Computer hardware
Software startup deploys Singapore’s first quantum computer for commercial use
Inside Horizon Quantum’s office in Singapore on Dec. 3, 2025. The software firm claimed it is the first private company to deploy a commercial quantum computer in the city-state. Sha Ying | CNBC International Singapore-based software firm Horizon Quantum on Wednesday said it has become the first private company to run a quantum computer for […]
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Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it’s costing economy
If you are holding onto your aging printer or cracked smartphone longer than you had planned, you are not alone. Heather Mitchell, 69, retired and living in Tucson, Arizona, is content with her phone even though it is old by smartphone standards. “My Samsung Galaxy A71 is six-years-old. It’s hanging in there surprisingly well for […]
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British AI firm Nscale raises $1.1 billion in Nvidia-backed funding round
A Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition on display during VivaTech 2025 tech conference in Paris, France. Chesnot | Getty Images British artificial intelligence infrastructure firm Nscale is raising heaps of cash as it looks to ramp up the deployment of AI data centers across Europe. Nscale, which is based in London, said Thursday […]
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Apple CEO Tim Cook says iPhone price hikes are not tied to tariffs
Apple CEO Tim Cook said price hikes on the newest iPhone models aren’t tied to President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plans. “There’s no increase for tariffs in the prices to be totally clear,” Cook told CNBC’s Jim Cramer from Apple’s Fifth Avenue store location in New York City, as the latest iPhone model launched in […]
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UK faces legal challenge for attempting to force through data center development
Erik Isakson | Digitalvision | Getty Images The U.K. government is facing a legal challenge from campaigners over its decision to override a local authority and wave through development of a new “hyperscale” data center. Last year, the local authority of Buckinghamshire, England, denied planning permission for proposals to build a new 90-megawatt data center […]
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Apple says COO Jeff Williams will retire from company later this year
Jeff Williams, chief operating officer of Apple Inc., during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, US, on Monday, June 9, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple said on Tuesday that Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams, a 27-year company veteran, will be retiring later this […]
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Nvidia CEO says quantum computing is reaching an ‘inflection point’
Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia talks about quantum computing on stage at Nvidia GTC Paris on Wednesday 11 June, 2025. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is growing more bullish about quantum computing — and he expects they’ll start solving real-world problems in the coming years. “Quantum computing is reaching an inflection point,” […]
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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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Nvidia modifies H20 chip for China to overcome U.S. export controls: Reuters
Nvidia CEO, Jensen Huang, speaks during an interview on CNBC’s ‘Power Lunch’ on May 6, 2025. CNBC Nvidia plans to release a downgraded version of its H20 artificial intelligence chip for China in the next two months, following U.S. export restrictions on the original model, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The U.S. chipmaker […]
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Tech giant Seagate sees hard drive capacity tripling by 2030 on booming AI demand
Seagate Technology’s headquarters in Scotts Valley, California. Tony Avelar | Bloomberg | Getty Images Data storage firm Seagate is working to develop a 100-terabyte hard drive by 2030, touting blistering demand from data centers for the 70-year-old technology in the artificial intelligence boom. BS Teh, Seagate’s chief commercial officer, told CNBC that the company is […]
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