Dado Ruvic | Reuters BEIJING — Chinese companies are accelerating the rollout of new artificial intelligence models as competition with U.S.-based rivals OpenAI, Anthropic and Google intensifies. Just over a year ago, China-made DeepSeek rocked global markets with the release of an AI chatbot that undercut OpenAI’s ChatGPT on usage fees and production costs, raising […]
Continue ReadingAmazon logo on brick office building facade with windows, San Francisco, California, Aug. 29, 2025. Smith Collection | Gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images Amazon on Tuesday sent a notice out to cloud staffers in an apparent error acknowledging “organizational changes” at the company. The e-commerce giant is expected to announce widespread layoffs across […]
Continue ReadingThe Intel logo is displayed on a sign in front of Intel headquarters on Jan. 22, 2026 in Santa Clara, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Intel, which now counts the U.S. government as its largest shareholder, said on Tuesday that it will match the Trump administration’s $1,000 payout for children of eligible U.S. employees. […]
Continue ReadingiQOO 15R will be the fastest smartphone under Rs. 55,000 in India, the smartphone maker claimed on Tuesday, while revealing that the handset will be powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset from Qualcomm. The iQOO 15R is set to be unveiled in India on February 24. It will go on sale in the […]
Continue ReadingNothing Phone 4a Pro has been assigned an EU Energy Label wth model number A069P. This model number is believed to be associated with the Phone 4a Pro. The listing shows that the upcoming phone has a 5,080mAh battery with 50W charging support. The listing suggests that the launch may not be far off.
Continue ReadingHonor is preparing to launch its next foldable, the Honor Magic V6, with fresh leaks revealing design and hardware details. Tipsters claim the phone will feature a slimmer and lighter glass-fibre body, carry the internal codename Phenom, and launch around March. It is tipped to run on the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset with […]
Continue ReadingJakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images AppLovin sent a cease and desist letter to CaptialWatch Monday, claiming the short-seller’s report that the company “serves as a ‘digital laundromat’ for criminal syndicates” is defamatory and baseless. “Your respective ‘reports’ contain numerous absurd and demonstrably false statements of purported fact about AppLovin,” the letter states, calling […]
Continue ReadingOn Monday, Amazon’s chief merchant, John Farrell, announced in a LinkedIn post that he’s leaving the company to “explore new challenges.” Farrell oversaw buying for its Fresh division and joined Amazon in 2019 from British supermarket chain Tesco. Amazon is reshaping its grocery business as it continues its nearly two-decade effort to become a giant […]
Continue ReadingCEO and Co-Founder of Anthropic Dario Amodei speaks during the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2026. Denis Balibouse | Reuters Anthropic has closed its latest funding round above the initial $10 billion target at a $350 billion valuation, CNBC confirmed on Tuesday. The round closed at a total […]
Continue ReadingCorning stock may be skyrocketing on Tuesday, but Jim Cramer has a clear message for investors tempted to take profits: The rally isn’t over yet. Shares surged more than 16% after CNBC reported that Corning inked a new partnership with fellow Club holding Meta Platforms . The Facebook parent said it will pay Corning up […]
Continue ReadingSony is said to be planning to host a State of Play broadcast in February. According to an industry insider, the livestream will likely take place in the first half of the month, during the week of February 12. The last State of Play event took place in November 2025.
Continue ReadingPete Cannito, Redwire Corporation at the New York Stock Exchange, September 8, 2021. Source: NYSE Read more CNBC tech news Some projections estimate the project could cost more than $500 billion over two decades. During his second term in office, Trump has focused on rebuilding and modernizing the U.S. military and defense manufacturing. This month, […]
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 04: Anthropic Co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei speaks at the “How AI Will Transform Business in the Next 18 Months” panel during INBOUND 2025 Powered by HubSpot at Moscone Center on September 04, 2025 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Chance Yeh/Getty Images for HubSpot) Chance Yeh | Getty Images […]
Continue ReadingThomas Fuller | Lightrocket | Getty Images TikTok has agreed to settle with a plaintiff and will no longer be part of a high-profile social media trial kicking off on Tuesday. An attorney for the plaintiff said the trial, held in Los Angeles Superior Court, will proceed as scheduled against Meta and Alphabet’s YouTube. “This […]
Continue ReadingMark Surman, president of Mozilla Foundation, speaks at The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival in New York City, U.S., May 22, 2024. Andrew Kelly | Reuters From his small, snow-covered farm outside Toronto, home to cats and a dog, and soon some donkeys, Mark Surman has been laying the groundwork for a fierce […]
Continue ReadingAstronomers have created the sharpest map yet of dark matter using deep observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. By analysing the gravitational distortion of hundreds of thousands of distant galaxies, the team traced invisible dark matter across a large region of the sky. The results confirm that dark matter forms the scaffolding around which […]
Continue ReadingRavie LakshmananJan 27, 2026Mobile Security / Spyware Meta on Tuesday announced it’s adding Strict Account Settings on WhatsApp to secure certain users against advanced cyber attacks because of who they are and what they do. The feature, similar to Lockdown Mode in Apple iOS and Advanced Protection in Android, aims to protect individuals, such as […]
Continue ReadingRavie LakshmananJan 27, 2026Threat Intelligence / Cyber Espionage Indian government entities have been targeted in two campaigns undertaken by a threat actor that operates in Pakistan using previously undocumented tradecraft. The campaigns have been codenamed Gopher Strike and Sheet Attack by Zscaler ThreatLabz, which identified them in September 2025. “While these campaigns share some similarities […]
Continue ReadingHere are some of the best smartwatches under Rs. 6,000 in India, covering a wide range of features and use cases. It includes the Amazfit Bip 5 Unity, CMF Watch Pro 2, NoiseFit Origin, Boat Valour Watch 1 GPS, and Redmi Watch 5 Lite. These models offer AMOLED displays, health and fitness tracking, Bluetooth calling, […]
Continue ReadingHMD Watch X1 and HMD Watch P1 have been launched as the first smartwatches from HMD. The Watch X1 has a 1.43-inch AMOLED display and promises up to five days of battery life on a single charge. The HMD Watch P1 features a 1.83-inch LCD screen and is claimed to offer up to four days […]
Continue ReadingSamsung has seemingly confirmed the Galaxy Buds 4 and Buds 4 Pro after both models appeared in the Samsung Members app. The sighting, first spotted by an X user, was followed by multiple certification listings across SIRIM, FCC, SGS, and BIS databases, pointing to an imminent global launch. Leaks suggest a redesigned look, new colour […]
Continue ReadingAmazfit has launched its new Active Max smartwatch in India. The latest offering from the tech firm is currently available for purchase in the country via the Amazfit India online store in a single Black shade. It features a 1.5-inch (480×480 pixels) AMOLED display, delivering up to 3,000 nits of peak brightness, 323 ppi pixel […]
Continue ReadingThe Hacker NewsJan 27, 2026Attack Surface Management / Cyber Risk Cybersecurity teams increasingly want to move beyond looking at threats and vulnerabilities in isolation. It’s not only about what could go wrong (vulnerabilities) or who might attack (threats), but where they intersect in your actual environment to create real, exploitable exposure. Which exposures truly matter? […]
Continue ReadingNew observations from ESA’s Solar Orbiter show that solar flares can be triggered by cascading magnetic disturbances. During a close solar pass, the spacecraft captured fine details of twisted magnetic fields repeatedly breaking and reconnecting, creating a magnetic “avalanche” that amplified a small instability into a powerful flare. The findings offer new insi…
Continue ReadingCybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that combines ClickFix-style fake CAPTCHAs with a signed Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) script to distribute an information stealer called Amatera. “Instead of launching PowerShell directly, the attacker uses this script to control how execution begins and to avoid more common, easily recognized execution paths,” Blackpoint researchers […]
Continue ReadingA version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Fundrise, a Washington, […]
Continue ReadingNASA has resumed efforts to reestablish contact with the MAVEN spacecraft after Mars emerged from solar conjunction. Engineers are using the Deep Space Network and studying recovered data from December 6 to determine what caused the communication loss and assess the spacecraft’s condition.
Continue ReadingThis is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Tuesday. Today we tell you about the five-year anniversary of the meme stock frenzy, which has me thinking it’s finally time to watch “Dumb Money.” S&P 500 futures are little changed. The three major indexes are coming off a winning day. […]
Continue ReadingSheldon Cooper | Lightrocket | Getty Images Pinterest said Tuesday it plans to lay off less than 15% of its workforce and cut back on office space as the company embraces artificial intelligence. In a securities filing, Pinterest said it expects the cuts will be complete by the end of its third quarter in late […]
Continue ReadingFacebook co-founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg sits in his seat inside a bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Insight Forum for all U.S. senators hosted by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 13, 2023. Leah Millis | Reuters A landmark case against social media giants Meta, Alphabet’s YouTube and […]
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