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Apple Pay services resolved after outage, company says
Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Apple users experienced problems with a range of the company’s payment features on Friday. Wallet and Apple Pay were the last payment issues to be resolved, according to the company’s support site. Earlier in the day, nearly 3,000 users reported issues with Apple Pay, according to Downdetector, a website […]
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From Google to Expedia, AI travel agents planning future trip far beyond ‘assistant’ status
Alexander Spatari | Moment | Getty Images Since ChatGPT’s big public debut already close to three years ago, Google has faced persistent questions about its decades-long hold over internet search traffic. That concern surfaced again in recent weeks after a top Apple executive alluded to a decline in search traffic on iPhone (where Google is […]
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Cable companies Charter and Cox agree to merge
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Charter Communications and Cox Communications, two of the largest cable companies in the U.S., have entered into an agreement to merge. The deal would be one of the largest in the industry – and across corporate America – in the last year. The agreement values Cox at $34.5 […]
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Musk’s xAI says Grok’s ‘white genocide’ posts resulted from change that violated ‘core values’
Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI on Thursday evening made its first public comment about the latest controversy surrounding Grok, writing in a post on X that an “unauthorized modification” caused the chatbot to generate variations of a “specific response on a political topic.” That controversial topic was “white genocide” […]
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Musk’s Grok AI chatbot says it ‘appears that I was instructed’ to talk about ‘white genocide’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. Hamad I Mohammed | Reuters The Grok chatbot from Elon Musk’s xAI startup said Wednesday that it “appears I was instructed to address the topic of ‘white genocide’ in South Africa,” according to responses viewed by CNBC. CNBC was […]
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Alibaba shares drop 5% in premarket trading after big profit miss
The Alibaba office building in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, on Aug. 28, 2024. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images Alibaba shares fell on Thursday after the Chinese e-commerce giant missed earnings expectations for its fiscal fourth quarter on both the top and bottom line. Shares were down 5% in premarket trade in the U.S. […]
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Tencent bets on 1.4 billion user WeChat empire to get ahead in China’s AI race
China has not released specific regulation around non-fungible tokens. But technology platforms like Tencent’s WeChat are taking a cautious approach to prevent speculation with NFTs. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Tencent‘s WeChat app is indispensable for people in China. It has 1.4 billion monthly users and is the main messaging service in the […]
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Amazon lays off about 100 employees in devices and services unit
An Amazon device is displayed at an Amazon Devices launch event in New York City, U.S., Feb. 26, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Amazon is laying off roughly 100 employees in its devices and services division, the company confirmed on Wednesday. The devices and services unit includes a wide range of businesses, such as the […]
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Musk’s xAI chatbot Grok keeps randomly responding about ‘white genocide’ in South Africa
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images The Grok chatbot from Elon Musk’s xAI startup is responding to user queries with unrelated comments about the controversial topic of “white genocide” and South Africa. CNBC on Wednesday found numerous instances of Grok discussing the topic in response to unrelated user prompts. Screenshots of examples were also […]
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Klarna CEO says AI helped company shrink workforce by 40%
Pedestrians walk by an advertisement for Klarna. Daniel Harvey Gonzalez | In Pictures via Getty Images Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski said the company has managed to shrink its headcount by about 40%, in part due to investments in artificial intelligence and natural attrition in its workforce. “The truth is, the company has shrunk from about […]
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