Technology
China’s ‘instant commerce’ price war sees $0.30 drinks and billions in subsidies doled out
A Meituan food delivery courier rides an electric scooter in Chongqing, China, on March 29, 2025. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images In China’s fiercely competitive market, the latest price war is playing out in the growing “instant commerce” sector, where companies are launching massive subsidies and other incentives to get consumers […]
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Grok 4 appears to seek Elon Musk’s views when answering controversial questions
The X logo on a phone. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images When xAI’s Grok 4 chatbot was launched on Wednesday, users and media outlets quickly began pointing out examples of it consulting its owner Elon Musk’s views on controversial matters. CNBC was able to confirm that when asked to take a stance on some […]
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Linda Yaccarino briefly loses verified X checkmark after stepping down as CEO
X Corp’s CEO Linda Yaccarino looks on during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 31, 2024. Nathan Howard | Reuters Ex-X CEO Linda Yaccarino is still @lindayaX on the social media site, but she briefly lost the blue checkmark next to her account […]
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Tesla moves to expand Robotaxi to Phoenix, following rival Waymo
CNBC spotted a Tesla robotaxi in Austin, Texas, on June 24, 2025 Katie Tarasov Elon Musk’s Tesla has applied to test and eventually deploy its Robotaxi vehicles in Phoenix, Arizona, following in the footsteps of market leader Waymo. Tesla has applied to conduct autonomous vehicle testing and operations, with and without human safety drivers on […]
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Trump to host Jensen Huang at White House as Nvidia tops $4 trillion market cap
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers remarks next to U.S. President Donald Trump at an ‘Investing in America’ event in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, CNBC’s Megan Cassella reported. The meeting comes as Nvidia rose […]
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Musk, X to face trial in Don Lemon lawsuit alleging breach of contract
Elon Musk (L) & Don Lemon Reuters (L) | Getty Images (R) Ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon’s lawsuit against tech billionaire Elon Musk and his social network X over the cancellation of their partnership can proceed to trial, a San Francisco judge ruled this week. Musk’s team had tried to get the case moved to a […]
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Bitcoin sets another record above $113,000 as investors jump into risk assets, liquidate shorts
Bitcoin climbed to new all-time high on Thursday, building on its previous record reached just a day earlier, as investors jumped into risk assets and liquidated short positions. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by more than 2% at $113,766.74. Earlier, it rose as high as $113,863.18. Over the past 24 hours, […]
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Microsoft Outlook hit with hours-long outage
Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Microsoft‘s Outlook email service malfunctioned for several hours Wednesday and Thursday, prompting some people to post on social media about the inability to reach their virtual mailboxes. The issue began at 6:20 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, according to a dashboard the software company maintains. It affected Outlook.com as well […]
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Amazon warehouse workers lose jobs after Trump’s immigration crackdown: ‘We have done everything legally’
Boxes are selected on a conveyor belt during Cyber Monday at Amazon’s fulfillment center in Robbinsville, New Jersey, U.S., December 2, 2024. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters Daphnee Poteau, a Haitian who came to the U.S in 2023, began working for Amazon last year at a returns center in Indianapolis. While packing up boxes, she met her husband […]
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Musk says Tesla is expanding Austin robotaxi service, adding Grok to cars
A vehicle Tesla is using for robotaxi testing purposes on Oltorf Street in Austin, Texas, US, on Sunday, June 22, 2025. Tim Goessman | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company is expanding its robotaxi service area and bringing xAI’s Grok to vehicles as it rolled out a new iteration of […]
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