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Nasdaq, Kospi: Wall Street and Korea markets becoming more intertwined
Bank employees work in front of multiple monitors at the Hana Bank dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, on May 12, 2026. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesWall Street tech moves and South Korea's stock market are becoming increasingly…
Sam Altman to meet with Trump administration amid China AI debate
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 21: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman appears during a news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on January 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump announced an investment in…
Microsoft launches its first cybersecurity model, plus a new agentic cybersecurity system
Microsoft on Monday launched its first cybersecurity-specialized model alongside a new AI cybersecurity platform at a small event in San Francisco, taking a big swipe at major players in the space — namely Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI.…
5 things to know before the stock market opens Monday
This is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Happy Monday. I saw "The Odyssey" over the weekend, but I wasn't able to snag a seat in an elusive Imax 70-millimeter screening. More on…
Are brain waves the next unlock for physical AI?
The frontier of physical AI is a Jenga game in a warehouse in San Leandro, California.
That warehouse is occupied by Encord, a company that builds data tooling used to train AI models. Andrew Ceja is a pilot—the company’s term for its…
China memory chipmaker CXMT skyrockets 500% in blockbuster Shanghai debut
General view of CXMT office buildings is seen in Shanghai, China, on July 15, 2026, as CXMT raises billions for AI technology (Photo by Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesShares of chipmaker Changxin…
SpaceX launches massive Starship rocket in first test flight since IPO
The SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy v3 Booster lift off on its 13th test flight from the SpaceX launch complex in Starbase, Texas, U.S., July 24, 2026. Steve Nesius | ReutersSpaceX launched its massive Starship rocket Friday evening from…
Hugging Face CEO calls for ‘radical transparency’ after ‘unprecedented’ OpenAI hack
After OpenAI recently admitted that one of its models had breached the systems of AI platform Hugging Face, Hugging Face’s CEO Clem Delangue posted on X that he was flying to San Francisco to have “a little chat with that ‘rogue…
Nvidia locks down memory from SK Hynix as part of $500 billion AI deal
Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks to members of the media following the company's "Japan AI Ecosystem" reception in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, July 16, 2026. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesNvidia said…
Warner Bros. lawsuit accuses Amazon of illegally poaching executives
Warner Bros. Discovery filed a lawsuit this week accusing Amazon of interference with contractual relations, breach of contract, and unfair competition.
As reported by Deadline, the lawsuit alleges Amazon has been “hurriedly seeking to…
Here are 4 forces that drove a tough week for stocks
It was a tough week for stocks, as investors navigated everything from escalating tensions in the Middle East to key tech earnings reports to healthcare developments. Logging their second straight weekly losses, the S & P 500 slipped…
One fallen power line exposed a growing AI data center problem. Here’s how to fix it.
A power line went down outside of Washington, DC, this week. Normally, the grid would only need a few seconds to recover from such an event. But this one took more than 10 minutes because more than 3 gigawatts of data centers stopped…
From Silicon Valley to DC, tech world obsessed with AI distillation
Jeff Dean, head of artificial intelligence at Google LLC, speaks during a Google AI event in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesEarlier this year, Google AI lead Jeff…
Sand battery: Finland’s radical answer to a renewable energy headache
The industrial-scale sand battery in Finland's Pornainen can cover almost one month of the town's heating demands in the summer and as much as one week in the winter.Polar Night EnergyA small town in southern Finland has turned to the…
I tried out OpenAI’s new AI keypad — which will be fun for some coders and slightly mystifying…
OpenAI launched its first piece of hardware last week — a fancy little keypad built to pair with ChatGPT. Micro, which was developed in collaboration with specialty keyboard designer Work Louder, is essentially an artisanal workplace…
Moody’s: AI spending threatens credit quality of Amazon, Meta, Alphabet
From left, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet; Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft; Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon; and Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta.Damian Lemanski | David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images | CNBC | Manuel Orbegozo | ReutersThe race…
OpenAI’s new voice mode makes it to the ChatGPT desktop app
OpenAI on Thursday said it has updated its ChatGPT desktop app to add support for ChatGPT Voice, allowing users to talk to the app to control AI agents and perform tasks on their computer.
The new feature taps OpenAI’s new family of…
5 things to know before the stock market opens Friday
1. T-oil and troubleTraders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on July 08, 2026 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images2. Another roundUS President Donald Trump speaks at Wheeler High…