A US federal judge approved Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement over its use of nearly half a million pirated books. The ruling stems from a copyright lawsuit and does not involve public-company share issuance, dividends, M&A activity, or new regulatory changes, and it did not affect traditional financial-market instruments. Anthropic is privately held and not listed, and its fundraising or legal spending does not transmit through to publicly traded traditional assets.

Intel’s rumored Serpent Lake SoC processors could target a release in the first quarter of 2028, according to hardware tipster FX57. The chips are said to integrate Nvidia RTX graphics rather than Intel’s in-house Arc technology. If the timeline holds, the debut could coincide with CES 2028.