Musk’s xAI raises $15 billion in latest funding round

Elon Musk announced his new company xAI, which he says has the goal to understand the true nature of the universe. Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk‘s artificial intelligence company xAI has raised $15 billion from investors, sources familiar with the matter told CNBC’s David Faber. Musk later called the report “False”…

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Cisco (CSCO) Q1 2026 earnings report

Chuck Robbins, Cisco CEO, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 22, 2025. Gerry Miller | CNBC Cisco reported better-than-expected profit and revenue for its fiscal first quarter on Wednesday. The stock rose in extended trading. Here’s how the company did in comparison with consensus estimates from…

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Big Tech and the AI investment boom in underwater cables

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…

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Duolingo (DUOL) stock Q3 earnings 2025

Duolingo‘s stock cratered 27% on lighter-than-expected guidance as the language learning platform zeroed in on user growth in lieu of near-term monetization. “We have made a slight shift over the last quarter in how we invest, and we’re investing a lot more in long-term things because we see that as such a big opportunity ahead…

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Pinterest shares plummet 20% on earnings miss, weak forecast

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…

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Earnings reports show how Big Tech is quietly seeing a digital ad boom

META CEO Mark Zuckerberg (L) and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Getty Images As tech giants increase their already breathtaking spending on artificial intelligence, their respective digital advertising businesses have also gained momentum. Quarterly earnings reports this week from Meta, Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft all showed healthy revenue on the ads front. The rising online advertising…

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