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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…
Amazon faces a dilemma — fight AI shopping agents, or join them
Thos Robinson | Getty ImagesAmazon CEO Andy Jassy could see how dramatically artificial intelligence was altering e-commerce.In June, he told employees that AI agents will start to infiltrate aspects of everyday life, "from shopping to…
Why WeTransfer co-founder is building another file transfer service
Nalden, who co-founded the file transfer service WeTransfer in 2009 along with Rinke Visser and Bas Beerens, is not pleased with the company’s direction after the service was acquired by Bending Spoon last year — and he doesn’t mince…
5 things to know before the stock market opens Friday
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.NYSEThis is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day:1.…
Oracle stock on pace for worst quarter since 2001, AI concerns
Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk speaks at a Q&A session following a tour of the OpenAI data center in Abilene, Texas, on Sept. 23, 2025. Shelby Tauber | Pool | ReutersThree months ago Oracle named Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia as its new…
Best Apple Watch apps for boosting your productivity
The Apple Watch helps people track their health and fitness, but it can also be a great tool to help people stay productive and get work done. This is especially true for people who get easily distracted by their phone.
Although the…
Has the UK’s AI infrastructure buildout been a success?
QTS's data center in Cambois, North East of EnglandWhen the U.K. announced its AI Opportunities Action Plan — a grand blueprint to deploy the tech across society — in January, Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared the strategy would make…
The 22 top clean tech and energy startups from Disrupt Startup Battlefield
Every year, TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield pitch contest draws thousands of applicants. We whittle those applications down to the top 200 contenders, and of them, the top 20 compete on the big stage to become the winner, taking home…
Europe at ‘fork in the road’ between AI competition and climate
Europe stands at a crossroads: compete meaningfully in the AI race or stick to its world-leading climate goals. "It's like a fork in the road moment for Europe," Wedbush Securities' Dan Ives told CNBC. The bloc can either "play in the…
U.S. will return to the moon within Trump’s term
Recently appointed NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on Friday told CNBC that the U.S. will return to the moon within President Donald Trump's second term. Isaacman, a close ally of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, told CNBC's "Closing Bell…
How reality crushed Ÿnsect, the French startup that had raised over $600M for insect farming
French startup Ÿnsect shot into the spotlight when “Iron Man” star Robert Downey Jr. touted its merits on the “Late Show” during Super Bowl weekend 2021. Now, nearly four years later, the insect farming company has been placed into…
Nvidia-Groq deal keeps fiction of competition alive: analyst says
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks at the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC on Nov. 19, 2025.Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty…
The 9 top cybersecurity startups from Disrupt Startup Battlefield
Every year, TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield pitch contest draws thousands of applicants. We whittle those applications down to the top 200 contenders, and of them, the top 20 compete on the big stage to become the winner, taking home…
Google is rolling out a feature that allow users to change their Gmail address
A Google logo is at the announcement of Google's biggest-ever investment in Germany on November 11, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesGoogle just unveiled a Christmas gift for Gmail users who are…
How a Spanish virus brought Google to Málaga
After 33 years, Bernardo Quintero decided it was time to find the person who changed his life — the anonymous programmer who created a computer virus that had infected his university decades earlier.
The virus, called Virus Málaga, was…
Here’s what would it take for an Amazon stock comeback in 2026
After a year defined by worries about cloud growth and tariff impact on retail, Amazon stock heads into 2026 poised for gains. The Club name struggled throughout 2025 as Wall Street worried that Microsoft 's Azure and Google Cloud were…
Wall Street wrote off the stock as too expensive. Retail investors can’t get enough
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesKyle Dijamco is a proud member of Palantir Technologies' fast-growing retail investor base.The Los Angeles-based marketer has bet big on the defense tech stock, even increasing his exposure after a…