Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., does a TV interview in the Russell Senate Office Building on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. Bill Clark | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Wednesday criticized the Trump administration’s decision to take a 10% stake in embattled chipmaker Intel, calling the investment “a step towards socialism.” Intel announced last month…
Alphabet shares rose 7% on Wednesday as investors viewed the result of Google’s antitrust case as broadly favorable to the tech giant. The U.S. Department of Justice had proposed a sort of break-up of Google, which included divesting its Chrome browser, in an antitrust case that began in September 2023. While Google was found to…
U.S. President Donald Trump at an event to announce that Space Force Command will move from Colorado to Alabama, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sept. 2, 2025. Brian Snyder | Reuters Labor Day in the U.S., which took place Monday, marks the unofficial end of summer —…
When OpenAI rocked the tech world with the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, Google scrambled to roll out what employees called a “rushed,” “botched” and “un-Googley” competitor. Those early stumbles may have been a blessing in disguise. On Tuesday, a federal judge ruled against the most severe consequences that were proposed by the U.S. Department…
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff participates in an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22, 2025. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Salesforce has cut 4,000 of its customer support roles, CEO Marc Benioff recently said while discussing how artificial intelligence has helped reduce the company headcount. Benioff revealed the…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai during the press conference after his meeting with Polish PM Donald Tusk at Google for Startups Campus In Warsaw in Warsaw, Poland on February 13, 2025. Images) Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from…
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, attends the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 8, 2025. David A. Grogan | CNBC OpenAI continued its spending spree, announcing on Tuesday that it’s acquired Statsig, a product development startup, for $1.1 billion. Statsig helps…
Romain Costaseca | Afp | Getty Images Bitcoin edged higher on Tuesday as stocks fell and gold shot to a new record. The price of so-called digital gold rose as much as 2% to reclaim the $111,000 level after dropping over the weekend to a low last seen in July. Spot gold hovered around $3,500…
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…
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during an American Technology Council roundtable at the White House in Washington on June 19, 2017. Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images Microsoft has agreed to give the U.S. General Services Administration $3.1 billion in potential savings over the course of a year on…
