Technology
Amazon shareholders reject proposal to split CEO and chair roles
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during an unveiling event in New York on Feb. 26, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon shareholders rejected a proposal to adopt a policy that would require the company’s CEO and board chair roles to remain separate. Vote totals disclosed in a filing Thursday show about 82% […]
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Top $TRUMP holders head to crypto dinner with president that Democrats call ‘orgy of corruption’
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Nick Pinto is a marketing director at his family’s law firm in New Jersey. He’s also a crypto trader who spent enough money on Donald Trump’s meme coin to win a spot at a private black-tie dinner with the president scheduled for Thursday night. “I was kind of […]
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Microsoft employees say emails with ‘Gaza,’ ‘Palestine,’ or ‘genocide’ won’t send
Security officers block entrance doors after pro-Palestinian protesters attempted to enter the Microsoft Build conference at the Seattle Convention Center Arch building in Seattle, Washington on May 19, 2025. Jason Redmond | Afp | Getty Images Microsoft employees are concerned that the company has been blocking Outlook emails containing the words “Palestine,” “Gaza,” “genocide,” “apartheid” […]
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OpenAI CFO says AI hardware will boost ChatGPT subscriptions in ‘new era of computing’
OpenAI is betting a new “era” of computing will justify the company’s decision to spend billions of dollars on bespoke hardware to go with it, Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar said. The artificial intelligence startup, best known for the ChatGPT chatbot, announced plans on Wednesday to buy iPhone designer Jony Ive’s devices startup io for […]
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Intuit tops Wall Street estimates after tax season, issues strong guidance
Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg | Getty Images Intuit on Thursday reported quarterly results that beat analysts’ estimates and issued stronger-than -expected guidance for the full year. The stock rose about 4% in extended trading. Here’s how the company did compared to analysts’ estimates compiled by LSEG: Earnings per share: $11.65 adjusted vs. $10.91 expected Revenue: $7.8 billion vs. […]
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Founders of Amazon’s PillPack launch health-care marketplace startup General Medicine
General Medicine founders TJ Parker, Ashwin Muralidharan and Elliot Cohen. General Medicine After selling online pharmacy PillPack to Amazon seven years ago, the founding team is launching a new company that aims to make the experience of getting medical care “as easy as shopping online.” PillPack founders TJ Parker and Elliot Cohen on Thursday launched a […]
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Snowflake shares soar to highest level in over a year as revenue tops $1 billion for first time
Snowflake Inc. signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, US, on Jan. 2, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Snowflake shares jumped 12% on Thursday, climbing to their highest level since early last year after the data analytics company reported better-than-expected quarterly results. Revenue in the fiscal […]
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Kraken opening digital tokens of Apple, Tesla and Nvidia to people outside the U.S.
Kraken is one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges. Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg via Getty Images Kraken, a crypto exchange that has spent years in court battling charges brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over its digital asset offerings, is preparing to offer tokenized securities, including shares of Apple, Tesla, and Nvidia, to […]
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OpenAI, Oracle and NVIDIA will help build Stargate UAE AI campus launching in 2026
Technology giants OpenAI, Oracle, Nvidia and Cisco are joining forces to help build a sweeping Stargate artificial intelligence campus in the United Arab Emirates. “AI is the most transformative force of our time,” said Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in a release Thursday. “With Stargate UAE, we are building the AI infrastructure to power the country’s […]
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Exclusive look at the making of High NA, ASML’s new $400 million chipmaking colossus
Behind highly secured doors in a giant lab in the Netherlands, there’s a machine that’s transforming how microchips are made. ASML spent nearly a decade developing High NA, which stands for high numerical aperture. With a price tag of more than $400 million, it’s the world’s most advanced and expensive chipmaking machine. CNBC went to […]
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