first three-week losing streak in roughly a year. There was little place to hide, with nine of the 11 S & P 500 sector indexes lower for the week. Not surprisingly, energy and utilities were winners. Brent…
Four years ago Kevin Mandia agreed to sell his cybersecurity company Mandiant to Google for $5.4 billion. Now he’s back in the game, with Google’s help. On Tuesday, Mandia’s new startup, Armadin, said it raised nearly $190 million, in a funding round led by Accel. Google Ventures is participating, along with firms including Kleiner Perkins,…
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Prakash Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI said Monday that it is acquiring the cybersecurity startup Promptfoo, which provides tools to help safeguard and test complex artificial intelligence systems. The Sam Altman-led…
My top 10 things to watch Wednesday, March 4 1. Stock futures are pointing to a solidly higher open this morning, in contrast to yesterday’s sharp declines. The volatility of Tuesday’s session is another reminder of why investors shouldn’t flee in fraught geopolitical moments. 2. Oil gave up earlier gains and is now lower, with…
CrowdStrike delivered robust quarterly results on Tuesday, exceeding expectations across all key measures. Still, the market was wavering on whether AI would be the company’s friend or foe. We believe it’s the former. Revenue in the fiscal fourth quarter increased 23% year over year to $1.305 billion, beating the consensus estimate of $1.297 billion compiled…
