Why China blocked the Meta-Manus deal and what it says about AI race

When Meta agreed to acquire Manus, a Singapore-based artificial intelligence startup with Chinese roots for roughly $2 billion last December, many saw the transaction as just another routine deal in today’s global technology economy: capital crossing borders, startups relocating to friendlier jurisdictions, and major platform companies acquiring talent and intellectual property in the race to…

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OpenAI reportedly missed revenue targets. Shares of Oracle and these chip stocks are falling

Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of companies tied to artificial intelligence infrastructure tumbled in early trading Tuesday after a report that OpenAI has fallen short of internal growth expectations, raising fresh questions about whether the pace of spending across the sector is sustainable. Oracle dropped about 7.5% in premarket trading Tuesday. Oracle…

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Why the CPU is taking center stage

Nvidia showed CNBC its latest Vera CPU at its Santa Clara, California, headquarters on Feb. 13, 2026. Marc Ganley | CNBC Nvidia‘s graphics processing units have been the hottest-selling chips for years, but the sudden advent of agentic artificial intelligence has brought on a renaissance for its more modest host chip, the central processing unit….

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