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Arm jumps 13% in premarket after saying first in-house chip set to generate $15 billion in revenue
Rene Haas, chief executive officer of Arm Holdings Plc, holds the AGI CPU chip during the Arm Everywhere event in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Arm jumped in early market trading Wednesday after the company said its newly released in-house chip would generate […]
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Meta makes ‘big bet’ on top leaders with stock options as pressure builds to catch up in AI
Arda Kucukkaya | Anadolu | Getty Images Meta is granting stock options to key leaders in an effort to retain talent as pressure intensifies on the company to bolster its position in artificial intelligence. The executives in the incentive plan include CFO Susan Li, technology chief Andrew Bosworth, Chief Product Officer Christopher Cox and operating […]
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CNBC Daily Open: U.S.-Iran talks remain clouded in uncertainty
President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremony for newly sworn in Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, March 24, 2026. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Hello, this is Dylan Butts writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily […]
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Arm stock pops 6% as CEO Haas issues $15 billion revenue expectation for new chip
Arm Holdings stock popped 6% in after-hours trading on Tuesday as CEO Rene Haas announced 2031 annual revenue expectations that were more than six times what it was in 2025. Haas unveiled Arm’s first in-house chip on Tuesday at an event in San Francisco, with Meta as the initial customer. CNBC got an exclusive first […]
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Amazon acquires ‘approachable’ humanoid maker Fauna Robotics
Fauna CEO Rob Cochran with a Sprout robot. Courtesy: Fauna Robotics Amazon has acquired Fauna Robotics, a startup that builds “approachable” humanoid robots for consumers and businesses, the company confirmed Tuesday. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. “We are excited about Fauna’s vision to build capable, safe, and fun robots for everyone,” an Amazon spokesperson told CNBC […]
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Jury reaches verdict in major Meta child safety trial in New Mexico
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives at Los Angeles Superior Court on Feb. 18, 2026. Jill Connelly | Getty Images A jury has reached a verdict in a major New Mexico trial in which the state’s attorney general alleged that Meta failed to safeguard its family of apps from child predators. The civil trial, in which […]
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Baltimore is first U.S. city to sue over Grok deepfake porn as legal pressure mounts on Musk’s xAI
The logo of the artificial intelligence company xAI appears on the screen of a smartphone placed on a surface reflecting an abstract blue illustration. Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images Lawsuits against Elon Musk’s xAI are piling up, with Baltimore becoming the first major U.S. city to file a complaint against the company concerning […]
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Arm releases first in-house chip, with Meta as debut customer
For more than 35 years, Arm Holdings has licensed its instruction sets to the world’s biggest chipmakers and collected royalties on every processor made with its designs. Now the U.K.-based company is making physical silicon of its own for the first time. Arm CEO Rene Haas unveiled his company’s first in-house chip on Tuesday at […]
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DCCC launches geotargeted digital ad campaign hitting GOP for gas prices
Prices are posted at a gas station in Downtown Brooklyn on March 18, 2026, in New York, United States. Matthew Hoen | Nurphoto | Getty Images The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Tuesday is launching a digital ad campaign targeting President Donald Trump and Republicans for rising gas prices amid the war in Iran. The […]
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CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter: The secret sauce behind Alibaba’s animation studio
Hi, this is Evelyn, writing to you from Beijing. Welcome to the latest edition of The China Connection — a succinct snapshot of what I’m seeing and hearing from local businesses. Today, I dive into Alibaba’s latest effort to take on the global animation market, just as Hollywood tries harder to capture Chinese moviegoers. What […]
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