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Microsoft adds higher-priced Office tier with Copilot as it tries to juice sales with AI
FILE PHOTO: Judson Althoff, CEO of Microsoft’s commercial business, appears during an interview in San Francisco on Jan. 27, 2017. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft is adding artificial intelligence to its Office productivity suite and charging 65% more for the upgraded offering, as the company tries to lure enterprise users to its […]
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Amazon says Anthropic’s Claude still OK for AWS customers to use outside defense work
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during a keynote address at AWS re:Invent 2024, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, at The Venetian Las Vegas on December 3, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Noah Berger | Getty Images Amazon said Friday it will continue offering Anthropic’s artificial intelligence technology to its cloud customers, excluding work […]
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Amazon online store suffers outage for some users
An Amazon facility on Amazon Prime Day in the Queens borough of New York, US, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. Klaus Galiano | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon‘s website and shopping app were down for some users on Thursday, leaving consumers unable to check out, access account information or view product prices. Trouble on the […]
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Broadcom earnings, AI’s PR problem, Musk takes the stand and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Thursday. If you’re concerned about automation impacting your job, I’m sorry to say this story Xiaomi’s humanoid robot “interns” probably won’t ease those worries. Stock futures are lower this morning. The three major indexes are coming off a winning day. Here […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Tremors spread globally as Middle East conflict rages on
In this handout released by the U.S. Navy, aircraft are staged for flight operations on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in support of Operation Epic Fury on March 2, 2026 at sea. U.S. Navy | Getty Images What you need to know today A vote to force […]
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CNBC Daily Open: China sets lowest growth target in decades
A plume of smoke rises after a strike on Tehran on March 4, 2026. Atta Kenare | AFP | Getty Images What you need to know today China on Thursday set its GDP growth target for 2026 at 4.5% to 5% — the lowest target on record going back to the early 1990s — according […]
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Amazon’s Bahrain data center targeted by Iran for support of U.S. military, state media says
People walk past the logo of Amazon Web Services (AWS) at its exhibitor stall at the India Mobile Congress 2025 at Yashobhoomi, a convention and expo center in New Delhi, India, October 8, 2025. Anushree Fadnavis | Reuters Amazon‘s data center in Bahrain was targeted by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for the company’s support […]
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Tech industry group expresses ‘concern’ to Pete Hegseth over supply chain risk label
Pete Hegseth, US secretary of defense, arrives for a medal of honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, March 2, 2026. Jim Lo Scalzo | EPA | Bloomberg | Getty Images A tech industry group, whose members include Nvidia, Google and Anthropic, sent a letter to […]
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Google’s AI chatbot allegedly told user to stage ‘mass casualty attack,’ wrongful death suit claims
Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images Google faces a wrongful death lawsuit filed by a 36-year-old man’s father, who alleges the search company’s Gemini chatbot convinced his son to attempt a “a mass casualty attack” and to eventually commit suicide. In the suit filed Wednesday in a district court in California, Joel Gavalas alleged […]
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Investors say ‘safest’ software play Microsoft looks cheap at current prices
Investors said on CNBC Wednesday that “Magnificent Seven” titan Microsoft looks cheap at current prices. Microsoft, down 15% this year, is the largest stock swept up in the broader sell-off plaguing the software sector. Wall Street has grown increasingly fearful that artificial intelligence could disrupt these companies. MSFT YTD mountain MSFT YTD chart But investors […]
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