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Trump trade adviser Navarro says administration may force data center builders like Meta to ‘internalize’ costs
White House trade advisor Peter Navarro speaks to members of the media near the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 21, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters President Donald Trump’s trade and manufacturing adviser Peter Navarro said on Sunday that the White House may force data center builders to absorb their […]
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The AI trade has entered a puzzling phase. Do we know who the winners are anymore?
All hail Anthropic, the destroyer of everything. What an amazing service. It can wipe out Adobe by allowing you to design something better that has a much simpler commerce system, designed personally for you. That one is child’s play. ServiceNow may call itself the “AI Control Tower” to signify who is in charge, but the […]
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Global week ahead: Markets brace for more AI noise and ‘scare trading’
AI disruption jitters have ripped through global stock markets over the last couple of weeks, with sectors across the spectrum ending up in the crosshairs of investors looking to bet on which industry could be upended by the inevitable wave of agentic AI. There will almost certainly be more of these moments this week, as […]
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Anthropic got an 11% user boost from its OpenAI-bashing Super Bowl ad, data shows
The Seahawks may have won the Super Bowl, but Anthropic also walked away with bragging rights, according to data analyzed by BNP Paribas. The maker of the Claude chatbot saw visits to its site jump 6.5% following its Super Bowl advertisement that took a swing at rival OpenAI’s decision to bring ads to ChatGPT. The […]
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Nvidia’s stock is down and AMD is up. The culprit may be Arista.
President and CEO of Arista Networks Jayshree Ullal Scott Mlyn | CNBC Shares of Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices moved in opposite directions on Friday, after the CEO of Arista Networks told investors that her company is seeing some deployment shifting to AMD. Nvidia’s stock fell almost 3%, while AMD gained close to 1%. “A […]
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The Tech Download: Can hyperscalers justify their huge AI capex?
This report is from this week’s The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. The core Earnings season has seen endless spending commitments from tech companies as they scramble to build out data center capacity amid the AI boom. Hyperscalers, including the likes of Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and Alphabet, announced capital […]
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Canada tariffs, McDonald’s value push, El Paso airport and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Thursday. For nearly a week last year, McDonald’s was the number-one global seller of one thing, and it wasn’t edible. The fast-food chain in December became the world’s top sock — yes, sock — seller thanks to its Grinch Meal. Stock […]
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Tech IPO hype gets drowned out on Wall Street by prospect of $1 trillion in debt sales
AI Age Tech IPO hype gets drowned out on Wall Street by prospect of $1 trillion in debt sales Published Thu, Feb 12 20268:00 AM EST Ari Levy@levynews Jordan Novet@in/jordannovet/ WATCH LIVE Source
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Russia blocks WhatsApp as messaging app crackdown gathers pace
People visit the Red Square in front of St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow. Alexander Nemenov | Afp | Getty Images The Kremlin on Thursday confirmed it has blocked Meta‘s WhatsApp messaging service and said Russians should use a new state-backed platform called Max instead. “Max is an accessible alternative, a developing messenger, a national messenger. […]
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Instagram chief likens social media addiction to being hooked on a Netflix show in trial testimony
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri testifies at a U.S. Senate hearing in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 8, 2021. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images Instagram chief Adam Mosseri said Wednesday during testimony in a high-profile social media trial that he thinks there can be problematic usage of social media, but does not think it constitutes […]
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