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CNBC Daily Open: Inflation returns to the picture
A tip jar at a cafe in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where […]
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Stock futures inch higher after tech-driven sell-off: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on the first day of trading of the new year on January 02, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images U.S. stock futures ticked higher on Tuesday night. The action comes after a sharp decline in Big Tech stocks and […]
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Meta employees criticize Zuckerberg decisions to end fact-checking, add Dana White to board
This photo illustration created Jan. 7, 2025, shows an image of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, and an image of the Meta logo. Drew Angerer | Afp | Getty Images Meta employees took to their internal forum Tuesday, criticizing the company’s decision to end third-party fact-checking on its services two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump’s […]
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Anthropic in talks to raise funding at $60 billion valuation
Dario Amodei, co-founder and CEO of artificial intelligence startup Anthropic. Chesnot | Getty Images Anthropic, the artificial intelligence startup founded by former OpenAI research executives, is in late-stage talks to raise as much as $2 billion at a $60 billion valuation, CNBC has confirmed. The funding round is being led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, according […]
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Hims & Hers donates $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund
Hims & Hers Health has donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, CNBC confirmed Tuesday. The company, which offers a range of direct-to-consumer treatments for conditions like weight loss, erectile dysfunction and hair loss, is the latest in a string of tech companies that have tried to curry favor with the incoming administration. […]
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FTC Chair Khan hopes Amazon, Facebook won’t get ‘sweetheart deal’ from Trump in antitrust cases
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan said Tuesday she hopes the incoming Trump administration will not let Amazon and Facebook parent Meta off the hook from pending antitrust lawsuits by her agency with a “sweetheart deal.” But, “I can’t predict what future people in my position are going to do,” Khan said on CNBC’s “Squawk […]
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Meta scraps fact-checking program, brings back political content
Meta on Tuesday announced it will eliminate its third-party fact checking program to “restore free expression” and move to a “Community Notes” model, similar to the system that exists on Elon Musk’s platform X. The company said Community Notes will be written and rated by contributing users to provide more context to posts across its […]
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Nvidia releases gaming chips for PCs, tapping AI features from data center GPUs
Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s founder, president and CEO, speaks about the future of artificial intelligence and its effect on energy consumption and production at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 27, 2024. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Nvidia revealed new chips for desktop and laptop PCs on Monday that use the same Blackwell […]
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Stock futures tick higher after S&P 500 posts second straight winning day: Live updates
Traders work on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) floor in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images U.S. stock futures were marginally higher on Monday night after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite notched a second winning day. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures respectively climbed 0.1% and 0.2%. Futures tied to […]
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UFC’s Dana White joins Meta’s board weeks before Trump takes office
Mark Zuckerberg posing with UFC president Dana White during a UFC Fight Night event. Jeff Bottari | Ufc | Getty Images Dana White, CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and a longtime friend of Donald Trump, is joining the board of Facebook parent Meta two weeks before the new administration begins. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, […]
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