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Microsoft plans first voluntary employee buyout in company’s 51-year history
A view of a Microsoft office in Shanghai, China, on April 8, 2025. Ying Tang | Nurphoto | Getty Images Microsoft will offer voluntary buyouts to a small percentage of its workforce, a first for the 51-year-old software giant, as the tech industry grapples with major changes sparked by the artificial intelligence boom. The one-time […]
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Microsoft expands AI footprint in Australia with $18 billion investment
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – APRIL 23: Chairman and CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella speaks on stage during the Microsoft AI Tour at TikTok Entertainment Centre on April 23, 2026 in Sydney, Australia. Nadella, making his first visit to Australia since 2019, addressed business leaders, developers, and government representatives at the Microsoft AI Tour in Sydney on […]
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Meta is tracking employee keystrokes on Google, LinkedIn, Wikipedia as part of AI training initiative
Google, LinkedIn and Wikipedia are among hundreds of websites and apps where Meta plans to capture employee keystrokes and mouse clicks as part of a project to train its artificial intelligence models, according to internal messages viewed by CNBC. A new employee tracking tool, dubbed Model Capability Initiative (MCI), allows Meta to observe and collect […]
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ServiceNow stock sinks 14% as subscription revenue takes hit from Iran war
Bill McDermott, CEO of ServiceNow Inc., during the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, July 10, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images ServiceNow reported first-quarter results on Wednesday that narrowly beat Wall Street’s estimates as the software company said the conflict in the Middle East dragged on […]
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Tesla set to report first-quarter results after the bell
Elon Musk waves to the crowd during the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026. Denis Balibouse | Reuters Tesla reports first-quarter results after the bell on Wednesday. Here’s what Wall Street is expecting, according estimates compiled by LSEG: Earnings per share: 37 cents estimated Revenue: $22.64 billion estimated […]
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Google unveils chips for AI training and inference in latest shot at Nvidia
Google CEO Sundar Pichai gestures during a meeting with France’s President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on Feb. 19, 2026. Ludovic Marin | Afp | Getty Images After years of producing chips that can both train artificial intelligence models and handle inference work, Google is separating those […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Trump looks to mitigate tariff, geopolitical blowback
US President Donald Trump speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. Daniel Heuer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hello, this is Dylan Butts writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open. U.S. President Donald Trump has extended the […]
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Apple’s elevation of silicon head Johny Srouji signals sprint to build in-house chips for all devices
In naming hardware boss John Ternus as its new CEO on Monday, Apple also announced another key promotion that may be almost as significant in gauging the company’s direction. Taking over for Ternus as head of hardware will be Johny Srouji, who leads the team that makes Apple’s in-house chips. Apple created a new title […]
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Trump recounts Tim Cook call to ‘kiss my ass,’ in stark look at White House dealmaking
Apple CEO Tim Cook laughs with President Donald Trump during a meeting in the White House, Washington, March 6, 2019. Leah Millis | Reuters President Donald Trump praised Tim Cook in a lengthy Truth Social post on Tuesday, calling the outgoing Apple CEO an “incredible guy” and boasting about how Cook appealed to him when […]
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New Apple CEO John Ternus doubted himself when he started: ‘I wasn’t sure I belonged’
Apple is adding a new CEO to its ranks and continuing a long-running tradition of internal promotion. The iPhone maker on Monday announced that CEO Tim Cook will step down as chief executive in September and named senior vice president of hardware engineering John Ternus as his successor. Cook will serve as executive chairman. He […]
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