Sam Altman, co-founder and chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., speaks during TechCrunch Disrupt 2019 in San Francisco, California, on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nuclear fusion is the ephemeral holy grail of climate technology. It would provide nearly limitless amounts of clean energy without the byproduct of
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In this article TSLA SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk holds a helmet as he visits the construction site of Tesla’s gigafactory in Gruenheide, near Berlin, Germany, May 17, 2021. Michele Tantussi | Reuters Elon Musk on Saturday asked millions of his Twitter followers to determine the future of a chunk of his Tesla
As travel industry executives tout the rapid resurgence of tourism and entertainment, the pandemic stock portfolio is getting turned upside down. Airlines stocks are rallying alongside online booking sites, ride-hailing companies and Airbnb, after earnings reports showed clear signs of a recovery in travel. At the same time, stay-at-home stocks are sagging as borders reopen
RJ Scaringe, founder and chief executive officer of Rivian Automotive Inc., unveils the R1T electric pickup truck, left, and R1S electric sports utility vehicle (SUV) during a reveal event at AutoMobility LA ahead of the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Electric vehicle start-up Rivian Automotive raised
In this article FB In this photo illustration, the Facebook logo is displayed on the screen of an iPhone in front of a Meta logo on October 28, 2021 in Paris, France. Chesnot | Getty Images Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is discussing opening its first retail stores as it looks to break into the
British artificial intelligence scientist and entrepreneur Demis Hassabis. OLI SCARFF | AFP | Getty Images Google parent company Alphabet has launched a new drug discovery company in the U.K. called Isomorphic Labs. The company will build on research carried out by London artificial intelligence lab DeepMind, which Google acquired in 2014. While the firm was
In this article QCOM Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Qualcomm stock rose more than 12% on Thursday, one day after it reported September quarter earnings that not only beat what Wall Street expected, but also included bullish guidance for the December quarter. Part of the reason for the strong guidance is that
Jeff Bezos, left, and Elon Musk Getty Images; Reuters The U.S. Federal Court of Claims ruled against Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin in the company’s lawsuit versus NASA over a lucrative astronaut lunar lander contract awarded to Elon Musk’s SpaceX earlier this year. Federal judge Richard Hertling sided with the defense in his ruling, completing a
In this article 700-HK People walked past the Tencent booth at the China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing on Sept. 6, 2020. Noel Celis | AFP | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China — Tencent on Wednesday launched three chips it developed, marking the first time the Chinese internet giant has publicly spoken about
In this article MSFT From left, GitHub CEO Chris Wanstrath, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and future GitHub CEO Nat Friedman at GitHub headquarters in San Francisco. Source: Microsoft Microsoft said Wednesday that Nat Friedman, CEO of the company’s GitHub subsidiary that provides software for storing source code, is stepping down. Thomas Dohmke, GitHub’s product chief
Scene from “Squid Game” by Netflix Source: Netflix When Bernard heard about a token named after the popular South Korean Netflix series “Squid Game,” which chronicles the lives of cash-strapped adults who play in a deadly tournament for a big jackpot, he did a quick scan on Google to see if the coin was legit.
In this article UBSG-CH LONDON — The chairman of Swiss banking giant UBS has highlighted the importance of collaboration and regulation when it comes to raising capital related to sustainability, telling CNBC that it was a “daunting task.” “We need to understand the urgency of the situation,” Axel Weber said. “We need to raise, between
TikTok app logo on the App Store. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China — TikTok owner ByteDance’s finance chief will step down to focus on his role as CEO of the short video app, according to an internal memo obtained by CNBC. Shou Zi Chew joined ByteDance as CFO from smartphone maker Xiaomi
In this article MMAT Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is seen fencing in the “Metaverse” with an Olympic gold medal fencer during a live-streamed virtual and augmented reality conference to announce the rebrand of Facebook as Meta, in this screen grab taken from a video released October 28, 2021. Facebook | via Reuters Facebook co-founder Mark
Riot’s Whinstone mine in Rockdale, Texas. Riot’s Whinstone Data Center ROCKDALE, Texas – In this rural Texas town of 5,600 people, two of the biggest names in bitcoin mining are battling it out for market share and cheap electricity. These rivals also happen to be next-door neighbors. Bitdeer – a firm spun off from Chinese
Small toy figures are seen in front of displayed Facebook’s new rebrand logo Meta in this illustration taken, October 28, 2021. Dado Ruvic | Reuters In June 2018, Oculus executive Jason Rubin sent an email to Facebook board member Marc Andreessen with the subject line “The Metaverse.” “We believe that the right way to break
In this article NXPI GlobalFoundries campus in Malta, N.Y. Mary Thompson | CNBC Semiconductor manufacturer GlobalFoundries debuted on the Nasdaq this week, valued at over $25 billion, as it became increasingly evident that a global chip shortage could persist through 2023 or later. Now GlobalFoundries needs to convince public market investors that the company is
In this article FB A pedestrian walks in front of a new logo and the name ‘Meta’ on the sign in front of Facebook headquarters on October 28, 2021 in Menlo Park, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images With its name change to Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook is trying to eliminate what
Tim Cook Source: Apple Apple’s products compete as gaming platforms with Sony Playstation, Microsoft Xbox and Nintendo, the company said on Friday in a regulatory filing. Previously, Apple only said it competed against Google‘s Android in smartphones and Microsoft Windows in PCs for the attention of software developers. Apple’s competitors were an important topic in
In this article AAPL MSFT Dado Ruvic | Reuters Microsoft passed Apple in market cap on Friday, making it the world’s most valuable publicly-traded company, after Apple missed earnings expectations on Thursday. As of 10:30 a.m. ET Microsoft had a market cap of $2.45 trillion while Apple’s stood at about $2.41 trillion. Apple reported revenue