Major tech stocks plunge as US midterms add to fears of AI slowdown

BBC - Nov 6, 2026

The market has been reacting to possible tougher scrutiny of data centre construction and the AI industry following the US midterms

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The STONED Age! Cannabis was first used as an intoxicant 2,800 years ago, study finds

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