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Amazon layoffs, Qualcomm’s AI chips, Airbnb cracks down on Halloween and more in Morning Squawk
Amazon logo on brick office building facade with windows, San Francisco, California, Aug. 29, 2025. Smith Collection | Gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day: 1. Amazon’s cull […]
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Airbnb wants to help hosts prevent Halloween parties in the U.S. and Canada
Klaudia Radecka | Nurphoto | Getty Images Airbnb wants to block unauthorized parties this spooky season. The travel and home rental platform said Monday that it will utilize its anti-party technology this Halloween weekend. The tech factors in the length of a stay, the distance from a guest’s location, property type and timing of a […]
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Airbnb CEO Chesky says ChatGPT isn’t ‘quite robust enough’ to integrate into travel app
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said he wants to integrate ChatGPT artificial intelligence capabilities into the travel platform but the software isn’t ready. “The [software development kit] wasn’t quite robust enough for the things we want to do,” he told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Wednesday. Chesky said the company would “probably” want to integrate ChatGPT eventually. […]
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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on new product updates, integrating AI and state of AI tech race
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Brian Chesky, Airbnb co-founder and CEO, joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the rollout of new product updates, AI-powered customer service, integrating AI, state of travel, and more. Source
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Baidu’s Apollo Go plans to launch taxis with no steering wheels in Switzerland as the race for robotaxis in Europe heats up
Chinese tech company Baidu announced Wednesday its Apollo Go robotaxi arm has entered a strategic partnership with PostBus in Switzerland. Baidu BEIJING — Chinese tech giant Baidu announced Wednesday that its robotaxi unit will start test drives in Switzerland in December, as firms race to get their vehicles on European roads. The company’s Apollo Go […]
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Airbnb adds direct messaging, new social features after app overhaul
Airbnb is adding new social features to its platform that allow guests attending experiences to communicate and keep in touch. The new updates add a direct messaging feature for attendees to connect with other guests and a pre-event dashboard that shows profiles of other participants attending the experience. Business chief Dave Stephenson said the updated […]
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Marc Benioff’s call for troops in SF leads tech investor Ron Conway to leave Salesforce Foundation board
Ron Conway, founder of SV Angel, speaks during the TechCrunch Disrupt NYC 2015 conference in New York on May 4, 2015. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Days after suggesting that President Donald Trump should send federal troops to San Francisco, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is facing some consequences. Prominent startup investor Ron Conway, […]
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Laura Modi, CEO and mom, is breaking one of the market’s biggest duopolies: Infant formula
Laura Modi, co-founder and CEO of infant formula startup Bobbie, is on a mission to transform an industry that she says has been stagnant for decades, and shift the culture around how parents feed their babies. Modi, a former Airbnb executive, came up with the idea for Bobbie after the birth of her first child. […]
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AI is changing the lucrative search business. Here’s how to pick the winners — and avoid the losers
Concerns over a potential plunge in web traffic due to artificial intelligence — and its impact on many businesses — may have been overblown. The proliferation of artificial intelligence tools in web navigation have raised concern that Google, as well as companies that rely on consumers reaching them through search results, could see their business […]
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These are the most overbought stocks in the market, including Apple and Alphabet
Stocks including Apple and Alphabet may be among some of Wall Street’s most overbought stocks — and could be soon due for a pullback, according to one widely used technical metric. The three major averages all climbed higher this week, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite ‘s 3.9% gain leading the way. The S & P […]
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