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Google adds Gemini AI features to Gmail. Users will have to opt out
NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty ImagesGoogle is adding more Gemini features to Gmail, providing upgrades like artificial intelligence-generated summaries of email threads, the company said Thursday.The company said its latest updates will be…
The first of China’s ‘AI tigers’ goes public as Zhipu climbs in Hong Kong debut
The Zhipu AI logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesShares of Knowledge Atlas Technology JSC, better known as Zhipu, edged higher on their Hong Kong debut, following a $558 million initial…
Waymo is rebranding its Zeekr robotaxi
Waymo has spent the past three years refining and testing a minivan-like vehicle made by Chinese automaker Zeekr. And now, before this robotaxi joins Waymo’s official commercial fleet, it’s getting a new name, the company told…
Anthropic signs term sheet for $10 billion at $350 billion valuation
Anthropic has signed a term sheet for a $10 billion funding round at a $350 billion valuation, CNBC confirmed on Wednesday.Coatue and Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC are leading the financing, according to a source familiar who asked…
Intel spinout Articul8 raises more than half of $70M round at $500M valuation
Articul8, an enterprise AI company spun out of Intel in early 2024, has secured more than half of a planned $70 million funding round at a $500 million pre-money valuation, according to its CEO, as it looks to capitalize on growing…
Investors had much to cheer in 2025 — but 2026’s starting out rocky
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after the opening bell in New York on Jan. 2, 2026.Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images
May this year prove as lucrative as 2025, when the S&P 500 rallied 16.39% mostly…
Misleading AI content spreads in the wake of Maduro’s removal
Following the U.S. military operation in Venezuela that led to the removal of its leader, Nicolas Maduro, AI-generated videos purporting to show Venezuelan citizens celebrating in the streets have gone viral on social media.These…
CES 2026: Everything revealed, from Nvidia’s debuts to AMD’s new chips to Razer’s AI oddities
CES 2026 is in full swing in Las Vegas, with the show floor open to the public after a packed couple of days occupied by press conferences from the likes of Nvidia, Sony, and AMD and previews from Sunday’s Unveiled event.
As has been…
AI isn’t replacing people, but is changing who we hire
Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su said Tuesday that artificial intelligence has not slowed the pace of hiring at her company, but the candidates who have truly embraced the technology have become a priority."I would say that we're…
Narwal adds AI to its vacuum cleaners to monitor pets and find jewelry
Robot vacuum maker Narwal unveiled its new set of smart vacuum cleaners at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) with AI-powered features such as monitoring pets, finding valuable objects, and notifying users about misplaced toys.
The…
Why DeepSeek didn’t cause an investor frenzy again in 2025
Nearly a year ago, DeepSeek shook the AI world. Stocks of some of the leading Western tech companies plunged as the markets hit panic mode at the prospect of a new model from a relatively unheard of Chinese AI lab that challenged the…
Democratic mayor of San Jose Matt Mahan opposes billionaire tax
Mayor of San Jose, Matt Mahan, speaks during the NWSL Championship Welcome Reception at Rotunda at San Jose City Hall in San Jose, California, on Nov. 20, 2025.Eakin Howard | Nwsl | Getty ImagesThe Democratic mayor of San Jose,…
Nvidia launches powerful new Rubin chip architecture
Today at the Consumer Electronics show, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang officially launched the company’s new Rubin computing architecture, which he described as the state of the art in AI hardware. The new architecture is currently in…
5 things to know before the bell on Monday
This is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Good morning. It was anything but a quiet weekend for news, so I'll cut to the chase.S&P 500 futures are up slightly this morning. The…
Flutterwave buys Nigeria’s Mono in rare African fintech exit
Africa’s largest fintech company, Flutterwave, has acquired Nigerian open banking startup Mono in an all-stock deal valued between $25 million and $40 million, according to people familiar with the transaction.
The acquisition brings…
Starlink offers free internet in Venezuela after U.S. strikes, Maduro arrest
SpaceX headquarters is shown in Hawthorne, California, U.S. June 5, 2025.Daniel Cole | ReutersElon Musk's Starlink is offering free broadband internet service to users in Venezuela through Feb. 3, following U.S. airstrikes and the…
French and Malaysian authorities are investigating Grok for generating sexualized deepfakes
Over the past few days, France and Malaysia have joined India in condemning Grok for creating sexualized deepfakes of women and minors.
The chatbot, built by Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI and featured on his social media platform X,…
Bitfinex bitcoin thief Ilya Lichtenstein thanks Trump for early prison release
The Russian-U.S. national who hacked crypto exchange Bitfinex and stole nearly 120,000 bitcoin said he has been freed from prison early thanks to the bipartisan prison-reform law signed by President Donald Trump.Ilya Lichtenstein, 38,…