Year: 2026
Alphabet’s market cap surpasses Apple’s for first time since 2019
Google CEO Sundar Pichai gives a thumbs up as he arrives to attend the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, Feb. 11, 2025. Benoit Tessier | Reuters Google parent company Alphabet saw its market capitalization surpass Apple’s for the first time since 2019. Alphabet’s market cap closed at $3.88 trillion on Wednesday. […]
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Google, Character.AI to settle suits involving minor suicides and AI chatbots
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai. Klaudia Radecka | Nurphoto | Getty Images Google and Character.AI will settle with families who sued the companies over harm to minors, including suicides, allegedly caused by artificial intelligence chatbots. According to court documents filed this week, the families and companies have agreed to work out settlement terms. In one case, […]
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JPMorgan reaches deal to become Apple credit card issuer, source says
In this article JPM GS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., during the 2025 IIF annual membership meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase has reached a deal to become the new Apple […]
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OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health to connect user medical records, wellness apps
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attends an event to pitch AI for businesses in Tokyo, Feb. 3, 2025. Kim Kyung-hoon | Reuters OpenAI on Wednesday announced ChatGPT Health, which will allow users to securely connect their medical records and wellness apps to the artificial intelligence chatbot. ChatGPT Health is not intended for diagnosis and treatment, and […]
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Trump says he will not permit dividends and stock buybacks for defense companies
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he “will not permit” defense companies to issue dividends or stock buybacks until those firms speed up their production of military equipment and address his other complaints about the industry. Trump, in a lengthy Truth Social post, also took aim at defense contractors’ executive pay packages, calling them “exorbitant […]
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Nvidia’s Jensen Huang said he loves this company. The shares could nearly double this year, says one analyst
Things are looking up for Serve Robotics , a company that is capturing Wall Street’s attention given its expansion in the increasingly hot investment space of “physical AI.” Serve Robotics, an autonomous sidewalk delivery robot maker that was spun out of Uber in 2021, maintains a close partnership with Nvidia even after the chipmaker sold […]
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Anthropic signs term sheet for $10 billion funding round at $350 billion valuation
Anthropic has signed a term sheet for a $10 billion funding round at a $350 billion valuation, CNBC confirmed on Wednesday. Coatue and Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC are leading the financing, according to a source familiar who asked not to be named because the discussions are confidential. A representative for Anthropic declined to comment. […]
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ICE agents fatally shoot woman in Minneapolis, DHS says
Members of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stand guard after a driver of a vehicle was shot in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 7, 2026. Tim Evans | Reuters Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minneapolis fatally shot a woman in her car on Wednesday, federal officials said. “Today, ICE officers in Minneapolis were conducting […]
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Trump reserves right to use military force to secure oil interests in Venezuela, White House says
U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to depart for the Army/Navy football game in Baltimore, at the White House in Washington, D.C., Dec. 13, 2025. Aaron Schwartz | Reuters President Donald Trump reserves the right to use military force to secure oil interests in Venezuela, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday. “The president, of […]
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Avelo Airlines to end ICE deportation charters as it cuts commercial flights, jobs
The inaugural flight of an Avelo Airlines Boeing 737-800 takes off from Hollywood Burbank Airport to Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa on April 28, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Avelo Airlines will stop flying deportation flights for the U.S. government and will also cut commercial routes and reduce […]
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