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The market’s Powell reaction, JPMorgan earnings, Siri’s AI upgrade and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Tuesday. Nothing quite says the holidays are over like the beginning of a new corporate earnings season. Stock futures are ticking lower this morning following a winning day. Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading […]
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Salesforce releases updated Slackbot powered by Anthropic’s AI model
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff delivers the keynote address at the start of the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco on Oct. 14, 2025. Jessica Christian | San Francisco Chronicle | Getty Images Salesforce is bolstering its Slack app with generative artificial intelligence to help users find relevant information and sort through the mountains of communication chaos. […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Powell probe rattles Washington, but Wall Street shrugs
Screens broadcasts a press conference by U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell following the Fed rate cut announcement, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., Oct. 29, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Opposition to the Trump administration’s criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is gaining […]
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Trump says Microsoft will make changes to ensure consumers don’t pay for power used in AI buildout
US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, DC, US, on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. Trump said there will be “serious retaliation” after two US Army soldiers and an interpreter were killed in Syria on Saturday, and three other […]
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The Apple-Google AI deal is a massive win for investors in both tech giants
A core pillar of our investment case in Google-owner Alphabet materialized Monday. Fellow Club name Apple selected Google’s AI model, Gemini, to power the artificial intelligence features across Siri and other key products later this year. The multi-year partnership to integrate Gemini into Apple’s foundation models, confirmed in an Apple statement obtained by Jim Cramer, […]
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Apple picks Google’s Gemini to run AI-powered Siri coming this year
Apple is joining forces with Google to power its artificial intelligence features for products such as Siri later this year. The multi-year partnership will lean on Google’s Gemini models and cloud technology for future Apple foundational models, according to a statement obtained by CNBC’s Jim Cramer. “After careful evaluation, we determined that Google’s technology provides […]
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Alphabet hits $4 trillion market capitalization
Google CEO Sundar Pichai gestures to the crowd during Google’s annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California on May 20, 2025. Camille Cohen | Afp | Getty Images Google parent company Alphabet has become the fourth member of the $4 trillion club. Alphabet shares popped about 1% Monday, after Apple said it had picked […]
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Powell’s criminal investigation, Google’s AI shopping push, Boeing deliveries and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Monday. I find myself at an impasse trying to decide what to write in this intro. As someone who’s committed to their skincare routine, I should write about this story on the latest men’s beauty trend. But as a Michigan native, […]
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Walmart teams up with Google’s Gemini to make it easier for shoppers to find and buy products
A Walmart sign hangs on the exterior of the store on Nov. 20, 2025 in Hollywood, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Walmart and Google said Sunday that shoppers will soon be able to use Google’s artificial intelligence assistant Gemini to more easily discover and buy products from the retail giant and its warehouse club, […]
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Google bolsters bet on AI-powered commerce with new platform for shopping agents
The Google logo displayed on a smartphone alongside a shopping cart. Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images As retailers increasingly turn to artificial intelligence tools to lure shoppers and run key parts of their business, Google wants to make sure it’s in the center of the action. At the kickoff of […]
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