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‘What am I falling in love with?’ Human-AI relationships are no longer just science fiction
Nikolai Daskalov lives alone in a small house in rural Virginia. His preferred spot is a brown suede recliner in the middle of his living room facing a vintage wooden armoire and a TV that’s rarely turned on. The front of the white home is covered in shrubs, and inside there are trinkets, stacks of […]
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TikTok took the world by storm. Now, Chinese companies are taking videos further with AI
Key Points “Competition in AI video generation models is at an earlier stage, and some Chinese companies have emerged as early leaders in this space,” said Wei Xiong, China internet analyst at UBS Securities. “Whether it’s user scale or commercial revenue, overseas accounts for the majority,” Zeng Yushen, head of operations at Kling AI, a […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Trump’s (new) new tariff rates are here (again)
US President Donald Trump points as he speaks after signing an executive order restarting the Presidential Fitness Test in public schools in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 31, 2025. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images The first time U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his “reciprocal” tariffs on […]
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Amazon’s cloud business records 18% growth in second quarter
Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman speaks at the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas on Dec. 4, 2024. Noah Berger | Reuters Amazon’s cloud group grew recorded revenue growth of 18% in the second quarter, slightly ahead of analysts’ estimates. Amazon Web Services continues to lead the cloud infrastructure market, but is facing intensifying […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Generac, Shake Shack, Microsoft, Meta & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Generac — The generator company gained 8% after Bank of America raised its price target on the stock, highlighting the company’s entry into data centers . Baxter International — Shares fell around 20% after the health-care company reported weaker-than-expected results for the second quarter. Baxter reported […]
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Arm stock tumbles on chip designer’s muted profit forecast
The logo of semiconductor design firm Arm on a chip. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of Arm Holdings plunged 12% on Thursday after the chip designer offered muted guidance for earnings. Second-quarter adjusted earnings will be between 29 cents and 37 cents per share, Arm said late Wednesday. Wall Street had projected […]
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Microsoft ends tradition of naming competitors in regulatory filings
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella leaves after attending a meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 30, 2024. Willy Kurniawan | Reuters Microsoft has abandoned a decades-long tradition of calling out the names of its rivals in regulatory documents. When the 50-year-old technology company released its annual report […]
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Meta, Microsoft roar higher on strong earnings as AI spending booms
META CEO Mark Zuckerberg (L) and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Getty Images Shares of Meta soared 12% and Microsoft popped 5% on Thursday, after the companies reported better-than-expected earnings that beat on top and bottom lines. Microsoft topped the $4 trillion market cap benchmark with the move, joining Nvidia in the club. Both Meta and […]
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Stocks making the biggest premarket moves: CVS, Comcast, Meta, Norwegian Cruise and more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: CVS Health — The stock popped 7% after the drugstore chain reported an earnings and revenue beat for its second quarter. The company also boosted its adjusted profit outlook, now expecting a range of $6.30 to $6.40 per share for fiscal 2025, up from […]
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Microsoft and Amazon are hurting cloud competition, UK regulator finds
Attendees walk through an exposition hall at AWS re:Invent, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, in Las Vegas on Dec. 3, 2024. Noah Berger | Getty Images LONDON — Britain’s competition regulator on Thursday declared that Microsoft and Amazon are hurting competition in the cloud computing industry and called for a further probe under […]
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