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CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: China-made humanoid robots set sights on Middle East and U.S. markets
Chinese humanoid robot companies are expanding globally, piling pressure on Elon Musk’s Optimus before it reaches mass production.
One year after DeepSeek, Chinese AI firms from Alibaba to Moonshot race to release new models
Chinese companies are releasing new AI models and striving to gain an edge in the AI application race as the country's biggest holiday of the year nears.
Amazon inadvertently announces cloud unit layoffs in email to employees
Amazon sent a notice out to staffers in an apparent error acknowledging "organizational changes" at the company.
Intel says it will match government's 'Trump Accounts' contribution to kids of employees
The 530A program, often called "Trump Accounts," passed last year as part of the administration's "big beautiful bill."
Mozilla is building an AI ‘rebel alliance’ to take on industry heavyweights OpenAI, Anthropic
Mozilla is looking to deploy its roughly $1.4 billion in reserves to support "mission driven" companies and nonprofits, and is particularly focused on AI.
AppLovin demands short-seller CapitalWatch retract 'conspiratorial' report
AppLovin's cease and desist letter to CapitalWatch called the short-seller's accusations of money laundering defamatory and baseless.
Space firm Redwire stock rockets 29% after joining $151 billion contract for Trump's 'Golden Dome'
Redwire joins thousands of other vendors supporting the project, including Anduril, Palantir, Blue Origin and Lockheed Martin
Read the memo: Amazon's grocery boss details restructuring, says more 'deliberate' strategy needed
Amazon's top grocery executive Jason Buechel told staff that the company needs to make more "deliberate choices" to win over customers.
Anthropic closes latest funding round above $10 billion and could go higher, sources say
The funding round could rise if Microsoft and Nvidia decide to contribute, according to sources familiar with the discussions.
Why investors shouldn't cash out on Corning's monster rally just yet
Shares surged more than 16% after CNBC reported that Corning inked a new deal with Meta Platforms.
Dario Amodei warns AI may cause ‘unusually painful’ disruption to jobs
"The pace of progress in AI is much faster than for previous technological revolutions," the Antrhopic CEO said in latest comments about AI's impact on jobs.
TikTok to settle as social media addiction trial involving Meta, YouTube moves forward
TikTok has agreed to settle with a plaintiff and will no longer be part of a high-profile social media trial kicking off on Tuesday.
Tesla lost $15 billion in brand value in 2025 as Musk stepped deeper into politics, research shows
Tesla's brand value declined while BYD's surged last year, according to research by Brand Finance
Tech's massive AI spend is under scrutiny ahead of earnings. Here's what to watch
The fourth-quarter earnings season will give the megacaps an opportunity to lay out their 2026 spending visions and, in some cases, defend those plans.
Pinterest laying off 15% of workforce in push toward AI roles and teams
The company said it's "reallocating resources" to roles and teams focused on artificial intelligence.
New AI tool from Fundrise brings high-level CRE analysis to the public
Fundrise's co-founder and CEO, Ben Miller, says the new tool goes far beyond what more generalized AI, like ChatGPT, can offer.
Meta inks deal to pay Corning up to $6 billion for fiber-optic cables in AI data centers
Corning, a 175-year-old glassmaker known for supplying iPhone glass, is now at the center of the AI infrastructure boom with a new type of fiber-optic cable
Apple, Google host dozens of AI ‘nudify’ apps like Grok, report finds
A tech watchdog organization found 55 nudify apps on Google Play and 47 in the Apple App Store.
Uncle Sam's rare earth stake, Nike layoffs, five years of meme stocks and more in Morning Squawk
Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day.
Blockbuster social media trial kicks off, with more to come this year
A landmark case against social media giants Meta, Alphabet's YouTube and TikTok is set to begin Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court.
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