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2025 CNBC Disruptor 50: See the full list of companies leading new era of AI breakthroughs and riches
The race for global supremacy in AI and the existential threat it represents to the status quo in the tech industry, and beyond, has led to record venture investment in startups. The top five companies on this year’s Disruptor 50 list — including a new No. 1 Disruptor from the defense tech sector — have […]
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2025 CNBC Disruptor 50: How we chose companies on this year’s list
The top five companies on the 2025 CNBC Disruptor 50 list — Anduril, OpenAI, Databricks, Anthropic and Canva — have a combined valuation of just under $500 billion. This is more than the combined total valuation of almost every past Disruptor 50 list of the last 12 years. OpenAI, the company that sparked a global […]
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Temu and Shein are pivoting to Europe to deal with U.S. tariffs. But they may not get a warm welcome
Shein and Temu icons on a phone screen. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Temu and Shein are pivoting to Europe as their business in the U.S. takes a major hit from unfavorable trade policies. But the China-founded budget e-commerce apps may not receive a warm reception in their new target markets. In recent […]
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Apple’s WWDC underwhelms on AI, but software gets biggest facelift in over a decade
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 09, 2025 in Cupertino, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Apple‘s annual developer conference on Monday lacked the splashy announcement that fans are used to seeing at WWDC. There was nothing like the Vision Pro reveal from […]
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Crypto CEO accused of laundering $500 million linked to sanctioned Russian banks
Signage is seen at the United States Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, D.C., August 29, 2020. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have charged the founder of a U.S.-based cryptocurrency payments firm with operating what they allege was a sophisticated international money laundering scheme that moved over half a billion dollars on […]
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Microsoft enters portable gaming with new ROG Xbox Ally devices
Microsoft ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X Handheld devices Source: Xbox Microsoft Xbox players will soon be able to take their favorite games anywhere with the launch of the new ROG Xbox Ally handhelds. This is a first for Xbox, which has never released a handheld before. The devices, developed in collaboration with ASUS, offer […]
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IonQ buys UK quantum startup Oxford Ionics for more than $1 billion
IonQ is buying United Kingdom-based quantum computing startup Oxford Ionics in a deal valued at nearly $1.1 billion. Shares gained about 4%. The companies said in a release that the deal will combine IonQ’s quantum computing hardware and software knowledge with Oxford Ionics’ semiconductor chip technologies. The company aims to deliver breakthroughs in the field […]
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‘He’s like Iron Man’: Jensen Huang lit up London Tech Week — and we were in the room
Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia, at the London Tech Week exposition in London, UK, on Monday, June 9, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — Wherever Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang goes, excitement follows — this time, all the way to London Tech Week. The Nvidia boss — whom Wedbush […]
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Nvidia CEO says the UK is in a ‘Goldilocks’ moment: ‘I’m going to invest here’
Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia Corp., speaks during a news conference in Taipei on May 21, 2025. I-hwa Cheng | Afp | Getty Images LONDON — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang poured praise on the U.K. on Monday, promising to boost investment in the country’s artificial intelligence sector with his multitrillion-dollar semiconductor company. “The […]
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Sam Altman brings his eye-scanning identity verification startup to the UK
Sam Altman’s identity verification venture World is launching its eye-scanning Orb product in the U.K. World LONDON — World, the biometric identity verification project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is set to launch in the U.K. this week. The venture, which uses a spherical eye-scanning device called the Orb to scan people’s eyes, will […]
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