Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Google is letting users test a new artificial intelligence tool that connects information from various apps like Gmail and Google Photos to provide personalized answers in its chatbot. The feature, called Personal Intelligence, is available for personal accounts, Google said in a blog post Wednesday. “Whether it’s […]
Brian Chesky, co-founder and chief executive officer of Airbnb Inc., during a news conference in Los Angeles, California, US, on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Eric Thayer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Airbnb has tapped Ahmad Al-Dahle, former head of generative artificial intelligence at Meta Platforms, as its news technology chief, CEO Brian Chesky announced on
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg demonstrates an Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) headset and Oculus Touch controllers during the Oculus Connect 3 event in San Jose, California, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images A little over four years after Mark Zuckerberg changed Facebook’s name to Meta, reflecting his
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CNBC’s Jim Cramer is doubling down on Alphabet , arguing the stock can build on its strong 2025 rally with another 20% jump. “I don’t think Google stops here,” Cramer said Tuesday on “Squawk on the Street.” “I think Alphabet goes straight shot to $400.” Shares of the Google parent Alphabet hit another all-time Tuesday,
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Microsoft on Tuesday promised that consumers won’t pay more when the software maker sets up data centers nearby. The company also committed to replenish more water than it uses, and to add to local tax bases in places where it has data centers. “Our pledge to each of these communities is that we will pay
A visitor takes a picture of a model of SK hynix’s high-bandwidth memory (HBM) technology during the 2025 World IT Show in Seoul on April 24, 2025. Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images South Korea-based memory maker SK Hynix announced Tuesday it will invest 19 trillion Korean won ($12.9 billion) to build a new
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OpenAI has acquired the health-care technology startup Torch, the company announced on Monday. Torch was building a “unified medical memory” for artificial intelligence that aimed to bring a patient’s health data, which is typically siloed and stored across a number of different vendors and formats, into one place. Torch’s employees will join OpenAI as part
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Tech investors are sounding out how the U.S. taking Greenland would affect the viability of critical and rare earth minerals mining there, CNBC has learned, as Washington ramps up its pursuit of the Arctic island. Greenland has found itself at the center of a geopolitical firestorm over the past week as the U.S. has threatened
Australia blocked teens from using social media in December in a new regulation. George Chan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Meta has issued new pleas to the Australian government to reconsider its recently enforced social media ban for under 16s, after the tech giant blocked over half a million accounts on its platforms
Are we in an artificial intelligence bubble? It’s the debate that dominated the tech industry in 2025, and it’s not going away anytime soon. Record valuations and deals driven by major investments in artificial intelligence have fueled the AI boom, leaving some to brace for the potential burst. AI leaders like OpenAI and Nvidia have
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