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Reddit sues AI startup Anthropic for breach of contract, ‘unfair competition’
Mateusz Slodkowski | Lightrocket | Getty Images Reddit is suing artificial intelligence startup Anthropic for what it’s calling a breach of contract and for engaging in “unlawful and unfair business acts” by using the social media company’s platform and data without authority. The lawsuit, filed in San Francisco on Wednesday, claims that Anthropic has been […]
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Amazon to invest $10 billion in North Carolina data centers in AI push
A power substation near the LC1 CloudHQ data center in Ashburn, Virginia, on March 27, 2024. Nathan Howard | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon plans to spend $10 billion on new data centers in North Carolina to expand its artificial intelligence infrastructure, the company said Wednesday. Amazon has earmarked up to $100 billion this year […]
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Nvidia tops Microsoft, regains most valuable company title for first time since January
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks as he visits Lawrence Berkeley National Lab to announce a U.S. supercomputer to be powered by Nvidia’s forthcoming Vera Rubin chips, in Berkeley, California, U.S., May 29, 2025. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Nvidia passed Microsoft in market cap on Tuesday, once again becoming the most valuable publicly traded company in […]
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Healthy Returns: AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Gilead and other drugmakers release promising cancer drug data at ASCO
Attendees walk through the lobby at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago. Tim Boyle | Bloomberg | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. I’m back in New […]
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Tesla’s planned robotaxi launch in tech-friendly Austin has Musk playing catch-up in his hometown
The Texas flag flies outside TDECU Stadium in Houston, Oct. 21, 2023. Tim Warner | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Tesla’s long-awaited entry into the robotaxi market — expected later this month — is coming to Austin, Texas, which has emerged as a key battleground for self-driving technology. CEO Elon Musk wrote in a […]
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Meta signs nuclear power deal with Constellation Energy
Meta has signed a 20-year agreement to buy nuclear power from Constellation Energy, continuing the wave of tech giants teaming up with the industry in order to meet the growing power needs of data centers. Beginning in June 2027, Meta will buy roughly 1.1 gigawatts of energy from Constellation’s Clinton Clean Energy Center in Illinois, […]
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Amazon’s pricing controls may be anticompetitive, German regulator warns
Packages with the logo of Amazon are transported at a packing station of a redistribution center of Amazon in Horn-Bad Meinberg, western Germany, on Dec. 9, 2024. Ina Fassbender | Afp | Getty Images German antitrust regulators warned Amazon on Monday that the company’s pricing mechanisms for third-party sellers could run afoul of competition laws. […]
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DoorDash CEO Tony Xu is taking on the role of industry consolidator in food delivery
Tony Xu, co-founder and CEO of DoorDash Inc., smiles during the Wall Street Journal Tech Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, on Oct. 22, 2019. Martina Albertazzi | Bloomberg | Getty Images During the depths of the Covid pandemic, with restaurants around the country facing an existential crisis, DoorDash CEO Tony Xu had an unconventional […]
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Why everyone is selling Dubai chocolate bars
As a new chocolate trend takes over the globe, U.S. companies like Shake Shack and Crumbl have worked quickly to capitalize on its continuing popularity with limited edition spinoffs, while other chocolate manufacturers have created dozens of dupes sold at Target, Costco, Amazon and now Trader Joe’s. The idea for “Dubai chocolate” was first […]
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Anthropic hits $3 billion in annualized revenue on business demand for AI
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Artificial intelligence developer Anthropic is making about $3 billion in annualized revenue, according to two sources familiar with the matter, in an early validation of generative AI use in the business world. The milestone, which projects the company’s current sales over the course of a year, is a significant jump […]
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