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Microsoft developer tools executive Julia Liuson is retiring after 34 years
The Microsoft store is pictured in Manhattan on March 31, 2026, in New York City. Zamek | View Press | Corbis News | Getty Images A longtime Microsoft executive leading the software company’s development tools group, Julia Liuson, told employees that she will retire in June and become an advisor. Liuson joined Microsoft in 1992, […]
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Anthropic gives our cyber stocks and other big tech names an AI stamp of approval
Project Glasswing. Sounds like something out of a spy movie. But those two words from AI poster-child Anthropic, and the efforts behind it, have sent beaten-down cybersecurity stocks soaring, along with a host of other megacap names. Glasswing — named after a butterfly with see-through wings as a metaphor for finding bugs in plain sight […]
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Alphabet, Meta, Amazon, Nvidia lead tech rally after Trump announces ceasefire with Iran
U.S. stocks soared on Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran, and beaten-down tech names shared in the rally. Meta, Amazon, Alphabet and Nvidia led the way among the Magnificent 7 names. Chipmakers also soared, with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. gaining 7% and ASML, Applied Materials and Micron popping 9%. Lam […]
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Iran ceasefire, Delta earnings, the Navy’s retail woes and more in Morning Squawk
1. ‘Fragile truce’ A television station broadcasts a news conference with US President Donald Trump on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, April 6, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stock futures rocketed higher overnight after President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with […]
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Countries around the world are considering teen social media bans – why experts warn it’s a ‘lazy’ fix
Gen Z girl looking at smartphone screen feeling upset scrolling on social media. Mementojpeg | Moment | Getty Images Governments around the world are making efforts to crack down on teen social media use amid mounting evidence of potential harms, but critics argue blanket bans are an ineffective quick fix. Australia became the first country […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Markets cheer as Trump and Tehran agree to 2-week ceasefire
WASHINGTON DC, UNITED STATES – APRIL 6: The United States President Donald Trump holds a Press Conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on April 6, 2026, in Washington DC, United States. Celal Gunes | Anadolu | Getty Images Hello, this is Dylan Butts writing to you from Singapore. […]
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai says ‘AI shift’ opens opportunities to invest in startups
With Alphabet poised to earn potentially $100 billion or more from its 2015 bet on Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the explosion of artificial intelligence has opened the door to more startup investments. “You know SpaceX, Anthropic and so on so, I think now with the AI shift, there are more opportunities […]
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Is it time to buy tech, again? A flurry of good news from Broadcom may hold the answer
Has tech bottomed? That’s the question investors have been asking since the relief rally on the final trading day of March, which marked the end of the first quarter. Before Tuesday’s decline, driven by concern about President Donald Trump ‘s Iran deadline, the tech-heavy Nasdaq closed higher in each of the past four sessions. It […]
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AWS teams working around the clock to keep Middle East services up after drone strikes, CEO says
The Iran war poses ongoing challenges for cloud provider Amazon Web Services, its chief, Matt Garman, said on Tuesday. The Amazon division said in early March that drone strikes had damaged its data centers in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. “It’s a really difficult situation, and we’re working incredibly hard,” Garman told CNBC’s Kate […]
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Apple shares sink 4% on report of foldable iPhone delays
An Apple logo hangs above the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York City. Mike Segar | Reuters Shares of Apple sunk 4% Tuesday after reports that the company is facing engineering challenges with its highly anticipated foldable iPhones. “Apple and the supply chain are working under […]
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