Technology
I tried Denmark’s No. 1 secret to happiness for a year. It truly changed my life—and even made me more confident
For over four years, I’ve been a professor at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. Before that, I worked in the corporate world at organizations like Coca-Cola and IBM. Recently, for work, I went to Denmark, one of the world’s happiest countries, to teach a course called “Happiness Blueprint.” While there, I discovered what many had […]
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Inside a Utah desert facility preparing humans for life on Mars
Hidden among the majestic canyons of the Utah desert, about 7 miles from the nearest town, is a small research facility meant to prepare humans for life on Mars. The Mars Society, a nonprofit organization that runs the Mars Desert Research Station, or MDRS, invited CNBC to shadow one of its analog crews on a […]
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Ethereum is powering Wall Street’s future. The crypto scene at Cannes shows how far it’s come
CANNES — Wall Street’s new plumbing is being built on Ethereum and this week its architects took over the same French Riviera villas and red carpet venues that host the Cannes Film Festival in May. The Ethereum Community Conference, or EthCC, took over the beachside town that was swarming with crypto founders, developers, and some […]
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Trump inaugural impersonators scammed donors out of crypto, feds say
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Scammers impersonating the President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance Inaugural Committee fraudulently stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency, according to a new complaint filed by federal prosecutors. The perpetrators used phony email addresses made to look like they belonged to the inaugural committee to […]
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he’s ‘politically homeless’ in July 4 post bashing Democrats
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, pictured, speaks with SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son at an event in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2025. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images News | Getty Images OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on X Friday, saying he finds himself “politically homeless” as the Democratic party is no longer aligned with encouraging a […]
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Musk backs Sen. Paul’s criticism of Trump’s megabill in first comment since it passed
Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks alongside U.S. President Donald Trump to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who bombarded President Donald Trump’s signature spending bill for weeks, on Friday made his first comments since the legislation […]
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Apple scores big victory with ‘F1,’ but AI is still a major problem in Cupertino
Formula One F1 – United States Grand Prix – Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas, U.S. – October 23, 2022 Tim Cook waves the chequered flag to the race winner Red Bull’s Max Verstappen Mike Segar | Reuters Apple had two major launches last month. They couldn’t have been more different. First, Apple revealed some […]
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Defense tech stocks have surged – and analysts say these names have higher to go
From the battlefield to the halls of Congress, a shake-up is underway that will change how armed forces around the world prepare for conflict and engage with adversaries. June began with a wake-up call about how versatile and effective drones could be in warfare. After 18 months of planning, Ukraine successfully smuggled containers armed with […]
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Investing in Space: One big beautiful windfall
CNBC’s Investing in Space newsletter offers a view into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up to receive future editions. A monitor displays US Space Force signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Rely on the official U.S. jobs report, but consider what ADP is saying
A hiring sign on a Taco Bell window on June 25, 2025 in Austin, Texas, U.S. Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty Images There’s a scene in the cinematic masterpiece Mean Girls in which a character writes in big bloody script: “DO NOT TRUST HER.” Apologies in advance to the good folks at […]
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