SoftBank posts $46 billion gain at Vision Fund driven by OpenAI bet
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attend an event to pitch AI for businesses in…
The case for owning cybersecurity stocks in the age of AI just got stronger
The case for owning cybersecurity stocks in the age of artificial intelligence just got stronger after new evidence…
Google thwarts effort hacker group use AI ‘mass exploitation event’
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Meta, Google enter AI agent race as ‘agentic wars’ heat up
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Leadership challenge swirls around Starmer
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves Downing Street on February 02, 2026 in London, United Kingdom. Alishia Abodunde…
Pension funds are ramping up private credit bets despite risks
Pension funds are sticking with private credit, and in some cases doubling down on allocations even as concerns…
Big Tech cannot afford to be cheap on AI spending
Cloud computing giants cannot afford to pinch pennies on the artificial intelligence buildout, CNBC’s Jim Cramer argued Wednesday.…
Social media reshapes world’s fastest-growing consumer market
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A sanctioned Chinese firm says cheaper models can still win
China’s artificial intelligence race has no finish line. DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, Alibaba and even consumer electronics firm Xiaomi…
China tech financial ecosystem matures as Hong Kong IPOs boom
Hi, this is Evelyn, writing to you from Beijing. Welcome to the latest edition of The China Connection…
Bret Taylor’s Sierra raises nearly $1B in latest AI capital push
Artificial intelligence startup Sierra is raising nearly a billion dollars in a new funding round, CNBC has learned,…
Denmark faces data center reckoning amid power grid strains
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The Nordics, long seen as a magnet for data center investment thanks to their stable…