Oct 21 (Reuters) – State Bank of India on Wednesday reported a cyberattack that resulted in the disclosure of 3,897 customer records containing personally identifiable information on the dark web. SBI said a preliminary analysis showed that the exposed information included customer names, mobile num
SINGAPORE, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Southeast Asia’s total digital sales volume is expected to increase by 17% to $368 billion in 2026, according to the annual e-Conomy SEA 2026 report by Google, consulting firm Bain & Company and state investor Temasek. • The report predicted that the total value of good
By Joe Brock Oct 21 (Reuters) – Elon Musk believes a merger between Tesla and SpaceX is a good idea, he said on Tuesday, publicly backing an idea that would create one of the most valuable companies in the world, worth about $3.5 trillion. While electric-vehicle maker Tesla and rocket company SpaceX
By Scott Murdoch and Rajasik Mukherjee SYDNEY Oct 21 (Reuters) – Australian data centre operator NextDC shed nearly half of its market capitalisation on Wednesday after sharply cutting revenue forecasts for the year ahead and putting future developments on hold, extending the burst of negative senti
Oct 20 (Reuters) – US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday announced a new investment in North Carolina by Sibelco, an industrial minerals mining and processing company, to support semiconductor production. “We’re announcing Sibelco is going to build silicon manufacturing. It’s quartz manufa
WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) – The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said on Tuesday that about 600 victims were affected this year by SafePay, one of the world’s most active ransomware groups. Victims range from the Americas to Australia, CISA said in a joint statement with other
By Vibhuti Sharma and Aditya Kalra MUMBAI, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Public bidding for the $3.2 billion IPO of Jio Platforms opens on Wednesday, testing the appetite for India’s largest share sale to date and the first from billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance conglomerate in two decades. The Jio Platform
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES, Oct 20 (Reuters) – AI data center construction projects, particularly near Dallas/Fort Worth and Washington, DC, are generating new demand for warehouse space and helped send rents higher in the third quarter, real estate services company JLL said on Tuesday. • Compani
With their fourteenth studio album, Wasted Lands, being released this upcoming January, the rockers of Clutch headline an October 30 concert event at East Moline venue The Rust Belt, the group's U.S. fall tour finding them performing with the guest artists of Slomosa and Blood Vulture.
Touring in support of their September release Funerals, the metal artists of Sicksense headline a November 5 concert at Davenport's Redstone Room at Common Chord, Crucial Rhythm praising the band's third EP as "a compact but remarkably varied release, moving between furious aggression, sarcastic def
Touring in support of their fall release Squirm that Glide magazine called "a propulsive slice of angst-ridden hardcore punk," the Texas-based outfit Tear Dungeon headlines an October 30 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, Punknews.org adding that the band's sophomore album boasts "12 new tracks t
Hailed by Atwood magazine for songs boasting "exciting rhythms" and lyrics that "heartbreakingly honest," the Nashville-based rockers of Post Sex Nachos headline a November 1 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel in support of their fifth full-length release Big Bad, Off the Record Press adding that
Traveling the country in support of her full-length album debut The Knife, the Needle, singer/songwriter and guitarist Elanor Moss makes her headlining debut at Davenport's Raccoon Motel on November 2, AllMusic raving that the musician's first LP is "a quietly stunning album throughout, and Moss del
Touring in support of her 2026 release Runaway Jane, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Celeste Tauchar brings her indie-rock project talker to Davenport's Raccoon Motel on November 5, the artist describing her sound as "emo indie rock with glitter all over it."
With ChicagoBlues.live raving that "his playing stands apart as a uniquely creative force of its own," Brother John Kattke performs a special October 21 concert at Rock Island's Hauberg Civic Center Mansion, the exhilarating show co-presented by the Mississippi Valley Blues Society.
With guests invited to come in costume as their favorite deceased person, Rock Island's Hauberg Civic Center Mansion will host its I See Dead People Halloween Costume Party on October 30, a full day and evening of spooky-season delights featuring flashlight tours from 6 to 9 p.m., music and dancing,
On November 4, you're invited to make unforgettable memories with your little ones at Sesame Street Presents! Elmo’s Got the Moves, an exciting experience at Galesburg's Orpheum Theatre that brings Elmo and his Sesame Street friends to the stage with singing, dancing, and favorite songs like “Sunny
The Illinois Department of Transportation says additional ramps on Illinois 6 in Peoria will close beginning the morning of Oct. 22 for ongoing resurfacing.
With the event presented in partnership with Lulac Council 10 and Hola America, Hola Iowa, Davenport's Figge Art Museum will house a delightful Día de Los Muertos celebration in the November 1 Day of the Dead Family Fiesta, an afternoon-long tribute honoring the memories of passed loved ones through
With the event held in conjunction with the Rock Island venue's current exhibition The Monster Under My Bed, Quad City Arts will host A Conversation on Mental Wellness at the Arts on October 26.
By Akash Sriram and Joey Roulette Oct 20 (Reuters) – Elon Musk said on Tuesday that a merger of his two companies SpaceX and Tesla would be “a good idea” and that they had formed special committees to discuss a union, sending shares of the space and technology company up 8% in extended trading. The
Oct 20 (Reuters) – Super Micro Computer said on Tuesday it expects preliminary first-quarter revenue above estimates, driven by demand for AI platforms. The server maker expects preliminary revenue of between $18.5 billion and $19.5 billion, compared with analysts’ average estimate of $15.23 billion
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES, Oct 20 (Reuters) – Netflix issued a weaker-than-expected forecast for fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday, days after the streaming pioneer laid off 6% of its workforce and replaced two of its top programming executives. Third-quarter revenue rose 11.8% to $13.44 billion,
Oct 20 (Reuters) – AI startup Anthropic recorded a net loss of more than $80 billion in the first half of this year, including $72 billion in accounting charges, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing a draft initial public offering prospectus. That compares to a net loss of $13 billion
Oct 20 (Reuters) – At least 35 data center-related applications covering more than 24,000 acres of US federal land are pending or active across six Western states, according to an analysis by conservation group Center for Western Priorities. • US Bureau of Land Management records show at least 17 pr
Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs announced $178,210 in Charitable Trust grants to 10 small nonprofits that provide food and job-training programs across the state.
By Will Dunham Oct 20 (Reuters) – The Bangka slow loris is one of Earth’s most exotic primates, a slow-moving tree dweller that happens to be venomous. It was listed as critically endangered and possibly extinct, last scientifically documented in the 1930s, but now has been rediscovered on the tropi
By Akash Sriram Oct 20 (Reuters) – SpaceX shareholders want to know when the rocket maker will merge with Tesla, bringing together two of Elon Musk’s biggest companies in a union that investors have long speculated about. “When will SpaceX merge with Tesla?” was the second-most upvoted question — dr
BRASILIA, Oct 20 (Reuters) – Meta Platforms, owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, told Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court on Tuesday that it has adopted measures to ensure equal treatment of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro’s presidential campaigns on its platf
Oct 20 (Reuters) – Meta Platforms’ chief global affairs officer Joel Kaplan will leave the company next year after 15 years there, a spokesperson told Reuters on Tuesday. President and Vice Chairman Dina Powell McCormick will add external affairs to her portfolio, the spokesperson said. • The move c
