Technology
Amazon to shut down speedy brick-and-mortar delivery service
Amazon Flex driver Ricardo Escalona works to deliver his same day orders during Cyber Monday from an Amazon fulfillment center on November 27, 2023 in Tampa, Florida. Octavio Jones | Getty Images News | Getty Images Amazon is shutting down a service that offers same-day delivery from mall and brick-and-mortar retailers, CNBC has learned. The […]
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Amazon-backed Anthropic debuts AI agents that can do complex tasks, racing against OpenAI, Microsoft and Google
Dario Amodei, co-founder and CEO of artificial intelligence startup Anthropic. Chesnot | Getty Images Anthropic, the Amazon-backed AI startup founded by former OpenAI research executives, announced Tuesday that it’s reached an artificial intelligence milestone for the company: AI agents that can use a computer to complete complex tasks like a human would. Anthropic is the company […]
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Stratospheric, AI-enabled robotic cameras on balloons could help you get your insurance claim check faster
The task for insurance adjusters is enormous in the wake of back to back hurricanes Helene and Milton, which caused catastrophic damage across several southern states. For decades, these adjusters have used the same methods to assess property damage after natural disasters. They visit individual properties and use small airplanes with high resolution cameras to […]
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Starboard Value’s Jeff Smith says Salesforce has ‘a lot more to go’ and can get more profitable
Jeff Smith, chief executive officer and chief investment officer of Starboard Value LP. Chris Goodney | Bloomberg | Getty Images Salesforce shares jumped 98% in 2023 in part after the business software maker increased its adjusted operating margin after Starboard Value and other activist investors raised concerns about the company’s financial performance. Starboard now sees […]
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Billionaire Ripple founder has given more than $11.8 million to Harris campaign
Chris Larsen, the co-founder and chairman of Ripple, contributed nearly $9.9 million to Future Forward in September, in addition to more than $800,000 to the Harris Victory Fund, according to FEC data compiled by Breadcrumbs crypto market and blockchain analyst James Delmore and independently verified by CNBC. Including Larsen’s August contribution of $1 million worth of […]
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Microsoft to roll out new autonomous AI agents next month, fending off challenge from Salesforce
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at a company event on artificial intelligence technologies in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 30, 2024. Dimas Ardian | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — Microsoft will allow businesses to start making their own autonomous artificial intelligence agents starting next month, taking the fight back to Salesforce, which introduced its own configurable […]
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Three in four Europeans support the use of AI by police and military, study says
Peter Cade | Stone | Getty Images The vast majority of Europeans support the use of artificial intelligence for police and military operations, according to a new report by Madrid’s IE University shared with CNBC. “European Tech Insights,” which measured the attitudes of over 3,000 people in Europe, found that 75% support the use of […]
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Top crypto PAC targets close House races as 2024 election hits final stages
“Make Bitcoin Great Again” hats displayed for sale at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Tennessee, US, on Saturday, July 27, 2024. Former US President Trump used to be a crypto critic but in recent weeks adopted a much friendlier stance alongside the sector’s emergence as an influential player in the 2024 presidential election through […]
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Elon Musk offers $1 million a day to entice swing state voters to sign petition
Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk, who supports Republican presidential nominee former U.S. President Donald Trump, gestures as he speaks about voting during an America PAC Town Hall in Folsom, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 17, 2024. Rachel Wisniewski | Reuters Elon Musk said Saturday that he would randomly award $1 million a day to registered […]
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Crypto’s $130 million congressional election binge has candidates like Utah’s John Curtis poised for big wins
U.S. Rep. John Curtis speaks during the Utah Senate primary debate for Republican contenders battling to win the seat of retiring U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney, June 10, 2024, in Salt Lake City. Rick Bowmer | AP SALT LAKE CITY — John Curtis, a Republican congressman from Utah, has become a favorite of the crypto industry […]
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