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More pain for the Bay Area tech sector as another company announces layoffs — this time a staggering 23% of the workforce. The San Mateo action-based camera maker GoPro will let nearly a quarter of its workforce around the world go by the second quarter of 2026, according to a filing with the Securities and […]
On the day before Christmas, when few stocks were stirring, a pricey and pivotal transaction jolted the AI computing race: Nvidia was spending a reported $20 billion to license technology from chip startup Groq and hire key employees, including its CEO, who previously helped Google create what’s become the leading alternative to Nvidia’s AI processors. […]
Palantir CEO Alex Karp told CNBC on Thursday that artificial intelligence is giving the U.S. and its allies an edge in the escalating conflict in Iran and across the Middle East. “What makes America special right now is our lethal capabilities, our ability to fight war,” Karp said at Palantir’s AIPcon 9 in Maryland. He added that […]
The progress of Chinese tech companies across the entire stack is “remarkable,” OpenAI’s Sam Altman told CNBC. Altman’s comments come as China races against the U.S. to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI) — where AI matches human capabilities — and roll out the technology across society. The pace of technological advance in “many fields,” including […]
Big Tech companies have seen over $1 trillion wiped from their market cap over the past week, as fears over AI spending sparked a sell-off. Microsoft, Nvidia, Oracle, Meta, Amazon and Alphabet all saw their shares fall in the week up to market close on Thursday, as the companies’ earnings reports signaled huge continued capex […]
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on Jan. 21, 2026. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty Images Technology stocks bounced on Wednesday as President Donald Trump ruled out military force in Greenland, easing geopolitical fears that sparked a global sell off earlier in the […]
Jim Farley, president and chief executive officer of Ford, speaks at the Ford Motor Co.’s Kentucky Truck Plant to launch the 2025 Ford Expedition, in Louisville, Kentucky, April 30, 2025. Carolyn Kaster | AP Ford Motor plans to introduce eyes-off driving technology on an upcoming $30,000 all-electric vehicle in 2028, the Detroit automaker announced Wednesday. […]
The Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images West Texas dust, iron-tinged and orange-red, rides the wind and sticks like a film to everything you touch. It clings to skin and the inside of your mouth, a fine grit that turns every […]
Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna has embraced a wealth tax in his home state of California, and his longtime allies in Silicon Valley are now threatening to abandon him. California labor groups are trying to add a proposal for a statewide tax on billionaires to the November ballot. The proposal is causing a rift among Democrats […]
U.S. consumers showed resilience this holiday season, driving retail spending up 4.2% year over year, according to preliminary data released Tuesday by Visa. The report from Visa Consulting and Analytics indicated that despite lingering economic headwinds, shoppers were still spending, particularly on technology and personal goods. The findings tracked payments activity over a seven-week period […]
