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The exclusive WhatsApp chats where family offices vet deals, plan meetups and sell dinosaur bones
The mobile-messaging application WhatsApp is displayed on an Apple iPhone Brent Lewin | Bloomberg | Getty Images For investment firms of the ultra rich, WhatsApp is a one-stop shop for everything from vetting deals to finding the best surgeons. Sam Nallen Copley, an investment advisor at a London-based family office, runs a 970-person WhatsApp group […]
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Australia is trying to enforce the first teen social media ban. Governments worldwide are watching.
In this photo illustration, iPhone screens display various social media apps on the screens on February 9, 2025 in Bath, England. Anna Barclay | Getty Images News | Getty Images Australia on Wednesday became the first country to formally bar users under the age of 16 from accessing major social media platforms, a move expected […]
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Oracle’s AI-fueled debt load has investors on edge ahead of quarterly earnings
Oracle CEOs Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia sit down with CNBC’s David Faber on Oct. 13, 2025. CNBC It’s been a rollercoaster year for Oracle investors, as they try to assess the strength of the software giant’s position in the artificial intelligence boom. The stock is up more than 30% for the year even after […]
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Paramount’s hostile Warner Bros. bid, Meta’s AI course correction, McDonald’s value crackdown and more in Morning Squawk
David Ellison, chairman and chief executive officer of Paramount Skydance Corp., center, outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Here are five key things investors need […]
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From Llamas to Avocados: Meta’s shifting AI strategy is causing internal confusion
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes a keynote speech at the Meta Connect annual event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on Sept. 25, 2024. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was so optimistic last year about his company’s Llama family of artificial intelligence models that he predicted they would become the […]
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Google hit with EU antitrust investigation over use of online content for AI
Google was on Tuesday hit with an EU antitrust investigation over its use of online content for AI purposes, marking the latest in a series of crackdowns from the bloc on regulating U.S. big tech companies. The European Commission said it was investigating whether Google had breached EU competition rules by using the content of […]
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China’s AI wearables market is already booming: From the practical to peculiar
China’s artificial intelligence device market is already booming, and in the advanced technology race against the U.S., the country’s expertise in hardware could give it an edge. “The advantage comes from the fundamental root that China is a nation of manufacturing,” Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, CEO of 01.AI and chairman of Sinovation Ventures, told CNBC. “Today, […]
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Google to launch first of its AI glasses in 2026
A Google logo is at the announcement of Google’s biggest-ever investment in Germany on November 11, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images Google on Monday said it plans to launch the first of its AI-powered glasses in 2026, as the tech company ramps up its efforts to compete […]
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Pressure builds on Apple and CEO Tim Cook with holiday executive shakeup
Several bigshots in Cupertino are getting a career change for the holidays. In the last seven days, there has been extraordinary turnover among Apple‘s top ranks, from its head of artificial intelligence to its top lawyer. CEO Tim Cook now has two fewer direct reports than he did before Thanksgiving. The executive who designed the […]
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Apple’s chip boss squashes exit rumors, says he’s not leaving the company
Johny Srouji, senior vice president of hardware technologies at Apple Inc., speaks during the Peek Performance virtual event in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple chip leader Johny Srouji addressed rumors of his impending exit in a memo to staff on Monday, saying he doesn’t […]
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