AI adoption is growing across businesses, but it is also creating a bigger need for data storage. As organizations use AI for more tasks, they need to store and manage more data. Seagate’s new 2026 Data Infrastructure Readiness Report shows that 99% of organizations expect AI to increase their storage needs over the next three years. However, only 38% say they are fully prepared to handle this demand.

AI Is Creating a Bigger Storage Challenge

AI adoption is increasing the amount of data businesses need to store and manage. As more companies use AI, their storage requirements are also growing. Seagate says 99% of organizations expect their storage needs to rise over the next three years. Moreover, 32% expect their storage requirements to grow by more than 50%. However, only 38% say they are fully prepared for this increase. This gap shows why businesses need to plan their storage infrastructure alongside their AI investments.

Deploying AI at scale requires not only high-performance computing systems but also reliable data and strong storage infrastructure. According to a Seagate report, data readiness is the biggest barrier, cited by 53% of firms. Storage infrastructure ranks next at 43%, while compute availability ranks third at 27%. Energy availability is another constraint, accounting for 24%. These constraints may hamper firms’ efforts to deploy and use AI.

Meanwhile, 98% of firms believe AI is creating strategic importance for storage infrastructure. The main barriers include AI strategy maturity (16%), followed by budget and resources (14%). Data management and governance also account for 14%.

AI Investments Are Increasing the Value of Data

Businesses are experiencing actual results from investing in artificial intelligence and increasing the value of data in the process. “Seagate found that 86% of companies have achieved at least moderate to significant returns on AI investment.” 33% of them achieved significant returns on investment in AI. These ROI results prompt enterprises to treat data as an asset for a long time. At the same time, enterprises need infrastructure that enables data storage, management, and access. 76% consider data center investment one of their top three infrastructure priorities. For 20%, it is their highest infrastructure investment priority.

Sustainability Is Becoming Part of AI Infrastructure Planning

As AI workloads grow, businesses are also paying closer attention to their energy use and environmental impact. Seagate says 77% of organizations have delayed or restructured AI infrastructure expansion due to sustainability or energy concerns. This includes 36% that have significantly restructured their plans. Meanwhile, 97% believe extending infrastructure lifecycles can improve sustainability. 94% also expect their storage operations to become more sustainable over the next five years. AI-driven energy consumption leads the environmental concerns at 52%, while carbon emissions from energy consumption follow at 51%. Seagate’s Sustainable Scaling approach aims to address these issues by growing AI capacity while improving efficiency, sustainability, and long-term data value.

While Bitcoin and crypto-linked stocks fell sharply after the US Senate failed to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity, or CLARITY, Act, Saxo Bank believes exchanges like Coinbase have more at stake than most because clearer rules could directly affect their trading businesses.

In a Wednesday note, Saxo strategist Ruben Dalfovo said Coinbase (COIN) is the most directly exposed to developments around CLARITY because market-structure rules could determine registration requirements, which assets can trade and who can participate in US crypto markets.

“Coinbase is most exposed to clearer market rules because trading and crypto participation directly affect its business,” Dalfovo wrote.

Stablecoin issuer Circle (CRCL) and Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company Strategy (MSTR) have different exposures, according to Dalfovo. Circle’s business is more closely tied to adoption of its USDC stablecoin and interest earned on its reserves, while Strategy’s performance is driven primarily by its BTC holdings and financing structure.

As Cointelegraph reported late Tuesday, shares of all three companies fell between 5% and 10% after the Senate procedural vote, despite differences in how the legislation could affect their businesses.

The selloff continued early Wednesday, with Coinbase, Circle and Strategy all down between 2% and 6%, according to Yahoo Finance data.

Related: Democrats push back on GOP’s ‘final’ CLARITY offer with counterproposal: Politico

CLARITY faces narrowing path forward

The CLARITY Act failed a key procedural vote on Tuesday, with senators voting 49-50 against invoking cloture on a motion to proceed to the bill, well short of the 60 votes needed. The vote would have limited further debate and allowed the Senate to move toward considering the legislation on the floor.

Ethics provisions remained a major sticking point despite last-minute concessions aimed at addressing concerns over public officials’ crypto interests. 

The setback significantly narrows the bill’s path forward this year. The Senate has a limited legislative calendar around the Nov. 3 midterm elections and is targeting Dec. 18 for adjournment, leaving lawmakers a relatively small window to revive the legislation before the current Congress ends.

Related: Crypto Biz: AI took a back seat when Bitcoin started climbing

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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have reportedly gone to extreme lengths to protect their privacy at their newly purchased Ohio mansion.

A new report revealed the high-tech system the couple put in place, which utilizes automated voice-activated alarms to warn off nosy neighbors who get too close to the massive estate.

Meanwhile, Taylor Swift has kept up her tradition of cheering on her husband from the VIP suites, recently breaking cover at a Kansas City Chiefs game to support him after their high-profile summer wedding.

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Before their high-profile Madison Square Garden wedding, Swift and Kelce splurged on a stunning lakefront estate in Bratenahl, Ohio, which sits on a 3.5-acre lot that measures about 21000 square feet.

The NFL star, precisely, is said to be the one who made the purchase for $5.35 million from Figurati Construction Group, per The Blast.

Now, as he and his wife, Swift, settle into their lives as a married couple, a source has shared how they are managing their new home and ensuring even neighbors don’t trespass.

According to Page Six, a source shared that Swift and Kelce have set up an alarm system that warns people not to pass onto the area when they seem to be getting too close.

“A neighbor approached the house and got a voice warning about not passing onto the property after getting too close to the house,” the source said.

The couple’s new home reportedly comes with eight bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, along with a game room and a theater.

Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce’s Presence In The Area Has Not Caused A Disturbance

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Speaking more about Swift and Kelce’s Ohio mansion, a real estate expert, speaking to Page Six, addressed the alarm system discovered at the property.

“The village is a relatively secluded lakefront property,” realtor Patricia Knight Gary began. “Something may have been set up at that particular home, which is their private estate, but in terms of any additional fencing for the village, I’m not aware of that.”

Knight Gary further noted that there is law enforcement presence in the area already, to ensure the safety of residents; however, their numbers might increase as more celebrities move in.

“It does have a small police force that gauge and patrol the village on a regular basis,” she said. “And then even at the condos [down the street], there is 24-hour security, so I would anticipate that there might be some discussion in terms of increasing that.”

Taylor Swift’s Animated Reaction At Travis Kelce’s Chiefs Game Goes Viral

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Very recently, during the Chiefs’ season opener, ESPN repeatedly showed Swift in a suite as she watched Kelce and the rest of her husband’s team.

At one point, cameras caught her yelling toward the field or television screen, prompting immediate speculation about what had triggered the reaction.

The New York Post reported that some viewers believed Swift was asking the network to stop showing her, with lip-readers interpreting her words as “Don’t show me! Get off me!”

Others watching the same footage came to a different conclusion, with one interpretation circulating online that Swift was reacting to a replay and saying, “He’s open! Get off him!”

The Kansas City Chiefs Gave Her The Singer To Celebrate

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Whatever Swift was saying, there was no shortage of exciting moments during the Chiefs’ dominant 31-10 win.

Kelce played a significant role, finishing with 71 receiving yards on three catches. His biggest play came on a 59-yard reception that helped move the Chiefs down the field.

The play was also historic as Kelce passed former Dallas Cowboys star Jason Witten (13,046) to become the NFL’s second-leading tight end in career receiving yards, with 13,073.

The 36-year-old avoided a tackle and raced into open space with a clear path ahead before defenders eventually brought him down at the five-yard line.

The explosive catch-and-run sent his wife, Swift, into an excited celebration from her suite at Arrowhead Stadium, as the singer-songwriter reportedly jumped up and down after the huge gain.

She was seated alongside Kelce’s brother Jason Kelce and her mother, Andrea Swift, and the celebration reflected the significance of the moment.

The Sports Broadcast Has Long Focused On Taylor Swift Whenever She Attends Travis Kelce’s Games

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Swift’s appearance was hardly unexpected. Since her relationship with Kelce became public, NFL broadcasts have regularly shown her in the stands, turning her game-day reactions into part of the wider sports-and-pop-culture conversation.

Sports Illustrated noted that Monday night’s footage again drew attention because viewers were trying to determine exactly what the pop star was saying.

The debate illustrates how closely fans follow even brief moments involving the singer during Chiefs games.

Swift has previously acknowledged the intense attention surrounding her presence at NFL games, while the league has also embraced the enormous interest linked to her relationship with Kelce.

Her appearances have repeatedly generated viral clips and additional coverage beyond the game itself.

The newspaper subsequently reported that the Treasury is “investigating $165 million in cryptocurrency-linked transactions that may have helped finance Hamas” prior to the October 2023 attacks.

While the documents suggested that Binance may have improved its KYC and AML protocols, it’s unclear whether the Hamas overture is a response to this.

“When terrorist groups tell people to avoid Binance, it shows our controls are working,” said Binance’s chief compliance officer, Noah Perlman. “Binance is not a safe place for illicit actors. We invest heavily in sanctions screening, transaction monitoring and investigations, and we work closely with law enforcement to identify, disrupt and report terrorist financing and other financial crime.”

According to OKX, the wallet address referenced in the Feb. 10, 2025, communication had no association with OKX and had already been identified by its internal controls as linked to illicit activity. As a result, any attempts by OKX customers to transfer funds to the address would have been flagged and prevented, the exchange said via email.

Kast said it maintains a dedicated financial crime compliance function, with more than 50 employees across its broader compliance organization.

“All customers are subject to identity verification and screening before accessing our services. The company combines its own technology with established compliance and risk-management providers, including Elliptic, Sumsub, and Sardine, to support sanctions screening, customer due diligence, and transaction monitoring,” a Kast spokesman said via email.

In a declaration as revelatory as water is wet, Lane Kiffin conceded in his Week 3 press conference that “a lot’s going to be made about me.”

Typically, college football fans have to wait until Thanksgiving weekend to get matchups with the kind of venom likely to be evident between LSU and Ole Miss. But what most of those Rivalry Week games cultivated over decades to instill unbridled disdain between fan bases, the Tigers and Rebels achieved in a speed-run.

Kiffin was correct when he said much would be made of his return to Oxford, Mississippi, less than 10 months removed from his leaving Ole Miss for LSU. Plenty was already made from November 30 of last year onward, in fact, with this encounter eagerly anticipated on the college football calendar.

The first-year LSU coach’s attempts to shift that focus to the matchup on the field were also what one would expect of any game-week presser.

“This is about the players being prepared really well and playing really well,” Kiffin said. “[Ole Miss head coach] Pete [Golding is] not going to tackle anybody, [and] I’m not going to throw any touchdowns.”

True enough. And in college football perhaps more than any other sport, attention oftentimes turns to the coaches on the sideline more than the players.

In this instance, however, shifting focus onto the athletes and away from the coach just isn’t possible when key contributors on one side are part of the animus the other side feels.

Kiffin’s return to Ole Miss is interesting in that regard because it’s an opportunity to see certain realities of the modern transfer portal litigated on the field. Kiffin is hardly the first head coach to bring star transfers with him upon changing jobs since the rule changes of 2021 effectively created an open market.

Kiffin isn’t even the first coach to move within the same conference and take transfers with him. The four former Rebels who followed Kiffin to Baton Rouge pales in comparison to the 21 players that left Marshall for Sun Belt Conference counterpart Southern Miss alongside coach Charles Huff in 2025.

But while Marshall and Southern Miss did not face off last season, fate brought LSU and Ole Miss together almost immediately — and do so at Vaught Hemingway Stadium.

Considering the players who joined Kiffin in his move are now some of LSU’s top playmakers, their presence in purple-and-gold is an on-field manifestation of the jilting.

Linebacker TJ Dottery, the Rebels leading tackler in 2025 with 98, racked up nine in the Tigers’ Week 2 mauling of Louisiana Tech. Receiver Winston Watkins Jr., who hauled in 26 passes last season, has already caught 12 as a Tiger through two games.

And then there’s defensive end Princewill Umanmielen.

Two games into the campaign, Umanmielen has five sacks — most in the nation. The prospect of the former Rebel setting an LSU single-season sack record was alluded to Kiffin during the coach’s press conference.

The coach’s response, intentional or not, has to rub salt in some very fresh wounds.

“I’m glad he’s on our side,” Kiffin said.

Not exactly the kind of homecoming Ole Miss faithful would have liked to have held for an All-SEC honoree who contributed to the Rebels’ College Football Playoff journey.

For his part, Golding — who stepped in as head coach for that Playoff run — analogized Saturday to another type of homecoming.

“To me, it’s like high school homecoming for these dudes,” Golding told reporters. “If you focus on the wrong [things], that homecoming dance ain’t very fun after you get your butt beat on a Friday night.”

Welcome to our live coverage of tonight’s Carabao Cup fourth round draw.

City will definitely be in the hat for tonight’s draw with their game with Norwich not taking place until tomorrow night, but United will need to beat Brighton this evening to ensure their join their neighbours in the hat.

We’ll have build-up, updates and reaction to the draw right here so stick with us.

He identified “putting digital ID on hold” as an example of how he had already “taken difficult decisions in this job in relation to reprioritising government spending” and vowed to continue to “take difficult decisions to make sure the economy remains on track”.

Digital ID is a striking choice of example. Burnham announced that he was abandoning the scheme in the days before he became prime minister so that he could focus on policies affecting the everyday cost of living.

But the spending was then, within the new government’s first few days, re-allocated to cut VAT on household electricity bills.

So in that sense it was not a reduction in public spending, just a reprioritisation. And in any case, the former cabinet minister Darren Jones criticised Burnham at the time on the grounds that the government had not yet allocated the money for digital ID.

Certainly the signs from Healey’s first major speech as chancellor last week were that he wants to reassure the markets, promising to “control public spending” and praising Rachel Reeves for beginning to “recover Britain’s fiscal discipline”.

Burnham and Healey would hardly be the first PM-chancellor double act to adopt different tones and emphasise different priorities in their public appearances.

As a junior minister at the Treasury almost 25 years ago, Healey was engaged in the question of how to boost growth around the country, long before it became central to Burnham’s vision for Britain.

But there are people in government who are beginning to wonder whether their economic visions are quite as aligned as expected. “It’s what everyone is thinking and some of us are vocalising,” one government source said.

There are also those who fear the adverse political consequences of a Labour government seeking to go out of its way to demonstrate its fiscal credibility. Arguably that was behind the removal of the Winter Fuel Allowance for most pensioners as one of Sir Keir Starmer’s first acts, an early factor in his political demise.

For Labour’s political opponents, all this amounts to a question of whether the prime minister is willing to disappoint his own MPs. Yet it’s worth remembering that with winter fuel the frustration in parliament was primarily caused by the furious reaction of Labour MPs’ constituents.

Arguably this presents a more fundamental tension: are the kinds of policies needed to soothe the markets politically deliverable given Labour’s electoral coalition and its need to shore up the ‘progressive’ vote?

The Budget is only six weeks away and will be the first and most important sign of the new government’s answer to that question.