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Instacart shares drop on report that FTC is probing company over AI pricing tool
Shares of grocery delivery service Instacart dropped about 7% in extended trading on Wednesday, following a report that said the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has begun an investigation into the company’s pricing practices. The FTC sent a civil investigative demand to Instacart, Reuters reported, citing unnamed people. A study released last week showed that prices […]
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Coinbase adds prediction markets and stock trading in push to be one-stop trading app
Brian Armstrong, chief executive officer of Coinbase Global Inc., speaks during the Messari Mainnet summit in New York, on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Coinbase is making its biggest push yet to reposition itself as a mainstream trading and financial platform, moving beyond crypto and into the broader retail […]
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Micron forecasts surging revenue as computer memory demand for AI remains high
The Micron Technology offices in San Jose, California, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Micron Technology reported fiscal first-quarter results on Wednesday that beat Wall Street expectations for sales and earnings per share, and provided a strong forecast for the current quarter. Micron shares rose 5% in […]
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Cramer slams Amazon for considering a circular AI deal reminiscent of the dotcom bubble
Jim Cramer implores Amazon not to engage in “sham-like” circular AI deals that remind him of the kind of speculation that fueled the 1990s dotcom bubble that burst more than two decades ago. According to multiple reports on Wednesday, Amazon is in talks about a potential $10 billion investment in OpenAI in exchange for the […]
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Amazon says AI chief Rohit Prasad is leaving, Peter DeSantis to lead ‘AGI’ group
Rohit Prasad, Senior VP & Head Scientist for Alexa, Amazon, on Centre Stage during day one of Web Summit 2022 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. Ben McShane | Sportsfile | Getty Images Rohit Prasad, a top Amazon executive overseeing its artificial general intelligence unit, is leaving at the end of this year, the […]
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Oracle stock dips 4% on report Blue Owl Capital won’t back $10 billion data center
The Oracle logo exhibited during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Feb. 28, 2019. Joan Cros | NurPhoto | Getty Images Oracle stocks dipped about 4% on Wednesday following a report that discussions with Blue Owl Capital on backing a $10 billion data center in Michigan had stalled, although the cloud company later disputed […]
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Unemployment rate rises, Tesla’s 2025 turnaround, Siri’s AI upgrade and more in Morning Squawk
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell in New York on Dec. 16, 2025. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Here are five key things investors need to know to start the […]
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Apple punted on AI this year. Next year will be critical
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc., during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, on June 9, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images One of the biggest launches in Apple’s history is supposed to come next year, and it’s got nothing to do with hardware. The company […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Beauty is in the eye of the U.S. jobs report beholder
Business representatives staff a table at a career fair in Harlem hosted by Assemblymember Jordan Wright on Dec. 10, 2025, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The U.S. November jobs report has something for everybody. Those convinced of weakness will highlight the higher-than-expected unemployment rate as well as the number of jobs […]
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OpenAI in talks with Amazon about investment that could exceed $10 billion
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI is in discussions with Amazon about a potential investment and an agreement to use its artificial intelligence chips, CNBC confirmed […]
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