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Energous (NASDAQ:WATT) shares rose 1.4% to $11.14 in premarket trading on Tuesday, with the wireless power technology company’s analyst consensus price target reported at $26.52 per share. Seven analysts covering Energous have a consensus recommendation weighted towards buy ratings, according to the supplied data. The $26.52 consensus target remains above the company’s current share price.…

Centrica (LSE:CAN) and X-Energy (NASDAQ:XE) said the Xe-100 small modular reactor has been accepted into the UK’s Generic Design Assessment process, beginning a regulatory review expected to take approximately three years. The Generic Design Assessment, or GDA, examines whether a nuclear reactor design is acceptable for deployment in the UK before site-specific licensing and permitting…

Advances in artificial intelligence could increase the scale and complexity of cybersecurity threats as autonomous agents make sophisticated attacks easier to replicate, according to analysts at Evercore. The firm said sophisticated cyberattacks have historically been constrained by the amount of human labour required to identify targets, discover vulnerabilities, develop exploits and respond to defensive measures.…

Shares of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related companies fell in premarket trading on Tuesday as Bitcoin declined ahead of a congressional vote on the Clarity Act and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decision on Wednesday. Bitcoin (COIN:BTCUSD) fell 2.9% to $76,833.83, while Ether (COIN:ETHUSD) declined 3.8% to $2,471.74. The Clarity Act is intended to establish a regulatory…

Oil prices moved higher on Monday after reports that Saudi Arabia’s East-West crude pipeline is expected to remain largely offline for three to five weeks for repairs following an attack last week. The pipeline provides a route for Saudi crude from the Gulf to the Red Sea, bypassing the Strait of Hormuz. HSBC analysts led…

Gold prices moved lower on Tuesday, with spot bullion falling below $4,300 an ounce as the US dollar and Treasury yields rose ahead of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decision. At 02:16 ET, spot gold fell 0.2% to $4,290.39 an ounce after declining more than 1% in the previous session. Gold futures were down 0.5%…

Oil prices rose on Tuesday as investors monitored further Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and continued uncertainty over the timing of talks concerning the Strait of Hormuz. Benchmark Brent crude futures increased 2.0% to $107.83 per barrel by 04:19 ET, while US West Texas Intermediate futures rose 2.1% to $103.50 per barrel. Talks between Iran…