Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai meets with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk at Google for Startups in Warsaw, Poland, on February 13, 2025. Klaudia Radecka | Nurphoto | Getty Images From the courtroom to the boardroom, it was a big week for tech investors. The resolution of Google’s antitrust case led to sharp rallies…
U.S. Federal Trade Commission Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter raised questions on Friday about the status of an artificial intelligence chatbot complaint against Snap that the agency referred to the Department of Justice earlier this year. In January, the FTC announced that it would refer a non-public complaint regarding allegations that Snap’s My AI chatbot posed potential…
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…
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…
X long awaited Encrypted DMS FacilityXchat, getting more widely available. Although facility Loired In Beta in May, Xchat is now accessible to more users, including those who do not take membership of the X premium. Separate from the current DM inbox, Xchat and-to-end is encrypted. The chat system supports the ability to upload media, group…
Jon Morgan, co-founder of business consulting firm, Venture Smarter, was mentoring a Gen Z entrepreneur when he noticed something strange about her life and the one she portrayed online. His 23-year-old mentee had spent 1½ years crafting a luxury travel persona — one that suggested she was living a $500,000-a-year lifestyle, he said. In reality,…
A mockup of Tesla Inc.’s planned humanoid robot Optimus on display during the Seoul Mobility Show in Goyang, South Korea, on Thursday, March 30, 2023. The motor show will continue through April 9. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk predicted that Optimus robots, which have…
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg departs after attending a Federal Trade Commission trial that could force the company to unwind its acquisitions of messaging platform WhatsApp and image-sharing app Instagram, at U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 15, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters Meta on Friday said it is making temporary changes to…
Charles Giancarlo, Pure Storage CEO, joins CNBC’s ‘Closing Bell Overtime’ on Aug. 27, 2025. CNBC Pure Storage shares jumped over 30% on Thursday and headed for a record close after the data storage management vendor reported quarterly results that topped estimates and lifted its guidance for the year. Wall Street was particularly enthused about the…
Boonchai Wedmakawand | Moment | Getty Images The founder of the company behind the IRL social media app was charged with defrauding investors of $170 million in the company’s 2021 funding round, the Department of Justice said Wednesday. A federal grand jury in the Northern District of California indicted Abraham Shafi, 38 of Hawaii, with…
