Elon Musk announced his new company xAI which he says has the goal to understand the true nature of the universe. Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images Tesla sold $430 million worth of its giant backup batteries called Megapacks to xAI, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, in 2025, according to a filing on Thursday….
A federal appeals court late Friday allowed construction to continue on President Donald Trump’s new White House ballroom until June, just a day after a federal judge halted progress. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The three-judge panel on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for…
A sample prompt in ChatGPT using Starbucks’ beta app Source: Starbucks Starbucks has launched a beta app in ChatGPT to provide inspiration for customers’ drink orders, the company said Wednesday. To use the beta app, customers need to enable the Starbucks app through ChatGPT’s app directory and then enter a prompt on the chatbot that…
Benedict Garman, Emma Pengellyand Matt Murphy,BBC Verify BBC Israel has moved the blocks which are supposed to mark its post-ceasefire line of control deeper into Gaza in several places, sowing confusion among Palestinians. Satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show that in at least three areas Israel placed blocks, before returning later and moving the…
Elon Musk is one of the most widely known entrepreneurs of the modern age. He is known for establishing and managing companies which have significantly altered the perception of technologies such as electric cars and space exploration. Apart from being successful in his business ventures, he is also recognized as a rather peculiar thinker who…
Daniel BushWashington correspondent Watch: Republican senators express disappointment in DHS Secretary Noem Republican lawmakers are starting to break with the Trump administration over its immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, as the party scrambles to respond to growing public anger after two US citizens were killed by federal agents. But even as some Republicans in Washington speak…
Render employees, including CEO Anurag Goel, center, gather at the startup’s headquarters in San Francisco on Feb. 11, 2026. Render Venture capitalists are doubling down on Render, a startup offering easy-to-use cloud infrastructure. On Tuesday it said it has raised $100 million in funding at a $1.5 billion valuation. The lucrative cloud computing world, dominated…
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Tuesday, and happy Year of the Horse! I’m back after a week in Costa Rica, where I sampled coffee, memorized the USD-colón conversion rate and wished my Spanish was better. S&P 500 futures are lower this morning. The stock market is…
The remote Yonaguni island lies on the frontlines of self-governing Taiwan’s growing tensions with China. Source link
The attack, in the eastern Pacific, was part of a continuing campaign by the U.S. Southern Command to target people suspected of smuggling drugs, and raised the overall death toll to at least 156. Source link