Microsoft reports Q4 Azure and other cloud services revenue up 43% YoY, vs. 40% est., and says Azure revenue in FY 2026 exceeded $100B for the first time (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/29/microsoft-msft-q4-earnings-report-2026.html
Case Keenum, Bears score 'MNF' win over Eagles; MLB Wild Card preview; WNBA awards top rookie
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/case-keenum-bears-mnf-eagles-mlb-wild-…
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) told reporters on Tuesday that there’s a chance the confirmation vote to move Todd Blanche’s attorney general nomination out of committee may be postponed
— or it may not.
Cornyn said a delay in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s scheduled vote
(set, for now, for 9:00 a.m. ET Thursday)
is “being discussed but hopefully … won’t be necessary,” Politico reported.
That delay is being discussed because Cornyn, it appears, has not reached an agr…
Mark Zuckerberg says the voluntary "accord" on AI standards that tech executives agreed to includes internal risk reviews and external auditors (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/29/trump-ai-voluntary-safety-white-house-zuckerberg
Cowboys acquire former first-round OT Broderick Jones in trade with Steelers, per report
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/cowboys-steelers-trade-broderick-jones/
Texas, which didn't join a multi-state case against Meta, negotiated a $1.05B side deal that could reach $1.335B if TikTok and YouTube adopt teen safety changes (Ryan Autullo/Bloomberg Law)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/tex…
London-based Nscale agrees to acquire Anyscale, a source says for ~$1.65B; Anyscale, which helps AI workloads run more efficiently, had a $1B valuation in 2022 (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-…
AMD agrees to acquire Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2B in an all-stock deal expected to close by year-end; Li will join AMD as EVP and chief scientist (Edward Ludlow/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-…
Intercontinental Exchange agrees to acquire electronic fixed-income trading platform MarketAxess for ~$6B in cash, a 33% premium, set to close in H1 2027 (Katherine Hamilton/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.co…
Wiz says a now-patched flaw in Azure CosmosDB would have let a hacker remotely compromise any of its users; Microsoft has seen "no evidence of customer impact" (Raphael Satter/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/cyber-f…