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How quantum could supercharge Google’s AI ambitions
Inside a secretive set of buildings in Santa Barbara, California, scientists at Alphabet are working on one of the company’s most ambitious bets yet. They’re attempting to develop the world’s most advanced quantum computers. “In the future, quantum and AI, they could really complement each other back and forth,” said Julian Kelly, director of hardware […]
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Discord sued by New Jersey over child safety features
Jason Citron, CEO of Discord in Washington, DC, on January 31, 2024. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images The New Jersey attorney general sued Discord on Thursday, alleging that the company misled consumers about child safety features on the gaming-centric social messaging app. The lawsuit, filed in the New Jersey Superior Court by attorney […]
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Temu slashes U.S. ad spending, plummets in App Store rankings after Trump China tariffs
In just 17 days after launch, Temu surpassed Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat and Shein on the Apple App Store in the U.S., according to Apptopia data shared with CNBC. Stefani Reynolds | Afp | Getty Images Chinese online retailer Temu, whose “Shop like a billionaire” marketing campaign made its way to last year’s Super Bowl, has […]
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Chip stocks fall as Nvidia, AMD warn of higher costs from China export controls
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers the keynote for the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference at the SAP Center in San Jose, California, on March 18, 2025. Brittany Hosea-small | Reuters Technology stocks declined Wednesday, led by a 8% drop in Nvidia, as the chipmaking sector signaled that President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plans could hamper demand […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: United Airlines, Nvidia, Tesla, Travelers and more
Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Nvidia — Shares slipped more than 6% after the chipmaker said it will take a quarterly $5.5 billion charge tied to exporting H20 graphics processing units to China, as well as other destinations. Nvidia said in a filing that the U.S. government informed the company it […]
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg considered spinning off Instagram from Facebook in 2018: FTC trial
Thilina Kaluthotage | Nurphoto | Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg considered spinning out Instagram in 2018 on concerns about the rising threat of antitrust litigation against Facebook, according to an email presented Tuesday in a Washington, D.C. courtroom. During Zuckerberg’s second day of testimony in Meta’s antitrust trial with the Federal Trade Commission, lawyers […]
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OpenAI considering its own social network to compete with Elon Musk’s X
OpenAI is considering building a social network to compete with Elon Musk’s X and Meta’s Instagram, a source familiar with the plans confirmed to CNBC. The project is still in its early stages, said the person, who asked not to be named due to confidentiality. It’s based on the popularity of OpenAI’s newest image-generation feature, […]
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Meta resorted to ‘buy-or-bury scheme’ with Instagram and WhatsApp deals, former FTC Chair Lina Khan says
Former U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan said Monday that Facebook “panicked” when making the acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp as smartphone use took off. “It saw companies like Instagram and WhatsApp experiencing astronomical growth, and that’s the point at which it resorted to this buy-or-bury scheme where, if it couldn’t outcompete a rival, […]
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Magnificent Seven stocks are attracting some interest after falling to pre-ChatGPT valuations
The Magnificent Seven stocks — which have underperformed in 2025 after a two-year monster run — are starting to attract interest again now that they’re trading at or below valuations from before the unveiling of ChatGPT, which accelerated the AI boom. On a trailing 12-month basis, Amazon is trading at a 32 price-to-earnings ratio — […]
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Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund closes $4.6 billion growth fund
Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, holds hundred dollar bills as he speaks during the Bitcoin 2022 Conference at Miami Beach Convention Center on April 7, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Marco Bello | Getty Images Founders Fund, the venture capital firm run by billionaire Peter Thiel, has closed a $4.6 billion […]
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