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OpenAI is buying iPhone designer Jony Ive’s AI devices startup for $6.4 billion
OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman appears on screen during a talk with Microsoft Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella at the Microsoft Build 2025, conference in Seattle, Washington on May 19, 2025. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images OpenAI said on Wednesday that it’s buying Jony Ive’s AI devices startup io for […]
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Armenian organized crime rings charged with stealing $83 million in Amazon cargo
The Amazon Prime logo is displayed on Amazon delivery trucks in Richmond, California, June 21, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Department of Justice officials on Tuesday charged members or associates of an Armenian organized crime ring with stealing more than $83 million worth of cargo from Amazon by posing as legitimate truck drivers and […]
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Fortnite approved by Apple, returns to U.S. App Store 5 years after removal
Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Apple approved the Epic Games title Fortnite on Tuesday, returning the first-person shooter game to the App Store in the U.S., five years after its removal. Fortnite was kicked off the App Store in 2020 after Epic updated its game over the web to take […]
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Judge calls out ‘Apple official who is personally responsible’ in Fortnite app order
This illustration picture shows a person waiting for an update of Epic Games’ Fortnite on their smartphone in Los Angeles on August 14, 2020. Chris Delmas | AFP | Getty Images Apple must work out its latest issues with Epic Games, or head back to court to prove it has a legal basis for delaying […]
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Stord, the e-commerce startup looking to take on Amazon, acquires UPS subsidiary
Imaginima | E+ | Getty Images Logistics startup Stord said Monday that it’s buying UPS subsidiary Ware2Go as it looks to expand its footprint in the e-commerce space. The company declined to provide specifics on the purchase price of the deal. The Atlanta-based company founded by former Thiel Fellow Sean Henry said the acquisition will […]
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Meet the sustainable fashion startup backed by H&M and Amazon
An H&M store in New York City on Nov. 19, 2024. Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty Images When Gilberto Loureiro spent summers working in a textile factory as a teenager growing up in Portugal, he discovered that he felt “hate and love” for how clothes were produced. The work was tough: Loureiro’s job was […]
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Trump wants coal to power AI data centers. The tech industry may need to make peace with that for now
President Donald Trump wants to revive the struggling coal industry in the U.S. by deploying plants to power the data centers that the Big Tech companies are building to train artificial intelligence. Trump issued an executive order in April that directed his Cabinet to find areas of the U.S. where coal-powered infrastructure is available to […]
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Stock futures rise as S&P 500 tries to extend rally to five days: Live updates
A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on May 12, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stock futures rose Friday after the S&P 500 posted a four-day rally on the back of U.S. and China’s temporary tariff cuts and encouraging inflation reports. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average added […]
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Jim Cramer: ‘Sometimes you just get had’ — what Apple can to do to appease Trump
Apple may have only one way out of the rock and a hard place it finds itself in during President Donald Trump’s second administration, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday. “Unless [Apple CEO Tim Cook] builds some plant here to make phones, I don’t think it is going to end,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the […]
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‘Shark Tank’ alum Bombas taps former Under Armour exec as CEO as it looks beyond digital roots
Bombas Socks in store. Courtesy: Bombas Bombas founder David Heath is stepping down from his role as CEO as the socks and apparel company looks to expand beyond its direct-to-consumer roots. Bombas President Jason LaRose, a former Under Armour and Equinox executive, will take over as the company’s next CEO effective Thursday. Heath said he […]
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