This report is from this week’s The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. Who remembers the phrase “BBM me?” In its heyday, BlackBerry was one of the biggest phone makers in the world. BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) was the instant messaging service that became a fixture of early smartphone culture. But while,…
GTA VI website displayed on a screen and PlayStation DualSense controller are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on July 1, 2026. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Streaming platforms struggled to handle huge demand for the first official preview of the upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6 on Thursday, sending shares of…
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff appears at the 2023 Dreamforce conference in San Francisco on Sept. 12, 2023. Marlena Sloss | Bloomberg | Getty Images For the better part of a year, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has been hearing that his company could get wiped out by AI. He’s scoffed anytime someone has asked him about…
An aerial view of Marvell Headquarters in Santa Clara, California, United States on June 2, 2026. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu | Getty Images Marvell Technology shares fell 8% in premarket trading despite a second-quarter revenue beat, as its raised fiscal 2028 outlook failed to meet investors’ elevated expectations. The chipmaker said it now expects revenue…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday there’s a simple reason demand for Nvidia’s AI chips continues to pick up steam: customers are finding they can make money almost immediately. “The profits are here now, customers are using them, and they’re making a killing,” Cramer said on ” Squawk on the Street .” “It’s no longer something…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addresses the gathering at the AI Impact Summit, in New Delhi, India, February 19, 2026. Bhawika Chhabra | Reuters OpenAI has rolled out ads on ChatGPT for select plans in India, one of its largest and most active markets, as the artificial intelligence company looks to maximize its revenue ahead of…
Liang Wenfeng, founder of startup DeepSeek, delivers the keynote speech during the 10th China Private Equity Golden Bull Awards on August 30, 2019 in Shanghai, China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images DeepSeek, the lab that put Chinese artificial intelligence on the map last January, has long been financed by High-Flyer Quant, its…
Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, during an interview on “The Circuit with Emily Chang” at Anthropic’s headquarters in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, April 30, 2026. Jason Henry | Bloomberg | Getty Images A federal judge in California on Thursday ruled that the Pentagon’s effort to blacklist Anthropic earlier this…
Indiana Governor Mike Braun, SK Hynix CEO Kwak Noh-Jung and other officials gathered at Purdue University to signal the ceremonial groundbreaking of SK Hynix’s advanced packaging facility in West Lafayette, Indiana, on August 27, 2026. Alex Bedoya | CNBC SK Hynix, the South Korean memory maker that’s emerged as one of the biggest winners in…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday said strong earnings results from Nvidia and Salesforce shattered two of Wall Street’s biggest tech bear narratives, sending both stocks soaring. “We were in the grip of some lies and damn lies, backed by chimerical statistics, and now both bear stories backfired,” the “Mad Money” host said. “Today was a…