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A guide to choosing the right Apple Watch
This year, Apple released three new Apple Watch models: the Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch SE 3, and Apple Watch Ultra 3. Whether you’re looking to get one for yourself, buying a last-minute holiday gift, or exploring the different…
Sanders and DeSantis opposition to data centers is a bad sign for AI
Democratic Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders and right-wing Gov. Ron DeSantis agree on virtually nothing. But they found common ground this year as leading skeptics of the artificial intelligence industry's data center boom. The alignment of…
Fizz social app’s CEO on why anon works
Fizz is betting that Gen Z is tired of performing their lives on Instagram and TikTok.
What started as a pandemic-era group chat frustration has turned into the dominant social platform on college campuses across the US,…
The year AI tech giants, and billions in debt, began remaking America
The Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesWest Texas dust, iron-tinged and orange-red, rides the wind and sticks like a film to everything you touch. It clings…
Google stock wraps best year since 2009 as AI excites Wall Street
Google CEO Sundar Pichai waves as he arrives at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, Feb. 11, 2025.Benoit Tessier | ReutersAfter a tough start to the year, Google closed out 2025 with its strongest…
Investors predict AI is coming for labor in 2026
Concerns about how AI will affect workers continue to rise in lockstep with the pace of advancements and new products promising automation and efficiency.
Evidence suggests that fear is warranted.
A November MIT study found an…
$160 million export-controlled Nvidia GPUs allegedly smuggled to China
On Dec. 8, Federal prosecutors in Texas unsealed documents that revealed an investigation into a massive smuggling network that stretched across the U.S. and the world. Dubbed "Operation Gatekeeper" by the feds, the investigation wasn't…
The phone is dead. Long live . . . what exactly?
True Ventures co-founder Jon Callaghan doesn’t think we’ll be using smartphones the way we do now in five years — and maybe not at all in 10.
For a venture capitalist whose firm has had some big winners over its two decades – from…
Ro Khanna calls for fraud probe after California wealth tax firestorm
California Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna says he has a solution for Silicon Valley elites angered by his embrace of a wealth tax: Tackling fraud. Over the weekend, Khanna came under fire from some donors and allies in the tech industry after…
Almost 80 European deep tech university spinouts reached $1B valuations or $100M in revenue in 2025
Universities and research labs have long been Europe’s deep tech treasure trove. Now, academic spinouts have consolidated into a solid startup funnel worth $398 billion — and VC money is following.
According to Dealroom’s European…
We asked a humanoid robot if there’s an AI bubble. Here’s what it said.
The big artificial intelligence bubble question has been the tech industry's buzziest debate all year, and one robot has weighed in with its opinion.KOID is a short, slender humanoid robot with a black metal body and a bright ring of…
5 things to know before the stock market opens Tuesday
A selection of one kilogram silver bars at Conclude Zrt bullion dealer arranged in Budapest, Hungary, on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. Akos Stiller | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThis is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive…
Meta just bought Manus, an AI startup everyone has been talking about
Mark Zuckerberg has struck again.
Meta Platforms is acquiring Manus, a Singapore-based AI startup that’s become the talk of Silicon Valley since it materialized this spring with a demo video so slick it went instantly viral. The clip…
Meta acquires intelligent agent firm Manus, capping year of aggressive AI moves
The logo of Meta is seen at the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, on June 11, 2025.Gonzalo Fuentes | ReutersMeta Platforms said Tuesday that it has…
How to make your startup stand out in a crowded market, according to investors
At TechCrunch Disrupt, three investors took the stage to dissect what makes — and breaks — a pitch deck. Jyoti Bansal, a founder-turned-investor; Medha Agarwal of Defy; and Jennifer Neundorfer of January Ventures shared with the crowd…
5 things to know before the stock market opens Monday
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., Dec. 17, 2025. Brendan McDermid | ReutersThis is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Here are five…
DigitalBridge shares jump on report SoftBank in talks to acquire firm
The logo of Japanese company SoftBank Group at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on November 21, 2025. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty ImagesShares of data center investment firm DigitalBridge surged as much as 50% in premarket…
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for “super premium” customers, plucks a new…
When Kevin Hartz’s security system failed to alert him as an intruder rang his doorbell and tried to enter his San Francisco home late one night, the serial entrepreneur decided existing solutions weren’t good enough. His co-founder…