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Microsoft hit with UK competition regulator probe over software business
Microsoft has been hit with a fresh probe into its business software ecosystem by the British competition regulator. The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority announced on Tuesday it is launching a “strategic market status (SMS) investigation” into the tech giant’s suite of enterprise software, starting in May. Hundreds of thousands of U.K. businesses and public […]
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Delta Air Lines taps Amazon Leo for in-flight Wi-Fi as streaming wars heat up
The passenger cabin on a Delta Boeing 737-900ER is shown while landing in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mike Blake | Reuters Delta Air Lines has tapped Amazon Leo to provide fast internet service on hundreds of jets starting in 2028, the latest salvo in airlines’ in-flight Wi-Fi and streaming wars. Amazon Leo, which stands for […]
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Indian mobile giant Airtel raises $1 billion for data centers from Carlyle, other PE firms
A Bharti Airtel office building pictured in Gurugram, on the outskirts of New Delhi. Pacific Press | Lightrocket | Getty Images India’s telecom giant Bharti Airtel has raised $1 billion for its data center arm — Nxtra Data — from private equity firms Alpha Wave, Carlyle and Anchorage Capital, underscoring a growing global interest in […]
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Samsung-backed AI chip firm Rebellions raises $400 million ahead of IPO
The Rebel-Quad is the second-generation product from Rebellions and is made up of four Rebel AI chips. Rebellions, a South Korean firm, is looking to rival companies like Nvidia in AI chips. Rebellions South Korean AI chip startup Rebellions said Monday it has raised $400 million as it looks to expand into the U.S. market […]
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Quantum firms are racing to market as the industry hits ‘inflection point’
Photo from Horizon Quantum’s listing ceremony at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York City on Friday, March 20, 2026. Quantum computing firms are defying turbulent markets to go public this year, as companies seek to raise funds to capitalize on recent scientific breakthroughs and push the experimental technology closer to commercialization. One such firm, Xanadu […]
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Tech stocks suffer worst week in nearly a year, driven down by war worries, Meta legal woes
Meta Platforms Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg (C) arrives for a meeting U.S. Sen. Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on Capitol Hill on March 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images A bad week for stocks was particularly rough for tech investors, as the Nasdaq suffered its worst weekly drop since April 2025. […]
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Trump’s Iran extension, DHS funding deal, Anthropic’s injunction and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Friday. If you’re as fascinated by the retail sector as I am, you’ll want to read this exclusive from CNBC’s Melissa Repko. I don’t want to spoil it, so just I’ll say that Target isn’t over its boycott woes. Stock futures […]
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Anthropic wins preliminary injunction in DOD fight as judge cites ‘First Amendment retaliation’
CEO and co-founder of Anthropic Dario Amodei speak onstage during the 2025 New York Times Dealbook Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center on December 03, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images A federal judge in San Francisco granted Anthropic’s request for a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit against the Trump […]
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American Airlines in talks with Starlink and Amazon for Wi-Fi upgrade, weighs return of seatback screens
An seatback on an American Airlines Boeing 737. Leslie Josephs/CNBC Bringing screens back to American Airlines‘ narrow-body planes is under “serious consideration” and a decision could be made as early as next month, according to a person familiar with the matter. It would be part of a major revamp of American’s in-flight entertainment and Wi-Fi […]
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OpenAI ads pilot tops $100 million in annualized revenue in under 2 months
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is pictured on Sept. 25, 2025, in Berlin. Florian Gaertner | Photothek | Getty Images OpenAI’s nascent ads business has surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue less than two months after launching its pilot in the U.S., according to a spokesperson. The artificial intelligence startup said in January that […]
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