Month: September 2025
‘Tonight, we are all Jimmy Kimmel,’ Stephen Colbert says, calling Trump an ‘autocrat’
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert during Thursday’s July 25, 2019 show. CBS Photo Archive | CBS | Getty Images Stephen Colbert gave a full-throated defense of suspended late-night show colleague Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday night and called President Donald Trump an “autocrat.” “I’m your host, Steven Colbert, but tonight, we are all Jimmy Kimmel,” […]
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Dinner for nearly $15,000 — the cost of a meal with DBS bank CEO
Tan Su Shan is the CEO and director of DBS Group. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images An evening with Tan Su Shan, CEO and director of DBS Group, was sold by auction house Sotheby’s on Saturday for 18,900 Singapore dollars ($14,790) to the winning bidder — more than double the pre-sale estimate of about SG$6,000 […]
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China keeps tight grip on rare earths, costing at least one company ‘millions of euros’
Key Points The European Chamber of Commerce in China said at least one of its members is “losing millions of euros” due to Beijing’s curbs on rare-earth exports. China controls the majority of the global rare-earth supply chain, giving Beijing leverage in trade talks. The chamber also called on China to address several pain points […]
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Fed cut sets stage for Asia’s next easing wave amid trade strains
Several flags including that of the United States, Cambodia, the European Union, Japan and ASEAN are seen outside a building in Krong Siem Reap, Cambodia, on July 27, 2025. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Asian central banks may find more room to ease policy after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter […]
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Google adds Gemini to Chrome for all users in push to bolster AI search
Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images Google is adding more artificial intelligence into its Chrome browser as the search giant tries to fend off burgeoning competition from AI startups OpenAI and Perplexity. In a blog post Thursday, Google said it’s rolling out Gemini in Chrome to users of Mac and Windows computers in the […]
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Nvidia says competition has ‘undeniably arrived’ after Huawei launches AI cluster
Key Points Huawei is ramping up its AI computing systems just as U.S. chipmaker Nvidia is running into challenges in the mainland. The Chinese tech giant claimed that the new supernodes would be the world’s most powerful by computing power for several years. While an analyst cautioned that Huawei might exaggerate its technical capabilities, he […]
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CNBC’s Inside India newsletter: The curious case of foreign investors selling Indian stocks but chasing IPOs
Hello, I am Priyanka Salve, CNBC’s senior correspondent for India, writing from Singapore. This week, I look at how global money is fleeing Indian secondary market but betting on Indian IPOs. This report is from this week’s edition of CNBC’s “Inside India” newsletter which brings you timely, insightful news and market commentary on the emerging […]
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Nvidia just spent over $900 million to hire Enfabrica CEO, license AI startup’s technology
Co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., Jensen Huang attends the 9th edition of the VivaTech trade show in Paris on June 11, 2025. Chesnot | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Nvidia has just shelled out over $900 million to hire Enfabrica CEO Rochan Sankar and other employees at the artificial intelligence hardware […]
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Comcast spinoff Versant reports declining annual profit as it prepares to go public
Versant, Comcast’s spinoff of the majority of its NBCUniversal cable network portfolio, is gearing up to go public. The new entity will trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker “VSNT” after the separation, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday. Investors also became privy to more of Versant’s financials. […]
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Meta product chief Chris Cox says smart glasses are the future of computing
Meta Chief Product Officer Chris Cox said on Thursday that smart glasses are the future of computing devices. “We talk to them, we will see with them, we will use gestures the same way we interact with each other to interact with our computers,” Cox told CNBC’s Julia Boorstin. “The interfaces will get more natural, and so […]
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