Technology
Oracle cutting thousands in latest layoff round as company continues to ramp AI spending
A trader works as a screen shows the logo and trading information for Oracle on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., March 9, 2026. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Software maker Oracle has started telling employees that it’s conducting a round of layoffs, two people familiar with the […]
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Huawei’s cloud computing revenue dropped in 2025 as Chinese AI lagged U.S. rivals
Consumers browse Huawei phones in a shopping mall in Yantai, Shandong Province, China on March 8, 2026. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Huawei’s push to develop its own artificial intelligence chip has yet to drive the double-digit revenue gains of its peers, as Chinese companies strive to narrow the gap with the U.S. […]
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Microsoft hit with UK competition regulator probe over software business
Microsoft has been hit with a fresh probe into its business software ecosystem by the British competition regulator. The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority announced on Tuesday it is launching a “strategic market status (SMS) investigation” into the tech giant’s suite of enterprise software, starting in May. Hundreds of thousands of U.K. businesses and public […]
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European defense startups eye commercial deals and hiring push in the Middle East amid the Iran war
European defense tech startups are ramping up commercial discussions with Middle East governments since the Iran war, company execs told CNBC. Another CEO said interest from Gulf states was “skyrocketing” as they race to bolster measures to counter drone and missile attacks. Iran has targeted its neighbors since a joint U.S.-Israeli military operation began at […]
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Autonomous boat startup Saronic raises $1.75 billion in race to modernize U.S. military
Autonomous ship startup Saronic said Tuesday that it’s raised $1.75 billion as it ramps up production to meet mounting U.S. military demand for newer and cheaper defense capabilities. The round, led by Kleiner Perkins, more than doubles Saronic’s valuation to $9.25 billion from the $4 billion it hit after a $600 million raise early last […]
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Nebius unveils plans to build one of Europe’s largest AI factories as region scrambles for compute
Nebius unveiled plans on Tuesday to build a new AI data center in Finland, which it says will be one of Europe’s largest when up-and-running, as the region races to develop the compute infrastructure needed to power the AI boom. The new facility will be based in the Finnish city of Lappeenranta with a capacity […]
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Indian mobile giant Airtel raises $1 billion for data centers from Carlyle, other PE firms
A Bharti Airtel office building pictured in Gurugram, on the outskirts of New Delhi. Pacific Press | Lightrocket | Getty Images India’s telecom giant Bharti Airtel has raised $1 billion for its data center arm — Nxtra Data — from private equity firms Alpha Wave, Carlyle and Anchorage Capital, underscoring a growing global interest in […]
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Evercore ISI predicts ‘inflection point’ is days away, plans to commit capital if S&P 500 drops to this level
A week of “maximum uncertainty” should deliver a key opportunity for investors, according to Evercore ISI’s Julian Emanuel. “We’re getting towards an inflection point where we would want to commit capital here,” the firm’s managing director said Monday on CNBC’s ” Fast Money .” Emanuel pinpoints next Monday, April 6, the day President Donald Trump […]
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Micron stock sinks 10%, further cratering in post-earnings sell-off
The Micron Technology offices in San Jose, California, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Micron shares plummeted 10% on Monday, continuing the memory maker’s significant post-earnings sell-off. The company snapped a six-day slide on Friday with a modest gain, but with Monday’s loss, the stock is down […]
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Palo Alto shares pop as CEO Nikesh Arora buys stock for first time in years
Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora disclosed his first share purchase since November 2019, as artificial intelligence disruption fears weigh on the cybersecurity sector. The purchase, disclosed Friday in an SEC filing, totaled 68,085 shares at about $10 million. Wall Street viewed the purchase as an upbeat sign for the downtrodden sector, lifting shares of […]
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