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Tired of doing laundry? These startups want to help.
Doing laundry can be a chore. It takes time and is tedious. Few of us like to do it.
So it’s no surprise that startups have emerged to take that load off your back — literally. And investors are lining up to fund new and older players…
Plan to boost artificial intelligence industry
The European Union is so far the only jurisdiction globally to drive forward comprehensive rules for artificial intelligence with its AI Act.Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesThe European Union on Wednesday presented a plan to boost…
Elon Musk steps up attacks on Navarro as Tesla shares slump fourth day
As Tesla shares plummeted for a fourth straight day, CEO Elon Musk let loose on President Donald Trump's top trade advisor, Peter Navarro.Musk, the world's richest person, started going after Navarro over the weekend, posting on X that a…
A 25-year-old police drone founder just raised $75M led by Index
If you ever call 911 from an area that’s hard to get to, you might hear the buzz of a drone well before a police cruiser pulls up. And there’s a good chance that it will be one made by Brinc Drones, a Seattle-based startup founded by…
Apple falls 3% as tech struggles to bounce back from rout
Tim CookSally Shin | CNBCTechnology stocks gyrated Tuesday, pulling back from session highs as an earlier market rally showed signed of fading.The tech-heavy Nasdaq was flat, erasing an earlier gain of 4.6% at its highs. Apple was nearly…
Amazon unveils a new AI voice model, Nova Sonic
On Tuesday, Amazon debuted a new generative AI model, Nova Sonic, capable of natively processing voice and generating natural-sounding speech. Amazon claims that Sonic’s performance is competitive with frontier voice models from OpenAI…
Apple iPhone price could jump $350 in U.S. on Trump tariffs: analyst
A customer checks Apple's latest iPhone 16 Plus (right) and Apple's latest iPhone 16 Pro Max (left) series displayed for sale at Master Arts Shop in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on Sept. 26, 2024.Firdous Nazir | Nurphoto | Getty…
Apple’s 3-day loss in market cap swells to almost $640 billion
(L-R) Apple CEO Tim Cook, Vivek Ramaswamy and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem attend the inauguration ceremony before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th U.S. President in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on Jan.…
Google is allegedly paying some AI staff to do nothing for a year rather than join rivals
Retaining top AI talent is tough amid cutthroat competition between Google, OpenAI, and other heavyweights.
Google’s AI division, DeepMind, has resorted to using “aggressive” noncompete agreements for some AI staff in the U.K. that bar…
UK loses bid to keep Apple appeal against iPhone ‘backdoor’ a secret
Chief Executive of Apple, Tim Cook gives a thumb's up during a tour the Apple Headquarters on December 12, 2024 in London, England. Chris Jackson | Getty ImagesApple has triumphed over an effort from the U.K. government to keep details…
Want to stay young? Peter Diamandis says survive the next 10 years
Peter Diamandis, a futurist with degrees from both MIT and Harvard, has spent much of the past two decades evangelizing a vision of an “abundant future” driven by exponential technologies that will lengthen our lives. The serial…
Pennylane doubles valuation as Alphabet VC fund takes stake
Seksan Mongkhonkhamsao | Moment | Getty ImagesFrench accounting software firm Pennylane has doubled its valuation to 2 billion euros ($2.16 billion) in a new 75 million euro funding round.Pennylane told CNBC that it raised the fresh…
Meta’s benchmarks for its new AI models are a bit misleading
One of the new flagship AI models Meta released on Saturday, Maverick, ranks second on LM Arena, a test that has human raters compare the outputs of models and choose which they prefer. But it seems the version of Maverick that Meta…
TikTok stays on App Store Attorney General Pam Bondi
In this photo illustration, the logo of TikTok is displayed on a smartphone screen on April 5, 2025 in Shanghai, China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesApple will keep ByteDance-owned TikTok on its App Store for at least 75 more…
AppLovin can offer TikTok ‘much stronger bid than others,’ CEO says
Piotr Swat | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesAppLovin CEO Adam Foroughi provided more clarity on the ad-tech company's late-stage effort to acquire TikTok, calling his offer a "much stronger bid than others" on CNBC's "The Exchange" on Friday…
DOGE reportedly planning a hackathon to build ‘mega API’ for IRS data
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) plans to host a hackathon next week focused on the creation of a “mega API” that will provide access to taxpayer data, according to Wired.
Wired says the hackathon is being…
Tesla robotaxi deadline looms as political backlash builds over Musk
Elon Musk has been promising investors for about a decade that Tesla's cars are on the verge of turning into robotaxis, capable of driving themselves cross-country, after one big software update.That hasn't happened yet.What Tesla offers…
Meta releases Llama 4, a new crop of flagship AI models
Meta has released a new collection of AI models, Llama 4, in its Llama family — on a Saturday, no less.
There are four new models in total: Llama 4 Scout, Llama 4 Maverick, and Llama 4 Behemoth. All were trained on “large amounts of…