Technology
Wikipedia parent partners with Amazon, Meta, Perplexity on AI access
Riccardo Milani | Afp | Getty Images Wikimedia announced new deals with several artificial intelligence companies in a blog post on Thursday, including Amazon, Meta and Perplexity, as part of the company’s 25th anniversary. Through the new partnerships under Wikimedia Enterprise, companies will pay Wikipedia to use its data to help develop and train AI […]
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Cloudflare acquires AI data marketplace Human Native
A logo of CLOUDFLARE sits outside the company’s house on the opening day of the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2025. Yves Herman | Reuters Cloudflare is acquiring artificial intelligence data marketplace Human Native, the company said Thursday, as it expands its push to develop transactions […]
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AI startup Replit launches feature to vibe code mobile apps
Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images AI coding startup Replit is now letting users create and publish mobile apps for Apple devices using only natural language prompts, the latest evolution in so-called vibe-coding. The Mobile Apps on Replit feature, introduced on Thursday, allows creators and small business owners to go from […]
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This pharma stock just got whacked — there’s still a major catalyst ahead
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Stocks were climbing on Thursday led by semiconductors and AI-related names. Taiwan Semiconductor rallied more than 5% after reporting strong fourth quarter results and forecasting higher […]
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Spotify hikes U.S. Premium subscription price months after last rate increase
Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu | Getty Images Spotify Premium subscriptions are getting more expensive. The subscription price will rise from $11.99 per month to $12.99 per month in the U.S., Estonia and Latvia for the February bill, the streaming platform said in a blog post. Users will get an email with the update sometime […]
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Greenland talks, oil’s retreat, the latest on the Netflix-WBD deal and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Thursday. Nike’s first pickleball deal has me thinking I should fish my paddles out of the closet and start practicing. I’ll be spending this evening with some of our readers at CNBC Pro Live at the New York Stock Exchange, so […]
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CNBC’s Inside India newsletter: AI is taking over core operations of Indian IT companies
This report is from this week’s CNBC’s “Inside India” newsletter which brings you timely, insightful news and market commentary on the emerging powerhouse. Subscribe here. Millions of techies and engineers who have built India’s multi-billion-dollar IT services industry have a new teammate: artificial intelligence. And embracing this partnership is no longer optional — resistance could mean […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Greenland and Iran tensions drive investors to gold and silver
Denmark’s Foreign Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen and Greenland’s Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt prepare at the Danish embassy for a meeting with the U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance and Foreign Minister Marco Rubio that will take place at the White House, in Washington D.C., U.S., January 14, 2026. Mads Claus Rasmussen | Via Reuters Top officials […]
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Musk’s xAI limits Grok’s ability to create sexualized images of real people on X after backlash
Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI said late Wednesday that Grok will no longer be able to create sexualized images of real people on X based on user prompts following extensive backlash from political figures in the U.S. and abroad. “We have implemented technological measures to prevent the Grok account from […]
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Cerebras scores OpenAI deal worth over $10 billion ahead of AI chipmaker’s IPO
Andrew Feldman, co-founder and CEO of Cerebras Systems, speaks at the Raise summit in Paris on July 8, 2025. The annual conference gathers global leaders and key speakers in tech and AI. Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty Images AI chipmaker Cerebras has signed a deal with OpenAI to deliver 750 megawatts of computing power […]
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