Cathie Wood, chief executive officer of Ark Investment Management LLC, during the Federal Reserve’s Payments Innovation Conference in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. Aaron Schartz | Bloomberg | Getty Images ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood on Tuesday pushed back on fears of an artificial intelligence bubble, while flagging the possibility of a […]
Stock photo of a nuclear power plant. Larry Lee Photography | Corbis | Getty Images Google and American electrical utility giant NextEra Energy announced a partnership Monday to revive Iowa’s only nuclear power plant to meet growing low-carbon energy demand from artificial intelligence The Duane Arnold Energy Center, which closed in 2020, could begin operating
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U.S. President Donald Trump poses for a photo with China’s President Xi Jinping before their bilateral meeting during the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The mere prospect of a U.S.-China trade deal is enough to send global markets higher. On Monday stateside, the S&P 500, Dow Jones
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David Ryder | Getty Images News | Getty Images Amazon is preparing to announce sweeping job cuts beginning Tuesday, CNBC has learned. The layoffs will amount to the largest cuts to Amazon’s corporate workforce in the company’s history, spanning almost every business, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be
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Roomba robot vacuums made by iRobot are displayed on a shelf at a Bed Bath and Beyond store in Larkspur, California, on Aug. 5, 2022. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Shares of iRobot plunged more than 30% on Monday after the company warned its search for a buyer has hit a substantial roadblock and its
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Artificial intelligence startup Mercor announced on Monday a new Series C round that values the company at $10 billion, a fivefold increase since its last raise in February. The company said in a blog post that it raised $350 million in a round led by Felicis, which also led its $100 million Series B round,
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Klaudia Radecka | Nurphoto | Getty Images Airbnb wants to block parties this spooky season. The travel and home rental platform said Monday that it will utilize its anti-party technology this Halloween weekend. The tech factors in the length of a stay, the distance from a guest’s location, property type and timing of a booking
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Qualcomm announced Monday that it will release new artificial intelligence accelerator chips, marking new competition for Nvidia, which has so far dominated the market for AI semiconductors. The stock soared 15% following the news. The AI chips are a shift from Qualcomm, which has thus far focused on semiconductors for wireless connectivity and mobile devices,
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. Hamad I Mohammed | Reuters Tesla Board Chair Robyn Denholm, in a letter Monday, asked shareholders to vote for CEO Elon Musk’s nearly $1 trillion pay package ahead of the company’s annual meeting. Denholm said Musk was key to
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Saudi Arabia is primed to become a hotspot for artificial intelligence infrastructure thanks to its surplus in energy, according to Groq CEO Jonathan Ross. The Middle Eastern country is known for its vast energy resources and that’s leading major technology firms to announce infrastructure deals in the region. It is also part of the kingdom’s
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