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We tried out xAI’s Grok chatbot while driving a Tesla in NYC. Here’s what happened.
Tesla owner Mike Nelson has been using the AI chatbot Grok in his vehicle for several months now. He finds it is useful, nearly irresistible, and dangerous. Nelson, a lawyer with a background in auto insurance, showed CNBC how he uses Grok on a drive around the New York metro area. Nelson said that while […]
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Musk v. Altman heads to court next week. Here’s what’s at stake
A yearslong legal brawl between Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman heads to court in Northern California on Monday in a dramatic showdown between two of the most high-profile names in the tech industry. In his $134 billion lawsuit, Musk claimed that OpenAI, Altman and the company’s president, Greg Brockman, […]
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Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, Microsoft’s first-ever buyouts, Starbucks’ loyalty program and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Friday. Congratulations to the NFL’s first-round draft picks. CNBC’s Alex Sherman spoke to No. 1 pick Fernando Mendoza ahead of his big night. Stock futures are mixed this morning after a negative day for all three major indexes. Here are five […]
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The Tech Download: How Apple’s new chief could shake things up
This report is from this week’s The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. The week kicked off with major news that Apple’s chief Tim Cook will step down this year, with Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering John Ternus taking over as CEO in September. Cue tech and political leaders praising […]
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Foreign car companies bet on technology to hang onto once-lucrative China auto market
Key Points Foreign automakers have seen sales slump by up to two-thirds in the world’s largest car market since the pandemic. U.S., Korean and German brands rushed to announce a new lineup of models at the Beijing auto show, incorporating Chinese technology in a bid to win back buyers. Up to 15 cars are launched […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Truce on land, storm at sea — markets are counting the cost
Iranian Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, gestures while speaking with media in a media conference at a conference hall in the Iranian Parliament building in Tehran, Iran, on Dec. 2, 2025. Morteza Nikoubazl | Nurphoto | Getty Images Hello, this is Anniek Bao writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily […]
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Intel’s stock soars 16% as results top estimates, with chipmaker showing signs of growth
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan holds a wafer of CPU tiles for the Intel Core Ultra series 3, code-named Panther Lake, outside the Intel Ocotillo campus in Chandler, Arizona. Courtesy: Intel Intel reported first-quarter earnings Thursday that blew past Wall Street’s expectations, as the struggling chipmaker shows signs of a revival. Shares of the U.S. chipmaker […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Texas Instruments, United Rentals, Wex, Penn Entertainment & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Texas Instruments — The semiconductor stock soared 19% after the company forecast that its current-quarter earnings would come in the range of $1.77 to $2.05 per share, versus the $1.57 consensus, according to LSEG. Similarly, it sees its revenue coming in between $5 billion to $5.4 […]
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Jim Cramer: Tesla is a buy after hearing what Elon Musk said on the earnings call
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday called Tesla a buy following its latest earnings and what Elon Musk said on the call. “As someone who is looking at all the other technologies, I would be a buyer of Tesla today,” Cramer said on ” Squawk on the Street .” He argued that investors focused on near-term […]
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Tesla shares fall after results. But this market speculation may keep the stock afloat for a while
Tesla shares were lower after its first-quarter earnings announcement on Wednesday on the company’s bigger-than-anticipated cap-ex expansion, but Wall Street is buzzing about speculation that could keep a bid under the stock for the near future. The chatter is about a potential merger with SpaceX, Elon Musk’s breakout rocket company that is set to go […]
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