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Palantir rallies 15% for the week as Iran war boosts prospects, muting Anthropic concern
Palantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp attends the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2026. Denis Balibouse | Reuters Palantir was an outlier in a tough week for the stock market, as the provider of software and services to the U.S. government saw its stock rally 15% following the U.S. […]
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AI’s got a gender gap: Women are more skeptical
The logos of Google Gemini, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Claude by Anthropic, Perplexity, and Bing apps are displayed on the screen of a smartphone in Reno, United States, on November 21, 2024. Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images The artificial intelligence craze faces a significant gender gap, with more men showing enthusiasm about the technology, […]
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Vast wraps $500 million funding round as company vies for NASA space station contract
Vast Space missed out on the first round of NASA awards for the next International Space Station, but that isn’t stopping the company from going all in on stage two. CEO Max Haot told CNBC’s Morgan Brennan this week that the company is betting on its “leapfrog strategy” and planning to build and launch a […]
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Google joins Microsoft in telling users Anthropic is still available outside defense projects
Google CEO Sundar Pichai gestures to the crowd during Google’s annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, on May 20, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google said it will continue offering Anthropic’s artificial intelligence technology for clients, excluding for defense work, a day after Microsoft issued a similar statement to […]
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Jim Cramer sees opportunities in Friday’s ugly market. Here’s where he is looking
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Friday’s key moments. 1. Stocks fell Friday as the war in the Middle East escalated. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq were both off roughly 1% after President Donald Trump said Friday […]
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Marvell stock surges 18% as CEO points to continuing AI demand: ‘Do you see me blinking?’
Marvell shares popped 18% on Friday as the company posted an earnings beat and issued strong guidance, expecting strong artificial intelligence demand to continue. The semiconductor company reported adjusted earnings of 80 cents per share for the quarter, exceeding the 79 cents per share expected by analysts polled by LSEG. The company reported $2.2 billion […]
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Samsung reveals first details of its AI smart glasses to CNBC
The Samsung exhibition stand features the prominent ”A new era of mobile agentic AI” slogan by the South Korean company Samsung Electronics. Joan Cros | Nurphoto | Getty Images Samsung’s upcoming smart glasses will have a camera and be connected to a smartphone, a top executive told CNBC, as the tech giant prepares to make […]
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The Tech Download: Data centers become military targets as Iran war rages on
This report is from this week’s The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. Banking, payments, enterprise and consumer services in the UAE experienced outages earlier this week as AWS (Amazon Web Services) data centers in the country were hit by Iranian drone strikes on Sunday. Many of the apps have since […]
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Microsoft says its customers can still access Anthropic products after supply chain risk designation
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at the Microsoft AI Tour event in Munich, Germany, on Feb. 25, 2026 Sven Hoppe | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Microsoft said Thursday that it will keep startup Anthropic’s artificial intelligence technology embedded in its products for clients, excluding the U.S. Department of War. Earlier on Thursday, the federal […]
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ATMs are fighting for relevance — here’s how they’re keeping up in a digital economy
As payments go digital and consumers migrate online, demand for branches and ATMs is shrinking — raising new questions about their place in a fully digital economy. As payments go digital and consumers migrate online, demand for branches and ATMs is shrinking — raising new questions about their place in a fully digital economy. For […]
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