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Apple reveals complex system of App Store fees to avoid EU fine of 500 million euro
Omar Marques | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Apple Thursday made changes to its App Store European policies, saying it believes the new rules will help the company avoid a fine of 500 million euro ($585 million) from the EU for violating the Digital Markets Act. The new policies are a complicated system […]
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Tesla head of manufacturing Omead Afshar fired by Elon Musk
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., and Omead Afshar, left, leave an event at the site of the company’s manufacturing facility in Shanghai, China, on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk has fired Omead Afshar, the automaker’s vice president of manufacturing and operations, CNBC […]
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Police detain six outside Palantir office at protest over deportations, military work
A woman walking past the logo of U.S. big data analytics software company Palantir Technologies during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images Six people were taken into custody by police on Thursday as a group blocked the entrance to the New York office of Palantir […]
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China’s Xiaomi undercuts Tesla with yet another cheaper car
People check out an electric SUV Xiaomi YU7 at a Xiaomi Store in Hangzhou in east China’s Zhejiang province Thursday, June 26, 2025. Feature China | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi is taking aim straight at rival Tesla with a new electric SUV. Xiaomi’s luxury YU7 SUV will start […]
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AI is doing 30%-50% of the work at Salesforce, CEO Marc Benioff says
Marc Benioff, Chairman & CEO of Salesforce, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 22nd, 2025. Gerry Miller | CNBC Salesforce is accelerating its use of artificial intelligence in automating workloads, according to CEO Marc Benioff. “All of us have to get our head around this idea that […]
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Oxford, Cambridge fall in global college rankings — experts say it’s a red flag for UK innovation
The annual QS World University Rankings saw Britain’s elite Oxford (above) and Cambridge universities drop one place to fourth and sixth, respectively. Halbergman | Istock | Getty Images Top British universities fell in global rankings last week, with experts raising red flags about the region’s ability to continue attracting international talent and nurturing innovation. The […]
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China’s fintech giant Ant doubles down on health care with new AI app — and it wants it to go global
Key Points Alibaba-affiliate Ant Group is doubling down on health care with a new app, based on artificial intelligence tech that it says could be rolled out overseas. In a telling sign of global aspirations, the new health care app launched on Thursday has a straightforward English name — AQ — which the company says […]
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Blacklisted by the U.S. and backed by Beijing, this Chinese AI startup has caught OpenAI’s attention
The Zhipu AI logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images OpenAI is putting a spotlight on an under-the-radar artificial intelligence startup that it believes is on the “front line” of China’s race to lead the world in AI — and its not DeepSeek. In a blog post […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Funny how the S&P 500 is teasing a new high amid uncertainties
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on June 25, 2025. NYSE Have we gone back in time? It certainly seems on the markets front. Just look at the S&P 500 and you will think that it’s back in February — before U.S. President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs, before the White House’s “One Big […]
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