Slack CEO Denise Dresser during TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, Oct. 29, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI on Tuesday announced that it’s tapped Slack CEO Denise Dresser as its chief revenue officer. Dresser will oversee the artificial intelligence startup’s global revenue strategy across both customer success and enterprise, OpenAI said in […]
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump‘s decision to let U.S. tech giant Nvidia sell more advanced semiconductors to China is getting pushback from some Republicans wary of giving Beijing an edge in the global race to AI dominance. The agreement, which Trump announced in a Truth Social post Monday evening, would allow Nvidia to sell its H200 artificial […]
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 Tuesday’s key moments. 1. Stocks are higher ahead of Wednesday’s Federal Reserve interest rate decision. The U.S. central bank is expected to cut rates by 25 basis points, making it the third cut […]
Continue ReadingA massive sunspot complex has appeared on the Sun, covering an area comparable to the legendary Carrington Event region. Known as AR 4294-96, the active cluster features highly tangled magnetic fields that could unleash powerful solar flares and geomagnetic storms, potentially disrupting satellites, power grids, and global communications if Earth-directed eruptions oc…
Continue ReadingDec 09, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Malware Four distinct threat activity clusters have been observed leveraging a malware loader known as CastleLoader, strengthening the previous assessment that the tool is offered to other threat actors under a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) model. The threat actor behind CastleLoader has been assigned the name GrayBravo by Recorded Future’s Insikt Group, […]
Continue ReadingSamsung Galaxy XR, the company’s first extended reality (XR) headset, was launched globally in October. The Galaxy XR ships with Android XR, Google’s dedicated operating system (OS) for XR devices. Now, Google has announced that it is bringing new features for the XR headset with the latest Android XR update, which started rolling out on […]
Continue ReadingFifth Third Bank Regional bank Fifth Third on Tuesday announced a deal making fintech firm Brex the provider of its commercial cards and expense management tools for business clients. The program will run on Brex’s embedded payments platform, which lets banks issue corporate cards and automate expense reporting using artificial intelligence tools, the companies said […]
Continue ReadingDec 09, 2025Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Endpoint Security The threat actor known as Storm-0249 is likely shifting from its role as an initial access broker to adopt a combination of more advanced tactics like domain spoofing, DLL side-loading, and fileless PowerShell execution to facilitate ransomware attacks. “These methods allow them to bypass defenses, infiltrate networks, maintain […]
Continue ReadingDavid Ellison, chairman and chief executive officer of Paramount Skydance Corp., center, outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Here are five key things investors need […]
Continue ReadingWant to delete your Snapchat account? In this guide, we’ll walk you through how to delete your Snapchat account. You can delete your Snapchat account using a web browser on a desktop or laptop, or you can choose to delete your account from the Snapchat app on an Android smartphone or iPhone.
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie speaks during a press conference at San Francisco City Hall on Oct. 23, 2025 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images San Francisco’s Downtown Development Corporation, launched in April by Mayor Daniel Lurie, said on Tuesday that it’s received over $60 million in early commitments from donors including […]
Continue ReadingDado Ruvic | Reuters Look at what Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has said this year, and what Chinese tech giants and Beijing have done, and you’ll see potential hints as to how this lifting of the ban will play out. Why China might push back against the H200 The H200 is one of Nvidia’s most […]
Continue ReadingMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes a keynote speech at the Meta Connect annual event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on Sept. 25, 2024. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was so optimistic last year about his company’s Llama family of artificial intelligence models that he predicted they would become the […]
Continue ReadingSeveral AI applications can be seen on a smartphone screen, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Microsoft Copilot, Meta AI, Grok and DeepSeek. Philip Dulian | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Corporate leaders and investors are brimming with optimism about the potential of artificial intelligence to boost worker productivity, profitability and shareholder returns. The general public […]
Continue ReadingZero Trust helps organizations shrink their attack surface and respond to threats faster, but many still struggle to implement it because their security tools don’t share signals reliably. 88% of organizations admit they’ve suffered significant challenges in trying to implement such approaches, according to Accenture. When products can’t communicate, real-time access decisions break down. The […]
Continue ReadingGoogle on Monday announced a set of new security features in Chrome, following the company’s addition of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to the web browser. To that end, the tech giant said it has implemented layered defenses to make it harder for bad actors to exploit indirect prompt injections that arise as a result […]
Continue ReadingU.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) raises a finger as he speaks during a press conference, more than a month into the longest U.S. government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 10, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters House Democrats are forming a commission on artificial intelligence to position themselves as leaders on the issue […]
Continue ReadingNVIDIA AI Computing Card captured in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on Dec. 9, 2025. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images U.S. authorities announced Tuesday that they have shut down yet another China-linked smuggling network that trafficked or attempted to traffic more than $160 million in export-controlled Nvidia AI chips. According to a press release […]
Continue ReadingCanadian organizations have emerged as the focus of a targeted cyber campaign orchestrated by a threat activity cluster known as STAC6565. Cybersecurity company Sophos said it investigated almost 40 intrusions linked to the threat actor between February 2024 and August 2025. The campaign is assessed with high confidence to share overlaps with a hacking group […]
Continue ReadingGoogle was on Tuesday hit with an EU antitrust investigation over its use of online content for AI purposes, marking the latest in a series of crackdowns from the bloc on regulating U.S. big tech companies. The European Commission said it was investigating whether Google had breached EU competition rules by using the content of […]
Continue ReadingTech behemoths Apple and Google are said to have joined hands to develop a functionality that could make the process of switching between Android and iPhone easier. According to a report, the in-development feature was sighted in the latest Android Canary build, released today (December 9). While it isn’t available to the public yet, it […]
Continue ReadingDec 09, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Analysis Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two new extensions on Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Marketplace that are designed to infect developer machines with stealer malware. The VS Code extensions masquerade as a premium dark theme and an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistant, but, in actuality, harbor covert functionality […]
Continue ReadingRealme will launch the Narzo 90 series in India on December 16, introducing the Narzo 90 and Narzo 90x. The phones will be sold via Amazon and the Realme India website and are positioned as value-for-money options. The Narzo 90 is aimed at students and professionals, while the Narzo 90x targets college users. The Narzo […]
Continue ReadingLava Play Max has been launched in India. The new phone comes in two colours with a 5,000mAh battery with support for 33W charging. It runs on a MediaTek Dimensity 7300 chipset and has a 6.72-inch display. The new phone has Vapour Chamber cooling. The handset is advertised to support titles like COD Mobile, BGMI […]
Continue ReadingA view of the water tower at Paramount Studios on Oct. 30, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, following Netflix’s announcement last week that it had reached a deal to buy the HBO owner. The company is “here […]
Continue ReadingRedmi Note 15 5G 108 Master Pixel Edition is confirmed to launch in India on January 6, 2026. Apart from the launch date, the design of the smartphone has also been teased by the company. It is shown to sport a curved display, while sporting a metal frame. It could feature a 6.8-inch AMOLED display […]
Continue ReadingAs countries race to build domestic data centers in the name of sovereign AI, Saudi Arabia is betting on a more creative idea: data embassies. A data embassy is where data is stored outside of a country’s physical borders but operates under its laws, much like a diplomatic embassy. The concept is not new. Estonia established the first data embassy in 2017 and there’s only been one […]
Continue ReadingPoco C85 5G has launched in India and the new smartphone ships with Android 15-based HyperOS 2.2. It carries a dual rear camera unit, headlined by a 50-megapixel primary shooter. On the front, it gets an 8-megapixel selfie camera. The handset packs a 6,000mAh battery with 33W wired fast charging support. It also ships with […]
Continue ReadingThe Game Awards 2025 will feature an announcement on the future of Tomb Raider. Geoff Keighley and the official Tomb Raider X account confirmed that the future of the franchise will be revealed at the awards ceremony on December 11.
Continue ReadingOnePlus 15R will be launched globally by the Chinese smartphone maker in the third week of December. For the phone’s unveiling in India, the tech firm is hosting an event in Bengaluru. While it was already confirmed that the OnePlus Pad Go 2 will also be launched in global markets alongside the OnePlus 15R, the […]
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