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Cloudflare down: Company blames ‘unusual’ spike in traffic before outage errors
Person’s handing hold an iPhone displaying a Cloudflare Error while attempting to access a webpage, during an outage of the Cloudflare service, Lafayette, California, November 18, 2025. Smith Collection/gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images Internet infrastructure company Cloudflare was hit by an outage on Tuesday, knocking several major websites offline for global users. E-commerce […]
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Zoox begins offering robotaxi rides in San Francisco, facing off with Waymo
A Zoox autonomous robotaxi in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Zoox on Tuesday began allowing select San Francisco users to hail its driverless vehicles, pitting the Amazon-owned robotaxi service against Alphabet’s Waymo in the same market for the first time. Riders can sign […]
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Downdetector shows Elon Musk’s X down for thousands of U.S. users, Cloudflare having issues
Cloudflare store is seen at Promenade Street in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 21, 2025. Ömer Sercan Karku | Anadolu | Getty Images Elon Musk’s X was down for thousands of users in the U.S. on Tuesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. There were more than 11,500 reports of issues with the social media platform […]
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Dell, HPE shares sink after Morgan Stanley downgrades — computer hardware stocks also hit
Igor Golovnov | Lightrocket | Getty Images Data center stocks took a major hit on Monday after Morgan Stanley downgraded seven hardware companies, including Dell and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. The bank double-downgraded Dell from overweight to underweight and downgraded HPE from overweight to equal weight. Dell and HPE closed down 8% and 7%, respectively. HP […]
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Buffett’s Google bet comes 2 decades after billionaire investor ‘inspired’ search giant’s IPO
Key Points Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway revealed late Friday that it owns a $4.3 billion stake in Google parent Alphabet as of the end of the third quarter. Alphabet shares rallied on Monday and are now up about 50% this year, driven in part by the artificial intelligence boom. Berkshire’s rare bet on a big […]
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StubHub stock plummets 24% after company withholds fourth-quarter guidance
In this photo illustration, the StubHub logo and webpage are displayed on a cell phone and computer monitor on April 17, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images StubHub‘s stock plummeted 24% on Friday after the company withheld financial guidance for the current quarter, citing a “long-term” focus. StubHub CEO Eric Baker […]
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Alibaba cross-border arm plans AI subscriptions and stablecoin-like payments with JPMorgan
Key Points Alibaba plans to use “tokenization” of payments for cross-border transactions in its business-to-business arm. Kuo Zhang, president of Alibaba.com told CNBC the company would work with JPMorgan, which has its own tokenization technology. The cross-border e-commerce unit also launched new AI features to help connect suppliers and buyers on its global platform. Alibaba […]
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‘Vibe revenue’: AI companies admit they’re worried about a bubble
Eakarat Buanoi | Istock | Getty Images LISBON, Portugal — Top tech executives told CNBC they’re concerned about a bubble forming in the artificial intelligence sector, underscoring growing unease within the industry over soaring valuation. In recent weeks, markets have been reckoning with the notion that too much capital is pouring into the AI boom, […]
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StubHub beats on revenue in first earnings report since IPO, but stock slides
Ticket reseller StubHub signage on display at the New York Stock Exchange for the company’s IPO on Sept. 17, 2025. NYSE StubHub shares sank 5% in extended trading on Thursday after the company reported quarterly results for the first time since its initial public offering in September. Here’s how the ticket vendor did in comparison […]
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AI startup Cursor raises $2.3 billion funding round at $29.3 billion valuation
Emilija Manevska | Moment | Getty Images Artificial intelligence startup Cursor on Thursday announced it has closed a $2.3 billion funding round at a $29.3 billion post-money valuation, nearly triple what it was worth as of its last raise in June. Tune in at 4:30 p.m. ET as Cursor CEO Michael Truell joins “Closing Bell: […]
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