Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) speaks to reporters outside the Senate Chamber of the U.S. Capitol Building on Oct. 1, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Democratic senators on Monday blamed the White House push to fast track artificial intelligence data centers and its attacks on renewable energy for rising electricity prices in…
Michael Intrator, co-founder and CEO of CoreWeave, speaks at the Semafor World Economy Summit during the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring meetings in Washington on April 25, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Bloomberg | Getty Images CoreWeave, a provider of infrastructure for artificial intelligence companies, reported better-than-expected third-quarter revenue on Monday, but the company’s…
Castor containers for high-level radioactive waste. Ina Fassbender | Afp | Getty Images Nuclear power is back, largely due to the skyrocketing demand for electricity, including big tech’s hundreds of artificial intelligence data centers across the country and the reshoring of manufacturing. But it returns with an old and still-unsolved problem: storing all of the…
Over 95% of international data and voice call traffic travels through nearly a million miles of underwater communication cables. These cables carry government communications, financial transactions, email, video calls and streaming around the world. The first commercial telecommunication subsea cable was used for telegraphs and was laid across the English Channel between Dover, England and…
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Nvidia has established itself as the undisputed leader in artificial intelligence chips, selling large quantities of silicon to most of the world’s biggest tech companies en route to a $4.5 trillion market cap. One of Nvidia’s key clients is Google, which has been loading up on the chipmaker’s…
Palantir co-founder and CEO Alex Karp attends meetings at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Oct. 18, 2023. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters With Palantir’s stock plummeting more than 11% this week despite a better-than-expected earnings report, CEO Alex Karp took aim at investors betting against the software company. Karp, who co-founded Palantir in 2003, went…
Tan Su Shan is the CEO and director of DBS Group. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images With valuations in the U.S. stock market becoming increasingly stretched, the chief executive of Southeast Asia’s largest bank is warning investors to expect turbulence ahead. “We’ve seen a lot of volatility in the markets. It could be equities,…
Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI and then CEO and co-founder of Inflection AI, speaks during the Axios BFD event in New York on Oct. 12, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Microsoft on Thursday said it’s forming a team that will be tasked with performing advanced artificial intelligence research. Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of the Microsoft…
Snap shares climbed more than 20% on Wednesday after the company issued its third-quarter earnings, reporting revenue that beat analysts expectations and a $500 million stock repurchase program. Here is how the company did compared with Wall Street’s expectations: Earnings per share: Loss of 6 cents. That figure is not comparable to analysts’ estimates. Revenue: $1.51 billion…
Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Pinterest shares tanked nearly 20% on Tuesday after the company reported third-quarter financial results that missed on earnings per share and provided weak guidance. Here’s how the company did, compared to analysts’ consensus estimates from LSEG: Earnings per share: 38 cents adjusted vs. 42 cents expected Revenue: $1.05…
