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Microsoft raises Xbox prices in U.S. due to economic environment
A gamer plays soccer title Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 on an Xbox console. Sezgin Pancar | Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Microsoft said on Friday that it will increase the recommended retail price of several Xbox consoles in the U.S. starting in October because of “changes in the macroeconomic environment.” The company said it would […]
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Blackstone $135-billion bet on the U.K. is raising eyebrows
A package of investments from U.S. firms into the U.K. was unveiled during White House leader Donald Trump’s state visit to Britain, with Blackstone’s mysterious commitment now raising eyebrows. As the likes of Microsoft , OpenAI and Nvidia pledged to pump a collective $202 billion into the U.K. ., Blackstone promised the biggest individual investment. […]
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AI startup Nscale came out of nowhere and is blowing away Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
Nscale, the UK-headquartered AI infrastructure provider. Courtesy: Nscale Two years ago, Nscale was a brand new startup in the U.K. that had yet to raise any outside funding or officially announce its existence. Last year the London-based company came out of stealth, and in December announced that it had raised its Series A fundraising, totaling […]
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Trump’s visit sparks $200 billion investment into Britain. It’s unclear what the money will achieve
U.S. President Donald Trump’s commitment to America’s so-called “special relationship” with the U.K. this week helped fuel a record $200 billion package of investments into Britain. Trump’s historic two-day state visit to the country ended Thursday, after the president enjoyed a banquet at Windsor Castle with the royal family and talks with Prime Minister Keir […]
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Google adds Gemini to Chrome for all users in push to bolster AI search
Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images Google is adding more artificial intelligence into its Chrome browser as the search giant tries to fend off burgeoning competition from AI startups OpenAI and Perplexity. In a blog post Thursday, Google said it’s rolling out Gemini in Chrome to users of Mac and Windows computers in the […]
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Nvidia just spent over $900 million to hire Enfabrica CEO, license AI startup’s technology
Co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., Jensen Huang attends the 9th edition of the VivaTech trade show in Paris on June 11, 2025. Chesnot | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Nvidia has just shelled out over $900 million to hire Enfabrica CEO Rochan Sankar and other employees at the artificial intelligence hardware […]
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Notion rides AI boom to $500 million in annual revenue, but Microsoft competition looms
From left, Notion founders Akshay Kothari, Ivan Zhao and Simon Last. Notion OpenAI’s public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 is widely viewed as the event that kicked off the generative AI boom, which remains the dominant theme in the tech industry almost three years later. Notion jumped on the bandwagon early. Two weeks before […]
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David Tepper says Fed could cut a few more times, but easing too much risks entering ‘danger territory’
watch now VIDEO9:1109:11 David Tepper: Fed could cut a few more times, but easing too much risks entering ‘danger territory’ Squawk Box Hedge fund billionaire David Tepper said the Federal Reserve could cut rates a bit more, but then risks more inflation and other dangers to the economy and markets if the central bank goes further […]
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Microsoft to spend $4 billion on second Wisconsin data center
Microsoft’s first data center in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. Microsoft RACINE, Wis. — Microsoft said Thursday that it will allocate $4 billion to build a second data center in Wisconsin. The first one will come online in early 2026, with the software company spending $3.3 billion on it. The first Wisconsin data center, in nearby Mount […]
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Ten years after selling Periscope to Twitter, startup’s co-founder raises $40 million for Macroscope
Macroscope employees. Macroscope It’s been a decade since Kayvon Beykpour sold Periscope to Twitter for a reported $100 million, allowing the social media site to jump into livestreaming. Twitter shuttered Periscope in 2021, and the parent company, now called X and owned by Elon Musk, gravitated to a live events product called Spaces. Meanwhile, Beykpour, […]
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