Technology
Oracle announces departure of two oldest directors, narrowing board to 12
George Conrades, then chairman and CEO of Akamai Technologies, listens during a meeting of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council in Washington on April 13, 2004. Jay Mallin | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oracle said Friday that two longtime directors, both octogenarians, have resigned from the board. George Conrades, former CEO of content network distribution company […]
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Amazon plans first big-box retail store in Chicago suburb
An Amazon warehouse in Warrington, England. Nathan Stirk | Getty Images Amazon has submitted plans for a large-format store near Chicago that would be larger than a Walmart Supercenter, marking the latest experiment with physical retail for the tech company. As part of the plans, Amazon has proposed building a one-story, 229,000-square-foot building in Orland […]
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Grok and X should be suspended from Apple, Google app stores, Democratic senators say
Elon Musk looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks at the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC on November 19, 2025. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images Three Democratic senators are calling on Apple and Google to suspend the X and Grok apps […]
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OpenAI and SoftBank announce $1 billion investment in SB Energy as part of massive AI buildout
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attend an event to pitch AI for businesses in Tokyo, Japan Feb. 3, 2025. Kim Kyung-Hoon | Reuters OpenAI and SoftBank announced plans to invest $1 billion in SB Energy as part of a strategic partnership that will support OpenAI’s artificial intelligence infrastructure buildout. The partnership […]
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Intel stock jumps 7% after CEO meets with Trump as U.S. stake doubles value
The Intel logo is displayed on a sign in front of Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, California, on July 16, 2025. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Intel stock climbed 7% Friday after CEO Lip-Bu Tan met with President Donald Trump, continuing a rally that has seen the stock more than double since the U.S. took […]
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Andreessen Horowitz raises $15 billion, as VC firm goes big in infrastructure, defense
Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen speaks at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco, Sept. 13, 2016. San Francisco Chronicle/hearst Newspapers Via Getty Images | Hearst Newspapers | Getty Images Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has raised $15 billion to bolster bets across an array of areas including infrastructure, health and what the it calls “American Dynamism,” […]
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Jobs data, a potential tariff ruling, the latest on Venezuela and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Friday. These introductions have been helpful in reminding me what day it is amid such a busy news week, but I’m still struggling to get the hang of writing that we’re in 2026. Stock futures are near flat this morning. The […]
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Humanoid robots take over CES in Las Vegas as tech industry touts future of AI
It’s the week Sin City turned sci-fi. Humanoid robots shadowboxed, danced and pretended to run small shops. Singapore-based Sharpa displayed a robotic hand playing table tennis and dealing blackjack hands. Across Las Vegas, technology companies used the annual CES trade show to reveal their visions of the future and to loudly proclaim that physical artificial […]
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Meta signs nuclear energy deals to power Prometheus AI supercluster
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wears the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, as he delivers a speech presenting the new line of smart glasses, during the Meta Connect event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., Sept. 17, 2025. Carlos Barria | Reuters Meta on Friday announced agreements with three nuclear power providers, including one […]
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MiniMax surges in Hong Kong debut, marking yet another Chinese AI listing
The logo for MiniMax Group Inc. on a smartphone in Shanghai, China. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images China-based AI startup MiniMax Group surged as much as 90% on its first day of trading in Hong Kong on Friday, becoming the second major Chinese developer of large language models to go public. The company raised HK$4.8 […]
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