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Over-the-air tech in vehicles poses cybersecurity risks
A charging port is seen on a Mercedes Benz EQC 400 4Matic electric vehicle at the Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, February 13, 2019.Mark Blinch | ReutersThe automotive industry's increasing use of…
Waymo says San Francisco service has resumed after one-hour pause
Waymo says robotaxi service has resumed after it made “temporary adjustments” in San Francisco amidst a power outage that appears to have affected around 7,000 PG&E customers in the city.
According to a screenshot posted on social…
The AI rotation stole the spotlight from a strong start to earnings season
The AI trade dominated the market once again this week, upstaging an impressive start to the second-quarter earnings season. Cooler-than-expected June reports on consumer and producer prices offered encouraging signs that inflation…
Neil Rimer thinks the AI money is coming back out
In late May, Neil Rimer said something during a sit-down I had with him in Athens that I haven’t been able to shake. At a vibrant new tech festival in the city, talking about the wealth piling up around AI, he said he has “a strong…
Trump administration is dictating access to frontier AI models: Sources
President Donald Trump points his finger as he signs an executive order on AI next to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington,…
Leather jacket worn by Nvidia CEO goes for just under $1 million at Sotheby’s auction
Nvidia Corp CEO Jensen Huang speaks at the COMPUTEX forum in Taipei, Taiwan May 29, 2023.Ann Wang | ReutersNvidia CEO Jensen Huang is rarely seen without his leather jacket. It's his signature look. He's been wearing them for nearly 20…
Applications close in 48 hours — here’s everything Australian founders need to know about…
The window is almost shut. On August 19, eight startups will take the stage at Stripe Tour Sydney in front of investors, global press, and the Australian tech community. One startup walks away with automatic entry into TechCrunch…
Anthropic in early talks with Meta to acquire compute power
Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Prakash Singh | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAnthropic is in very preliminary talks to lease computing…
Why the first GPU financiers are turning to inference chips in a $400 million deal
General Compute, an AI inference cloud startup, has landed a $400 million loan from Upper90, a tech investment firm. It might be the first deal to put up inference-specific chips as collateral — chips built to run already-trained AI…
China’s Moonshot AI unveils Kimi K3 model it says rivals OpenAI, Anthropic
Chinese startup Moonshot AI has unveiled a new model it says closes the gap with leading U.S. offerings and surpasses OpenAI and Anthropic's most capable systems on some benchmarks.Kimi K3 still trails Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and…
Microsoft CEO says Anthropic Fable is being ‘editorially controlled’
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at the Microsoft AI Tour event in Munich, Germany, on Feb. 25, 2026.Sven Hoppe | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella told employees Wednesday that Anthropic's limits on requests…
SpaceX suddenly aborts second Starship V3 launch after ignition
SpaceX abruptly aborted the second attempted launch of its upgraded Starship rocket system on Thursday, just moments after the booster ignited at the company’s complex in South Texas.
CEO Elon Musk said in a post on X that “ome of the…
3 of our stocks rode the AI rally, while 3 others fell out of favor since last month
The stock market continued its march higher since our last CNBC Investing Club Monthly Meeting, though the leadership shifted beneath the surface. The Dow led the way, climbing 2.3% from June 17 to Wednesday's close. The 30-stock average…
Phone maker OnePlus says it won’t release new phones in the U.S. and Europe
Update July 16, 2026 (3:00 am PT): OnePlus said that the company won’t launch new products in Europe and North America.
“After careful assessment, OnePlus will no longer launch new products in Europe and North America. All users’…
TSMC second-quarter profit spikes over 77%, topping estimates
A logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is seen during the TSMC global RnD Center opening ceremony in Hsinchu on July 28, 2023Amber Wang | Afp | Getty ImagesTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co on Thursday reported a…
Tesla driver in fatal Texas crash pressed accelerator 100%, NTSB confirms
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Wednesday that the driver of a Tesla who crashed into a house in June had pressed the accelerator pedal to 100%, overriding the company’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software.…
Trump blasts New York Gov. Hochul over AI data center moratorium
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and U.S. President Donald Trump.David Dee Delgado | Reuters | Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump slammed New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's new data center moratorium on Wednesday, saying in a Truth…
ASML hikes sales forecast on strong AI chip demand
ASML on Wednesday raised its guidance for the second time this year and reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results as its customers continue to ramp up production of AI chips.The Dutch semiconductor-equipment maker said it now…