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Waymo crosses 450,000 weekly paid rides as Alphabet robotaxi unit widens lead on Tesla
Waymo driverless taxi parks in lower Manhattan in New York City, U.S., Nov. 26, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Waymo, the robotaxi unit owned by Alphabet, has crossed 450,000 weekly paid rides, according to a letter from investor Tiger Global viewed by CNBC. That’s almost double the milestone it hit in April, when Waymo reported […]
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Apple’s chip boss squashes exit rumors, says he’s not leaving the company
Johny Srouji, senior vice president of hardware technologies at Apple Inc., speaks during the Peek Performance virtual event in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple chip leader Johny Srouji addressed rumors of his impending exit in a memo to staff on Monday, saying he doesn’t […]
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Tiger Global launches new fund eyeing between $2 billion and $3 billion as it takes more disciplined approach
Tiger Global Management announced Monday the launch of its latest venture capital fund, Private Investment Partners 17, targeting a raise between about $2 billion and $3 billion, according to a letter to investors viewed by CNBC. The hedge fund wrote that it’s expecting PIP 17 to be similar in “strategy, size and construction” to its […]
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Confluent stock soars 29% as IBM announces $11 billion acquisition deal
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna speaks at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, on March 11, 2025. Andy Wenstrand | Sxsw Conference & Festivals | Getty Images IBM announced Monday that it is acquiring data streaming platform Confluent in a deal worth $11 billion. Shares of Confluent soared 29% premarket. IBM stock sank about 1%. IBM […]
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Elon Musk calls for abolition of European Union after X fined $140 million
Elon Musk has called for the European Union to be abolished after the bloc fined his social media company X 120 million euros ($140 million) for a “deceptive” blue checkmark and lack of transparency of its advertising repository. The European Commission hit X with the ruling on Friday following a two-year investigation into the company under […]
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BlackRock bets on ‘pick and shovel’ trade, singling out clear winners in AI spending spree
Ben Powell, chief strategist for Middle East and Asia Pacific at BlackRock Investment Institute, at the Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW) conference. Bloomberg | Getty Images The wave of capital pouring into artificial intelligence infrastructure is far from peaking, said Ben Powell, chief investment strategist for APAC at BlackRock, arguing the sector’s “picks and shovels” […]
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Senior US diplomat calls EU policies bad for trans-Atlantic partnership
Elon Musk is the owner of social media platform X. Aytug Can Sencar | Anadolu | Getty Images A $140 million fine on tech tycoon Elon Musk’s social media platform underscores how Europeans undermine U.S. policies even while demanding that the United States provide military protection, one of the top American diplomats wrote on Saturday. […]
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Musk denies $800 billion SpaceX valuation reports
Elon Musk attends the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 19, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Elon Musk on Saturday dismissed media reports that SpaceX is raising funds at an $800 billion valuation, calling them inaccurate. “SpaceX has been cash flow positive for many years and does periodic stock buybacks twice a year […]
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‘Terrifying’: Why U.S. senator in top intel post wants more spying on Chinese companies
Go back a decade and most Americans had never heard of Huawei. Today, the Chinese telecom giant is a symbol of how quickly China can dominate a strategic technology sector and in the process create new national security and market threats for U.S. government and industry. Democratic Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat […]
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Week in review: Stocks rise, Meta gets real on metaverse, and Salesforce bounces
Stocks eked out gains Friday and closed the week higher after the Federal Reserve’s favorite inflation gauge added to the case for an interest rate cut next week. For the week, the S & P 500 rose 0.3%, while the Nasdaq added nearly 1%. Both indexes logged back-to-back weekly gains. The Dow gained roughly 0.5%. […]
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