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Nvidia positioned to weather Trump tariffs, chip demand ‘off the charts,’ says Altimeter’s Gerstner
Technology

Nvidia positioned to weather Trump tariffs, chip demand ‘off the charts,’ says Altimeter’s Gerstner

Altimeter Capital CEO Brad Gerstner said Thursday that he’s moving out of the “bomb shelter” with Nvidia and into a position of safety, expecting that the chipmaker is positioned to withstand President Donald Trump’s widespread tariffs. “The growth and the demand for GPUs is off the charts,” he told CNBC’s “Fast Money Halftime Report,” referring […]

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Tech stocks sink after Trump tariff rollout — Apple heads for worst drop in 5 years
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Tech stocks sink after Trump tariff rollout — Apple heads for worst drop in 5 years

CEO of Meta and Facebook Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attend the inauguration ceremony before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th U.S. president in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. Saul Loeb | Via Reuters Technology […]

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Apple leads drop in tech stocks after Trump tariff announcement
Technology

Apple leads drop in tech stocks after Trump tariff announcement

CEO of Meta and Facebook Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attend the inauguration ceremony before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th U.S. president in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. Saul Loeb | Via Reuters Apple […]

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UFC signs wide-ranging sponsorship deal with Meta, bringing Mark Zuckerberg closer to Dana White
Business

UFC signs wide-ranging sponsorship deal with Meta, bringing Mark Zuckerberg closer to Dana White

UFC CEO Dana White, left, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg attend the UFC 300 event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 13, 2024. Jeff Bottari | Ufc | Getty Images TKO Group’s UFC has struck a multimillion-dollar, multiple-year partnership deal with Meta that will bring the mixed martial arts league closer to Mark […]

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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Tesla, Newsmax, nCino and more
Finance

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Tesla, Newsmax, nCino and more

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Tesla — The electric vehicle stock slipped 2.3% ahead of the expected release of its first-quarter delivery data. Shares are down 33.5% year to date. nCino — Shares tumbled around 33% after the cloud banking firm posted weak fourth-quarter earnings and guidance for the current quarter […]

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CNBC Daily Open: Trump tariffs could be hours away — but might be milder than thought
World

CNBC Daily Open: Trump tariffs could be hours away — but might be milder than thought

Trucks coming from Mexico enter the United States to an inspection station after crossing the border in Otay Mesa, California, on April 1, 2025.  Sandy Huffaker | AFP | Getty Images The dread of something bad happening is usually more severe than the event itself. This could well be the case for U.S. President Donald […]

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Meta’s head of AI research announces departure
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Meta’s head of AI research announces departure

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg holds a smartphone as he makes a keynote speech at the Meta Connect annual event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Meta’s head of artificial intelligence research announced Tuesday that she will be leaving the company.  Joelle Pineau, the company’s vice […]

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Wall Street banks got meager payout from CoreWeave IPO
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Wall Street banks got meager payout from CoreWeave IPO

Michael Intrator, founder and CEO of CoreWeave Inc., Nvidia-backed cloud services provider, attends his company’s IPO at the Nasdaq Market in New York City on March 28, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Wall Street banks waited a long time for a billion dollar IPO from a U.S. tech company. They’re not making much money from […]

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CoreWeave shares slump nearly 10% in second day of trading
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CoreWeave shares slump nearly 10% in second day of trading

Michael Intrator, Founder & CEO of CoreWeave, Inc., Nvidia-backed cloud services provider, attends his company’s IPO at the Nasdaq Market, in New York City, U.S., March 28, 2025.  Brendan McDermid | Reuters CoreWeave‘s stock sank nearly 10% on Monday, falling well below its initial public offering price. The artificial intelligence cloud provider sold shares at […]

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AI’s vibe-coding era: How the shift to apps changed the race
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AI’s vibe-coding era: How the shift to apps changed the race

Value within the artificial intelligence industry is slowly shifting, from the companies developing models to the apps building on top of them.  Early in the AI race, critics viewed apps like Perplexity, Replit, Sesame and Abridge as second-rate middlemen, slapping an interface on someone else’s technology. They were disparagingly known as AI wrappers: companies with […]

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