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Riskiest CLO Funds Are Flashing a Warning Sign: Credit Weekly

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Riskiest CLO Funds Are Flashing a Warning Sign: Credit Weekly

Fear of rising defaults is spreading from the leveraged loan market to some of the retail funds that ultimately buy the debt as investors get choosier about taking on credit risk.

13-hour AWS outage reportedly caused by Amazon's own AI tools

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13-hour AWS outage reportedly caused by Amazon's own AI tools

A recent Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage that lasted 13 hours was reportedly caused by one of its own AI tools, according to reporting by Financial Times. This happened in December after engineers deployed the Kiro AI coding tool to make certain changes, say four people familiar with the matter. Kiro is an agentic tool, meaning it can take autonomous actions on behalf of users. In this case, the bot reportedly determined that it needed to "delete and recreate the environment." This is what allegedly led to the lengthy outage that primarily impacted China. Amazon says it was merely a "coincidence that AI tools were involved" and that "the same issue could occur with any developer tool or manual action." The company blamed the outage on "user error, not AI error." It said that by default the Kiro tool “requests authorization before taking any action” but that the staffer involved in the December incident had "broader permissions than expected — a user access control issue, not an AI autonomy issue." Multiple Amazon employees spoke to Financial Times and noted that this was "at least" the second occasion in recent months in which the company's AI tools were at the center of a service disruption. "The outages were small but entirely foreseeable," said one senior AWS employee. A builder shares why their workflow finally clicked. Instead of jumping straight to code, the IDE pushed them to start with specs. ✔️ Clear requirements. ✔️ Acceptance criteria. ✔️ Traceable tasks. Their takeaway: Think first. Code later. Get the full breakdown here 👉… pic.twitter.com/eD7ZrEdEn5 — Kiro (@kirodotdev) January 14, 2026 The company launched Kiro in July and has since pushed employees into using the tool. Leadership set an 80 percent weekly use goal and has been closely tracking adoption rates. Amazon also sells access to the agentic tool for a monthly subscription fee. These recent outages follow a more serious event from October, in which a 15-hour AWS outage disrupted services li

Weekly Buzz : NRXP Sets The Path For NRX - 100 NDA ; IRON Gets FDA CRL ; TOVX Licenses SYN - 020

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Weekly Buzz : NRXP Sets The Path For NRX - 100 NDA ; IRON Gets FDA CRL ; TOVX Licenses SYN - 020

Published: 20260220T151500Z

The wellness wild west’s latest skincare fad is salmon sperm

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The wellness wild west’s latest skincare fad is salmon sperm

I, too, have bought Rejuran because it’s human to want a shortcut to beautiful skin. | Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty IMages This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. While scrolling through my TikTok feed, I often find myself thinking of Elizabeth Báthory. Legend has it that Báthory, a powerful 16th-century Hungarian countess, would kill virgins and bathe in their blood to retain her youth. Historians have debated whether Báthory really was a serial killer, though most agree she probably didn't actually bathe in blood. Still, she's what I think of anytime I see how far vanity wi … Read the full story at The Verge.

Cocoa Climbs, Trimming Big Weekly Drop Driven by Too Much Supply

Cocoa Climbs, Trimming Big Weekly Drop Driven by Too Much Supply

Cocoa rose in New York, cutting another large weekly slump driven by too much supply as traders held off purchases and beans piled up in West African warehouses.

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Oil Prices Head for First Weekly Gain Since January on Iran Tensions

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Oil Prices Head for First Weekly Gain Since January on Iran Tensions

Published: 20260220T071500Z

Copper Heads for Third Weekly Decline as Inventories Stack Up

Copper Heads for Third Weekly Decline as Inventories Stack Up

Copper headed for a third weekly loss, as exchange-tracked inventories continued to build on weaker demand from industrial users.

Iron Ore Set for Longest Losing Run Since 2022 on Supply Signs

Iron Ore Set for Longest Losing Run Since 2022 on Supply Signs

Iron ore was on track for the longest streak of weekly losses since 2022, weighed by signs of a loosening market as flows improved from Australia and Chinese ports saw elevated stockpiles.

Immigration debate heats up in Australian politics | Farm Weekly

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Immigration debate heats up in Australian politics | Farm Weekly

Published: 20260220T014500Z

Is Singapore’s plan to regulate blind boxes ‘paternalistic’ or ‘harm reduction’?

South China Morning Post

3 days ago

Is Singapore’s plan to regulate blind boxes ‘paternalistic’ or ‘harm reduction’?

Attracted by the element of surprise, Faye Jimeno is a regular buyer of blind boxes – toys or merchandise sold in sealed packaging, with consumers unaware of their design until after a purchase. The 33-year-old creative executive from Singapore said her passion for blind boxes began in 2021, and their attractiveness and mystique had led her to buy them weekly, mainly in shops located in shopping centres. “They are compact, relatively affordable and easy to purchase on a whim… Beyond that,...

Zimbabwe’s Central Bank Chief Urges Lenders to Reduce Charges

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Zimbabwe’s Central Bank Chief Urges Lenders to Reduce Charges

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Warner Bros. Reopens Talks, MSG Sports Talks Knicks, Rangers Spinoff | Bloomberg Deals 2/18/2026

A weekly, midday program that delivers high-impact, editorially driven coverage of the most important corporate transactions shaping the global market. Today's guests: Principal Venture Partners Founder and Managing Partner Songyee Yoon, AlixPartners Americas Co-Leader of TMT Nenad Milicevic-Helac and KKR Co-Head of Credit and Markets Christopher Sheldon. (Source: Bloomberg)

Wall Street Hunts for Bottom as S&P Retests ‘Rock Solid’ Support

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Wall Street Hunts for Bottom as S&P Retests ‘Rock Solid’ Support

After the S&P 500’s biggest weekly drop since November, Wall Street strategists are grappling with just how far the benchmark will slide as it once again tests what has been a months-long support level.

People who switched to cannabis drinks cut their alcohol use nearly in half

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People who switched to cannabis drinks cut their alcohol use nearly in half

A new University at Buffalo study suggests cannabis-infused beverages could help some people cut back on alcohol. In a survey of cannabis users, those who drank cannabis beverages reported cutting their weekly alcohol intake roughly in half and binge drinking less often. Nearly two-thirds said they reduced or stopped drinking alcohol after starting cannabis drinks.

5 days ago

Investors Pile Into South African Bonds at Weekly Debt Sale

Demand surged at South Africa’s weekly government bond auction as investor optimism grew ahead of next week’s budget.

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5 days ago

Gaza aid figures

We compare and contrast the US ambassador to the UN’s claim that 4,000 trucks enter Gaza weekly with the actual numbers.

Australia considers carbon border tax on emissions imports | Farm Weekly

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5 days ago

Australia considers carbon border tax on emissions imports | Farm Weekly

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6 days ago

Bitcoin Looks for Direction After Four Straight Weekly Losses

Bitcoin fluctuated after posting its fourth consecutive weekly loss, with the cryptocurrency struggling to find clear direction as a weekend rally fizzled.

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6 days ago

OpenAI has hired the developer behind AI agent OpenClaw

Recently we were introduced to OpenClaw, an AI that allows users to create their own agents to control apps like email, Spotify and home controls. Now, Sam Altman has announced that OpenAI has absorbed OpenClaw by hiring developer Peter Steinberger "to drive the next generation of personal agents," he wrote on X. Steinberger confirmed the news on his own blog. "I’m joining OpenAI to work on bringing agents to everyone. OpenClaw will move to a foundation and stay open and independent." Steinberger was also in talks to join Meta, with both companies reportedly making offers in the "billions," according to Implicator.AI. The primary attractant was said to be OpenClaw's 196,000 GitHub stars and 2 million weekly visitors rather than its codebase. OpenClaw became buzzy in the last few weeks thanks to its multifaceted ability to carry out tasks. People have used it to create agents that can write code, clear their inboxes, do online shopping and other assistant-like jobs. On its website, OpenClaw touts its ability to interact with popular apps and sites including WhatsApp, Discord, Slack, iMesage, Hue and Spotify. Peter Steinberger is joining OpenAI to drive the next generation of personal agents. He is a genius with a lot of amazing ideas about the future of very smart agents interacting with each other to do very useful things for people. We expect this will quickly become core to our… — Sam Altman (@sama) February 15, 2026 OpenClaw was recently called "Clawdbot" but Anthropic forced a name change due to similarities with its "Claude" branding. OpenClaw is often compared to Claude Code by "vibe coders" seeking to automate website development and other programming chores. In his announcement, Altman said that "the future is going to be extremely multi-agent and it's important to support open source as part of that," adding that "OpenClaw will live in a foundation as an open source project" supported by Open AI. Steinberger, meanwhile, said that "what I want is to c

7 days ago

Earnings Beats Fuel Australian Bank Stocks’ Best Week Since 2022

Australian banking shares capped their biggest weekly jump in almost four years on better-than-expected earnings updates.

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7 days ago

India has 100M weekly active ChatGPT users, Sam Altman says

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says India has the largest number of student users of ChatGPT worldwide.