Thiago Prudêncio | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Roblox on Friday announced new short-video and AI features that come amid increasing lawmaker scrutiny into how the company protects children on its platform. With Roblox Moments, users 13 and older will be able to create and share video clips of their gameplay with others…
Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a class action lawsuit with a group of authors, who claimed the artificial intelligence startup had illegally accessed their books. The company will pay roughly $3,000 per book plus interest, and agreed to destroy the datasets containing the allegedly pirated material, according to a…
Avishek Das | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of advertising technology company AppLovin and stock trading app Robinhood Markets each jumped about 7% in extended trading on Friday after S&P Global said the two will join the S&P 500 index. The changes will go into effect before the beginning of trading on…
US President Donald Trump during a dinner with tech leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. Will Oliver | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to launch a trade investigation to “nullify” what he said were discriminatory fines being…
Hock Tan, CEO of Broadcom. Martin H. Simon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Broadcom shares soared 15% on Friday after the chipmaker said on its earnings call that it had secured a new $10 billion customer. Analysts quickly pointed to OpenAI. Following a better-than-expected earnings report late Thursday, Broadcom CEO Hock Tan told analysts that…
Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW, presents the BMW iX3 on stage at the world premiere before the start of the International Motor Show (IAA Mobility) as the first model in BMW’s “New Class”. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images German auto giant BMW is doubling down on its…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. Hamad I Mohammed | Reuters Tesla is asking investors to approve yet another outsized pay plan for CEO Elon Musk, according to a financial filing out Friday. The proposed compensation plan for Musk, already the world’s wealthiest individual, consists…
CNBC’s Investing in Space newsletter offers a view into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up to receive future editions. CHONGQING, CHINA – MAY 06: In this photo illustration, the logo of Rocket Lab USA, Inc. is displayed on a smartphone screen. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (L) attends a meeting of the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Education in the East Room of the White House on September 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images News | Getty Images OpenAI has announced it is developing an AI-centered jobs platform as part of…
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., and U.S. President Donald Trump during a dinner with tech leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, U.S., on Sept. 4, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump has reiterated a warning that he will soon impose…
