An AI sign at the MWC Shanghai tech show on June 19, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — The latest Chinese generative artificial intelligence model to take on OpenAI’s ChatGPT is offering coding capabilities — at a lower price. Alibaba-backed startup Moonshot released on late Friday night its Kimi K2 model: a…
Elon musk and the xAI logo. Vincent Feuray | Afp | Getty Images Elon Musk on Monday said he does not support a merger between xAI and Tesla, as questions swirl over the future relationship of the electric automaker and artificial intelligence company. X account @BullStreetBets_ posted an open question to Tesla investors on the…
Fireworks light up the London skyline and Big Ben just after midnight on Jan. 1, 2025. Carl Court | Getty Images News | Getty Images London, the jewel in the crown of the U.K.’s economy and national culture, has taken a bit of a battering lately, with big business looking to expand elsewhere, workers looking…
A cargo ship loads and unloads containers at the Qianwan Container Terminal of Qingdao Port in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China, on July 10, 2025. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s exports growth beat expectations in June, buoyed by robust shipments to non-U.S. markets and as a temporary reprieve from U.S. tariffs helped slow…
Co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., Jensen Huang attends the 9th edition of the VivaTech trade show in Paris on June 11, 2025. Chesnot | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has downplayed U.S. fears that his firm’s chips will aid the Chinese military, days ahead of another trip…
This photograph shows Bitcoin stickers displayed at the microbrewery and bar La Fracasse, in Talence, on the outskirts of Bordeaux, south-western France on June 26, 2025. Christophe Archambault | Afp | Getty Images Bitcoin extended a rally to rise to a new record above $120,000 Monday, fueled by a rally in bitcoin ETFs. The price…
This photo shows the Marina Bay Sands hotels resort and Garden by the Bay domes backdropped with the city skyline in Singapore on June 27, 2025. Roslan Rahman | Afp | Getty Images Singapore’s economy grew at 4.3% year over year in the second quarter of 2025, accelerating from 4.1% in the first three months…
The following is the prepared text from Jim Cramer’s address to members of the CNBC Investing Club at Friday’s third annual meeting from the New York Stock Exchange. It’s time to do something that so many are loath to do, and to do it here because you deserve the truth. The vast majority of my…
A stack of old mobile phones are seen before recycling process in Kocaeli, Turkiye on October 14, 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images As the U.S. and China vie for economic, technological and geopolitical supremacy, the critical elements and metals embedded in technology from consumer to industrial and military markets have become a pawn…
After a few relatively slow weeks of corporate news, things are about to ramp up. Second quarter earnings season is set to kick off in the week ahead, with the big banks starting to report. Within the Investing Club portfolio, we’ll hear from BlackRock and Wells Fargo before Tuesday’s opening bell; Goldman Sachs before Wednesday’s open;…
