During a wide-ranging panel on artificial intelligence at the Forbes Global CEO Conference 2026 in Singapore last week, the leaders of two AI application unicorns argued that strong commercial demand shows AI is more than a hype.

Rakuten priced ¥400B ($2.5B) of yen bonds on Friday, its largest yen bond sale, with ¥360B going to retail investors. The 5.5-year debt carries a 4.37% coupon. Japanese companies have sold about ¥3.2T of retail bonds this year, already above 2025’s rec…
An anonymous memo from senior insurers warns climate risk could hit mortgages, pensions and the wider economy. Here’s what it says, and what the evidence shows.
The Batman Part II will continue filming without its original director, subbing in Steven Soderbergh with Matt Reeves contributing remotely due to personal family issues.
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Sebastian Fundora defends the WBC title against unbeaten Ermal Hadribeaj Saturday in Las Vegas. Coverage starts at 8 p.m. ET on TNT, truTV and DAZN.

Anthropic has moved Code Review, its automated pull-request reviewer for Claude Code, out of research preview for Team and Enterprise customers, with up to $50,000 in free credits for eligible enterprises. Organisations running GitHub Enterprise Cloud …
Here’s when MobLand Season 2, Episode 5, “Birdland,” comes out on Paramount+, plus the release time, full schedule and what to expect as Conrad declares war.
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we dive into an unexpected Muse feature, shadowy spending from the largest pro-AI super PAC, and men’s tendency to lie about how much they know about AI.
Canelo Alvarez challenges unbeaten WBC champion Christian Mbilli on Oct. 31 in Riyadh. Here’s the final card, start time and how to watch on DAZN PPV.