Technology
U.S. Energy Department designates helium a critical material
DOE cited helium’s role in semiconductor production and supply-chain exposure, while noting constraints on domestic refining capacity and permitting.
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Energy
DOE authorizes temporary crude exchange for Louisiana refinery
The department authorized up to 400,000 barrels from the West Hackberry reserve site for Phillips 66’s Lake Charles refinery, with repayment plus premium barrels.
Energy
ADIPEC survey finds 85% of energy leaders see sector as more attractive
In ADIPEC’s 2026 report, 85% of more than 1,800 energy leaders said the sector was more attractive for investment than five years earlier.
Technology
Anthropic donates Agent Skills standard to the Agentic AI Foundation
Anthropic said it would donate the Agent Skills standard to the Linux Foundation’s Agentic AI Foundation; the governance roadmap remains a proposal.
Technology
Anthropic demonstrates LLM-assisted formal verification at scale
Anthropic says Claude proved security properties for 239 fuzz-test entry points across 123 open-source libraries at the RISC-V binary level.
Business
Borealis targets up to 19,250 ounces of gold at Nevada mine in fiscal 2027
The company plans to add run-of-mine material to heap leaching as it seeks to ease crushing constraints, while warning that recovery and economics remain uncertain.
Technology
Cohere opens confidential-computing inference service to public beta
The Toronto-based AI company says its Model Vault beta uses NVIDIA H100 GPUs on Azure and lets customers verify the execution environment before sending protected requests.
Energy
DOE selects 63 Tribal energy projects for award negotiations
The department announced more than $125 million in selections across 16 states, while cautioning that selection for negotiations is not a funding award.
Energy
Dubai’s Emirates Energy Award opens its 2026–2028 cycle
Dubai’s Supreme Council of Energy launched the sixth Emirates Energy Award cycle, offering a total of US$1 million across ten categories.
Business
Bloom Energy reports record third-quarter revenue and raises 2026 outlook
The fuel-cell maker reported $1.236 billion in Q3 revenue and $250.3 million in net income to common stockholders, then lifted its full-year revenue range to $4.4–$4.6 billion.
Economy
US leading index held at 99.6 in September, Conference Board says
The index was unchanged month on month and rose 0.6% over six months; the coincident and lagging indexes also increased.
Business
Arvind inaugurates Varanasi garment plant with expected capacity for more than 1,000 jobs
The company says its first Uttar Pradesh manufacturing unit represents an approximate ₹150 crore investment and will make knitwear using automated sewing systems.