Palantir was an outlier in a tough week for the stock market, as the provider of software and services to the U.S. government saw its stock rally 15% following the U.S. attack on Iran. The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 1.2% for the week, pushed lower by names like Apple, Google and Micron, and other benchmarks tumbled […]
Continue ReadingAmazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during a keynote address at AWS re:Invent 2024, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, at The Venetian Las Vegas on December 3, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Noah Berger | Getty Images Amazon said Friday it will continue offering Anthropic’s artificial intelligence technology to its cloud customers, excluding work […]
Continue ReadingVast missed out on the first round of NASA awards for the next International Space Station, but that isn’t stopping the company from going all in on stage two. CEO Max Haot told CNBC’s Morgan Brennan this week that the company is betting on its “leapfrog strategy” and planning to build and launch a successful […]
Continue ReadingThe logos of Google Gemini, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Claude by Anthropic, Perplexity, and Bing apps are displayed on the screen of a smartphone in Reno, United States, on November 21, 2024. Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images The artificial intelligence craze faces a significant gender gap, with more men showing enthusiasm about the technology, […]
Continue ReadingGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai gestures to the crowd during Google’s annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, on May 20, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google said it will continue offering Anthropic’s artificial intelligence technology for clients, excluding for defense work, a day after Microsoft issued a similar statement to […]
Continue ReadingEvery weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Friday’s key moments. 1. Stocks fell Friday as the war in the Middle East escalated. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq were both off roughly 1% after President Donald Trump said Friday […]
Continue ReadingMarvell shares ripped 20% higher on Friday as the company posted an earnings beat and issued strong guidance, expecting robust artificial intelligence demand to continue. The semiconductor company reported adjusted earnings of 80 cents per share for the quarter, exceeding the 79 cents per share expected by analysts polled by LSEG. The company reported $2.2 […]
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Ravie LakshmananMar 06, 2026Threat Intelligence / Cyber Espionage The Pakistan-aligned threat actor known as Transparent Tribe has become the latest hacking group to embrace artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding tools to strike targets with various implants. The activity is designed to produce a “high-volume, mediocre mass of implants” that are developed using lesser-known programming languages like […]
Continue ReadingVivo appears to have showcased another X300-series smartphone at MWC 2026, which leaks suggest could be the rumoured Vivo X300 Max. The handset was seen during a MediaTek Dimensity 9500 presentation and was identified by a journalist, who shared images showing the model number V2548A. Photos indicate a Zeiss-branded rear camera layout with three visible […]
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Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a multi-stage malware campaign that uses batch scripts as a pathway to deliver various encrypted remote access trojan (RATs) payloads that correspond to XWorm, AsyncRAT, and Xeno RAT. The stealthy attack chain has been codenamed VOID#GEIST by Securonix Threat Research. At a high level, the obfuscated batch script is […]
Continue ReadingThe Samsung exhibition stand features the prominent ”A new era of mobile agentic AI” slogan by the South Korean company Samsung Electronics. Joan Cros | Nurphoto | Getty Images Samsung’s upcoming smart glasses will have a camera and be connected to a smartphone, a top executive told CNBC, as the tech giant prepares to make […]
Continue ReadingThis is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Friday. As if this week wasn’t newsy enough, we’re minutes away from February’s jobs report. Stock futures are down this morning after a losing day. Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day: 1. Ups […]
Continue ReadingPoco X8 Pro series will be launched in select global markets on March 17, according to a report citing industry sources. This comes soon after the company confirmed that its upcoming Poco X series, expected to be called the Poco X8 Pro and Poco X8 Pro Max, will be equipped with the MediaTek Dimensity 8500 […]
Continue ReadingThe iPhone 17e, OnePlus 15R, and iQOO 15R compete in the premium mid-range segment with powerful chipsets and AMOLED displays. The iPhone 17e runs on Apple’s A19 chip and iOS 26, while the OnePlus 15R and iQOO 15R use the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset. OnePlus offers a 165Hz AMOLED display and a 7,400mAh battery […]
Continue ReadingHere are some of the best business printers available in India. The listed models from brands like HP, Brother, and Canon are suitable for office use in India. Buyers can compare their print quality, paper handling and running costs before making the purchase. They offer different print speeds and connectivity options. Some models are monochrome […]
Continue ReadingThis report is from this week’s The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. Banking, payments, enterprise and consumer services in the UAE experienced outages earlier this week as AWS (Amazon Web Services) data centers in the country were hit by Iranian drone strikes on Sunday. Many of the apps have since […]
Continue ReadingXiaomi, on Friday, announced a new artificial intelligence (AI) agent, dubbed miclaw, for its smartphones and smart home devices. The agentic AI assistant has now entered a limited closed beta phase, and the company is now testing how the agent performs in real-world scenarios. The Chinese tech giant said that the tool is designed to […]
Continue ReadingOnePlus 15T is confirmed to feature a 6.32-inch flat display. The display has rounded corners and slim bezels on all four sides. It is confirmed to feature an upgraded 3D ultrasonic fingerprint sensor and support magnetic accessories. Separately, the OnePlus 15T was spotted on Geekbench with model number OnePlus PLZ110. It was spotted with Android […]
Continue ReadingVivo X300 Ultra was recently showcased at MWC 2026 in Barcelona. A company executive recently confirmed that the handset will feature a 200-megapixel primary camera, and has now shared more information about its upgraded periscope telephoto unit. It is claimed to adopt a gimbal-style stabilisation concept, achieving CIPA 7.0 professional-grade stabilisation. Apart fro…
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The Hacker NewsMar 06, 2026Artificial Intelligence / Enterprise Security Scaling cybersecurity services as an MSP or MSSP requires technical expertise and a business model that delivers measurable value at scale. Risk-based cybersecurity is the foundation of that model. When done right, it builds client trust, increases upsell opportunities, and drives recurring revenue. But to deliver […]
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New research from Broadcom’s Symantec and Carbon Black Threat Hunter Team has discovered evidence of an Iranian hacking group embedding itself in several U.S. companies’ networks, including banks, airports, non-profit, and the Israeli arm of a software company. The activity has been attributed to a state-sponsored hacking group called MuddyWater (aka Seedworm). It’s affiliated with […]
Continue ReadingTruke TruClips open wireless stereo earbuds were launched in India at Rs. 1,999. The earbuds feature an open-ear clip-on design intended to allow ambient sound to remain audible during use. They come with 12mm customised titanium drivers and also include quad microphones with ENC, a 40ms low-latency mode, and Bluetooth 5.4 connectivity with dual device […]
Continue ReadingPoco C85x 5G will be launched in India on March 10 as the latest addition to the Poco C series, the Chinese smartphone announced on Friday. On top of this, the Xiaomi sub-brand has updated the dedicated microsite for the handset to reveal its design. The phone appears with a dual rear camera unit, housed […]
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Ravie LakshmananMar 05, 2026Vulnerability / Enterprise Security Cisco has disclosed that two more vulnerabilities affecting Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (formerly SD-WAN vManage) have come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerabilities in question are listed below – CVE-2026-20122 (CVSS score: 7.1) – An arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability that could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to […]
Continue ReadingGoogle’s Pixel 10a is nearly identical to the Pixel 9a it replaces. There are minuscule design changes as well. With faster charging being the only real-world improvement over the previous model, can the humble Pixel 10a stand up to the brutal competition at the lower-end of the premium segment in India?
Continue ReadingGoogle has started warning users about Android apps that consume excessive battery due to high background activity. The Google Play Store will now display warning labels on apps that cause excessive battery drain. The apps which repeatedly cross the “Excessive Partial Wake Lock” threshold will be excluded from Play Store recommendations. Affected apps misuse Android…
Continue ReadingMeta, on Wednesday, changed its policy to allow third-party artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots on WhatsApp in select regions. The updated policy was specified following objections from the European Union (EU), which found the older policy in breach of its competition rules. However, while the social media giant has agreed to open WhatsApp to rival AI […]
Continue ReadingPoco X8 Pro Max has reportedly been spotted on the Geekbench benchmarking platform with the Xiaomi 2602BPC18G model number. The handset appears with an octa core chipset. This comes soon after the Xiaomi sub-brand teased that one of the models in the upcoming Poco X8 series will be powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra […]
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Ravie LakshmananMar 06, 2026Cyber Espionage / Threat Intelligence A China-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) actor has been targeting critical telecommunications infrastructure in South America since 2024, targeting Windows and Linux systems and edge devices with three different implants. The activity is being tracked by Cisco Talos under the moniker UAT-9244, describing it as closely associated […]
Continue ReadingNew Webb observations refined asteroid 2024 YR4’s orbit, showing it will safely pass about 21,200 km from the Moon in December 2032. The earlier 4.3% impact probability has now been eliminated.
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