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Market news: Russian missiles struck Kyiv, Ukraine.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index opened down 32.00 points, or 0.36%, at 8799.30 on Thursday, October 22.

AWS: Amazon's threat intelligence team discovered an exploit of the PHP2Shell vulnerability in MadPot, predating its public disclosure.

Nasdaq futures extended their losses to 0.5%, Tesla (TSLA.O) fell 2.3%, and Micron Technology (MU.O), SanDisk (SNDK.O), and SK Hynix (SKHY.O) all dropped by about 1%. Tesla revealed it will lower its annual capital expenditure target from over $25 billion to $20 billion.

According to the Iranian news agency IRNA, Iran's representative to the United Nations stated: "The United States is advancing programs such as the Golden Dome and has used offensive space military capabilities during its military aggression against Iran. Iran's missile program is a conventional and legitimate defensive capability. Linking Iran's peaceful use of space activities with ballistic missile development is a completely unfounded pretext, intended to justify exerting pressure on Iran, imposing sanctions, and taking hostile actions."

Tesla (TSLA.O) executive: The company is building its own map for FSD.

Tesla (TSLA.O) executive: Cybercab will be launched in Dallas next month.

Tesla (TSLA.O) CFO: The gross margin of the energy business increased from 20.4% to 33.1%, mainly due to tariff refunds and adjustments to warranty costs.

Tesla (TSLA.O) CFO: Tesla's biggest demand driver is its autonomous driving capability.

Tesla (TSLA.O) CFO: Capital expenditure guidance for this year has been raised to $20 billion.

New Zealand's third-quarter CPI annual rate was 3.7%, below the expected 3.8% and the previous value of 4.10%.

New Zealand's third-quarter CPI rose 0.7% quarter-on-quarter, below the expected 0.8% and the previous reading of 1.50%.

Tesla (TSLA.O) CEO Elon Musk: Regarding the potential merger with SpaceX (SPCX.O), I think everything that needed to be said was said yesterday.

Tesla (TSLA.O) CEO Elon Musk: The goal is to achieve an annual production of 5 million vehicles by around 2030.

Tesla (TSLA.O) CEO Elon Musk: Increase production to meet demand.

European Council: Securitization framework will reduce capital requirements for most safe and well-structured transactions.

European Council: The Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional political agreement on measures to revitalize and simplify the EU securitization market.

According to NBC News: Two U.S. officials and two people familiar with the matter said that the U.S. military has been quietly reducing the size of its troop presence at bases across the Middle East in recent days.

IBM reported Q3 revenue of $17.1bn for the quarter ended Sept. 30, up ~5% YoY and above analyst estimates. Infrastructure revenue, including mainframes, rose 4% to $3.7bn; IBM said most infrastructure orders that were delayed earlier this year have now been rebooked, with CFO Kavanaugh saying roughly two‑thirds of previously delayed mainframe and related software deals are now signed. Software revenue climbed 8.3% to $7.8bn, beating the Street estimate of $7.64bn. IBM said earlier that customer spend had temporarily shifted toward chips and servers amid AI‑driven supply constraints, pressuring mainframe and software demand; it now expects free cash flow to increase by more than $1bn this year, above a prior forecast of about $1bn.

Meta Platforms (META.O) CEO Mark Zuckerberg: In just one and a half months, more than 10 million people in the United States and Canada have set up Muse personal agents.