Zoox introduced the “next evolution” of its toaster-shaped robotaxi. Zoox Amazon‘s Zoox unveiled the “next evolution” of its toaster-shaped self-driving vehicle on Wednesday, adding more rider-friendly features ahead of a wider U.S. rollout this year. The company said it’s equipping the vehicles with higher-quality touchscreens, more comfortable seats and headrests, and small interior tweaks that…
The Treasury Department will oversee Iranian funds when they are released under President Donald Trump‘s interim Iran agreement, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “A very large percentage of it will go to buy U.S. foodstuffs and medicines,” Bessent said, repeating what the president had said about how the unfrozen funds…
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images OpenAI and Broadcom on Wednesday unveiled their debut custom chip, called Jalapeño, marking the ChatGPT maker’s first entry into artificial intelligence silicon. The chips will be made by Broadcom and used by OpenAI for inference, the compute-intensive process of serving its AI models to users in ChatGPT and…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expressed confidence Wednesday that the U.S. economy can get back on the path to 3% growth as the Iran war nears conclusion. “We can have something with a three in front of it this year,” Bessent said in a live interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “The underlying economy has been strong.”…
A tourist protects herself from the sun under an umbrella in front of the Louvre Pyramid, designed by Chinese-US architect Ieoh Ming Pei in Paris on June 23, 2026, as France experiences a heatwave. Dimitar Dilkoff | Afp | Getty Images A record-breaking European heat wave has caused a major power outage in France, as…
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony marking the 85th anniversary of the Nazi Germany invasion into the Soviet Union in World War II on the Remembrance and Sorrow Day at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall in Moscow on June 22, 2026. Pavel Bednyakov | Afp | Getty Images…
An exhibitor demonstrates a Unitree Robotics G1 humanoid robot at the Humanoids Summit in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, May 29, 2026. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Morgan Stanley has sharply raised its outlook for China’s humanoid robotics market, saying the industry’s shift from demonstration to commercial deployment has proved faster than expected. The…
Defense stocks plummeted on Wednesday after a report that Germany will abandon plans to build six warships, fuelling investor fears that the boost to defense contractors from increased government spending may not fully materialize. Berlin is planning to scrap a multi-billion-euro project to build the F126 frigates, according to the Financial Times, citing two people…
Workers assemble Leopard 2A7 main battle tanks at the KNDS heavy weapons factory on August 01, 2025 in Kassel, Germany. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images Defense giant KNDS has announced its intention to proceed with an IPO, saying on Wednesday that it plans to list its shares in Paris and Frankfurt….
Commercial vessels and oil tankers preparing to transit through the Strait of Hormuz, one of the most critical strategic waterways for global trade flows, maintain their wait in the Gulf of Oman, on June 17. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Oil extended losses during Asian trading hours on Wednesday as concerns over potential supply…
