Hugging Face’s new duck robot is selling fast. A Chinese chip powers it
The Microduck robot is set to come with a range of pre-installed actions, according to its developers HuggingFace…
Trump says U.S. growth could hit 20%, a rate seen once since WWII
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and…
CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter: McKinsey’s contrarian view
Crowds of pedestrians cross a road outside the Taikoo Li Sanlitun shopping complex on August 22, 2026, in…
Lilly to buy Merida Biosciences for up to $2.88 billion in autoimmune drug push
Eli Lilly and Company’s logo is displayed during a press conference in Houston, Texas, U.S., Sept. 23, 2025.…
China’s factory activity shrinks for second straight month
LIUZHOU, CHINA – JULY 25: Robotic arms assemble auto parts at the workshop of Guangxi Liuzhou Zhuotong Auto…
What U.S.-Canada trade war, new tariff walls mean for metals market
Trucks traverse the Ambassador Bridge, a main trade route linking Canada and the United States in Windsor, Ontario,…
Analysts favor humanoid supplier, even as robots remain concepts — for now
As the novelty surrounding humanoid robots gives way to business questions about their commercialization, stock analysts still see…
OpenAI to end model access to Cursor after acquisition by SpaceX
A combination photo shows CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman (L) on April 28, 2026 and Elon Musk on…
Op-ed: Salesforce revealed next battleground in AI. It’s not models
Putilich | Istock | Getty Images Analysts and pundits in finance have an endless supply of clever, simplistic…
Big lesson from this week’s earnings: AI buildout is not a zero-sum game
This week’s impressive earnings results showed that the AI buildout is not a zero-sum game: both hardware and…
K, C or E? Why economists can’t agree on the shape of today’s economy
C. K. E. Those aren’t initials or Greek life letters. They’re some of the terms that economists, corporate…
Big Tech’s AI spending is putting a longtime strengths to the test
The artificial intelligence spending boom is testing one of Big Tech’s greatest strengths: pristine balance sheets. Club holdings…