WTI crude touched $90/bbl, up 1.89% on the day.

On Oct 8, Manus's parent Butterfly Effect said it has completed a new financing round of more than $500 million. The round was led by Boyu Capital and IDG Capital, with follow-on investments from existing shareholders Tencent, Sequoia China and ZhenFund.

Microsoft (MSFT.O) unveiled the Surface Laptop Ultra, powered by an NVIDIA chip, saying it is set to begin shipping with a $2,599 entry price. At a San Francisco event on Wednesday, Microsoft said the device, when running local models, returns prompt results about twice as fast as Apple’s MacBook Pro M5 and generates video roughly six times faster. The laptop supports both general-purpose and AI compute. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang joined Microsoft CEO Nadella on stage to discuss the chip’s development. Microsoft’s entry price is about $400 below the 16-inch entry MacBook Pro.