Amazon CTO on opening Southeast Asia cloud regions

Amazon is opening cloud regions in Southeast Asia because customers want their data stored securely in their own countries, Amazon Chief Technology Officer Werner Vogels said in an exclusive interview. “The reason for this is that many of our customers have been asking for that. They really wanted something local such that they can meet, for … Read more

CEO of world’s largest wealth fund says there’s a lot of froth

The chief executive of Norway’s gigantic sovereign wealth fund on Tuesday said there is “clearly a lot of froth” in the tech sector, suggesting that whether there is too much of it could depend on this week’s tech earnings bonanza. U.S. tech behemoths including Tesla, Meta, Microsoft and Google parent Alphabet are all scheduled to … Read more

AI startup Stability lays off 10% of employees after CEO exit

Emad Mostaque, founder and CEO of Stability AI, speaks during the Bloomberg Technology Summit in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, June 22, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Beleaguered artificial intelligence startup Stability is laying off employees after the exit of its controversial former CEO Emad Mostaque. Stability, which is behind … Read more

World’s largest sovereign wealth fund posts $110 billion in Q1 profit

Norway’s giant sovereign wealth fund on Thursday reported first-quarter profit of 1.21 trillion kroner ($109.9 billion), supported by robust returns on its investments in technology stocks. The so-called Government Pension Fund Global, the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, said it had a value of 17.7 trillion kroner at the end of March. It described the … Read more

Tesla cuts price FSD premium driver assistance option by half in U.S.

Drivers charge their Teslas in Fountain Valley, CA, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Jeff Gritchen | Medianews Group | Getty Images Tesla said on Friday that it’s cutting the subscription price of its premium driver assistance system for customers in the U.S. Marketed as its Full Self-Driving, or FSD, package, Tesla customers will now pay … Read more

Top Amazon exec says it’s a ‘myth’ robots steal jobs

A robot prepares to pick up a tote containing product at the Amazon Robotics fulfillment center on April 12, 2019 in Orlando, Florida. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images A top Amazon executive told CNBC Thursday that it’s a “myth” that robots and other technologies take jobs away from people. Stefano La Rovere, director of … Read more

Microsoft will unveil new Windows and cloud AI features in May

Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder and chief executive officer of Inflection AI UK Ltd., speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2024. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft will reveal brand-new artificial intelligence tools for use on PCs and in the cloud at its annual Build conference, according to a … Read more

Google partners with Bayer on new AI product for radiologists

Google Cloud and the German health-care company Bayer on Tuesday announced they are building an artificial intelligence-powered platform that aims to help radiologists diagnose patients and work through cases more quickly.  The platform’s generative AI flags anomalies within images for radiologists to look at, and it can also pull up relevant information from that patient’s … Read more

Good news is good news for the market. Palo Alto Networks may be a buy

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. (We’re no longer recording the audio, so we can get this new written feature to members as quickly as possible.) Good news is good news: The … Read more

In AI race with US, China is behind on a key weapon: Its own OpenAI

People learn about Baidu’s artificial intelligence chatbot service Ernie Bot during the 2nd Global Digital Trade Expo at Hangzhou International Expo Center on November 23, 2023 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China.  China News Service | China News Service | Getty Images Nvidia’s rocket-ship ride in the stock market underscores the extent to which chip … Read more