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The Everett, Washington-based fusion energy startup Helion announced Friday that it has hit a key milestone in its quest for fusion power. Plasmas inside the company’s Polaris prototype reactor have reached 150 million degrees Celsius,…

Singapore topped the list on the Economist Intelligence Unit's business environment ranking.franckreporter | E+ | Getty ImagesSingapore launched a slew of schemes to harness artificial intelligence, including tax breaks for companies and…

Pinterest shares plunged as much as 20% in after-hours on Thursday after the social media company reported a fourth-quarter earnings miss and issued weak guidance.Here's how the company did, compared to analysts' consensus estimates from…

Tim Spencer realized just how complicated manufacturing procurement can be while running Markai, an e-commerce startup in Asia, during the pandemic. “We had thousands of suppliers, and we were distributing products into dozens of…

This is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Happy Thursday. For nearly a week last year, McDonald's was the number-one global seller of one thing, and it wasn't edible. The fast-food…

On Wednesday, xAI took the rare step of publishing a full 45-minute all-hands meeting video on X, making it publicly accessible. Details of the Tuesday night meeting were previously reported by The New York Times, which may have…

Information on Zhipu's AI service on the web, dubbed Z.ai, arranged on a computer in Shanghai, Jan. 7, 2026.Raul Ariano | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesChinese artificial intelligence stocks rallied Thursday as several companies unveiled…

Without a doubt, one of the hottest new startup accelerators in tech right now is Andreessen Horowitz’s Speedrun program. Launched in 2023, the accelerator has an acceptance rate of less than 1%. In a January blog post, the program said…

In this photo illustration, the Threads logo is displayed on a cell phone in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on September 4, 2024. Mauro Pimentel | AFP | Getty ImagesMeta on Wednesday debuted an AI feature called "Dear Algo" that lets Threads…

Lyft's stock tumbled 15% in extended trading on Tuesday after the ride-sharing company posted disappointing fourth-quarter results.Here how the company did versus LSEG estimates:Earnings per share: Not comparableRevenue: $1.59 billion…

On Tuesday night, Elon Musk gathered the employees of xAI for an all-hands meeting. Evidently, he wanted to talk about the future of his AI company, and specifically, how it relates to the moon. According to The New York Times, which…

Astera Labs reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat on top and bottom lines, but shares plunged as much as 10% as revenue came short of some analysts' expectations. Here's how the artificial intelligence infrastructure and…

The fake goods crisis cuts two ways. Luxury brands lose more than $30 billion a year to counterfeits, while buyers in the booming $210 billion second-hand market have no reliable way to verify that what they’re purchasing is genuine.…

Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesElon Musk's xAI has lost another founding member.Tony Wu announced late on Monday that he resigned from the artificial intelligence startup, becoming the latest co-founder to leave the company.…

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's logo is seen in the background beside a printed circuit board. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesTaiwan has told Washington that its proposal to move 40% of the island's semiconductor…

As AI data centers drive up electricity prices, London-based startup Tem thinks AI might be able to help solve it, too. Tem has built an energy transaction engine that relies on AI to cut prices relative to other energy traders. The…

Google CEO Sundar Pichai gestures to the crowd during Google's annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, on May 20, 2025.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAs Alphabet returns to the debt market to fund its…

YouTube on Monday introduced lower-priced YouTube TV plans that that will allow subscribers to better tailor their plans to their own interests in areas like sports, news, and entertainment. The company said that it will offer more than…