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Trump recounts Tim Cook call to ‘kiss my ass,’ in stark look at White House dealmaking
Apple CEO Tim Cook laughs with President Donald Trump during a meeting in the White House, Washington, March 6, 2019. Leah Millis | Reuters President Donald Trump praised Tim Cook in a lengthy Truth Social post on Tuesday, calling the outgoing Apple CEO an “incredible guy” and boasting about how Cook appealed to him when […]
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Trump says Anthropic is shaping up and a deal is ‘possible’ for Department of Defense use
President Donald Trump on Tuesday told CNBC that “it’s possible” there will be a deal allowing Anthropic’s artificial intelligence models to be used within the Department of Defense. “They came to the White House a few days ago, and we had some very good talks with them, and I think they’re shaping up,” Trump said […]
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Apple incoming CEO John Ternus faces a defining challenge: Fixing the company’s AI strategy
John Ternus, senior vice president of hardware engineering at Apple Inc., during an Apple event in New York, US, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. Adam Gray | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple has maintained its dominance in consumer devices and built up a $4 trillion market cap despite largely sitting on the sidelines of the […]
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Amazon to invest up to another $25 billion in Anthropic as part of AI infrastructure deal
Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon, speaking with CNBC at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 20, 2026. CNBC Amazon has agreed to invest up to $25 billion in Anthropic, on top of the $8 billion that it’s poured into the artificial intelligence startup in recent years, as part of an expanded agreement to […]
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Amazon ‘strong-armed’ Levi’s, Hanes to hike prices on rival sites, California DA says
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 Amazon pressured major brands like Levi Strauss & Co and Hanes to inflate prices of listings on rival online marketplaces as […]
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AI startup Cursor in talks to raise $2 billion funding round at valuation of over $50 billion
Key Points Artificial intelligence startup Cursor is in talks to raise a $2 billion fundraising round at an over $50 billion valuation, which does not include the investment, a source familiar with the matter told CNBC. Andreessen Horowitz is slated to co-lead the new investment round, in which Nvidia and Thrive Capital are also expected […]
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SiIicon Valley’s AI agent hiccups: Wasted tokens and ‘chaotic’ systems
San Jose CA, commercial hub of silicon valley and its network of freeways. Steve Proehl | The Image Bank | Getty Images Despite the C-suite’s enthusiasm over artificial intelligence agents that can plow through office tasks like never-sleeping interns, the underlying technology is still rickety and a potential cost-sucker. That much was clear this week […]
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Anthropic’s Dario Amodei to meet with White House about Mythos
Anthropic CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei speaks during the 56th annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 20, 2026. Denis Balibouse | Reuters Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is meeting with Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, on Friday to discuss the company’s powerful new Mythos model that was announced earlier this […]
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Uber raises stake in Delivery Hero in $318 million deal
An Uber Eats courier is seen in Krakow, Poland, on Aug. 21, 2025. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Uber on Friday agreed to purchase an additional 4.5% of shares of German food delivery firm Delivery Hero from the company’s biggest shareholder Prosus. Total gross proceeds to Prosus are approximately 270 million euros ($318 […]
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Google will let users connect their photos to the Gemini chatbot and Nano Banana
Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Google is letting the Gemini AI chatbot connect to personal photos with the Nano Banana image generation tool. Google said Thursday it will allow users to connect their Personal Intelligence, an AI feature that connects Google apps for personalized answers, with its Gemini chatbot. If a user opts in, […]
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