Technology
- Palo Alto Networks announces multibillion-dollar deal with Google Cloud - The agreement is an expansion of the companies' existing strategic partnership.
- Google's boomerang year: 20% of AI software engineers hired in 2025 were ex-employees - As competition heats up for AI talent, Google turned to hiring more so-called boomerang employees in 2025.
- Oracle stock jumps 5% as cloud provider joins investor group to run TikTok's U.S. business - The new joint venture will prevent TikTok from shutting down in the U.S. due to national security concerns.
- Data center deals hit record $61 billion in 2025 as AI valuation risks and funding concerns grip investors - Hyperscalers are increasingly turning to outside capital in the form of debt to fund the energy-intensive infrastructure.
- Micron stock pops 12% as AI memory demand soars: 'We are more than sold out' - Micron said it expects the total addressable market for high-bandwidth memory to hit $100 billion by 2028.
- What's ahead for media in 2026? Anonymous executives make bold predictions - CNBC spoke with 16 anonymous media executives who each gave a bold industry prediction for 2026.
- Exclusive-How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips - In a high-security Shenzhen laboratory, Chinese scientists have built what Washington has spent years trying to prevent: a prototype of a machine capable of producing the cutting-edge semiconductor chips that power artificial intelligence,
- Oracle stock dips 5% on report Blue Owl Capital won't back $10 billion data center - The cloud company later said the project was moving forward and "on schedule," but that Blue Owl was not part of equity talks.
- OpenAI in talks with Amazon about investment that could exceed $10 billion - OpenAI is in discussions with Amazon about a potential investment and an agreement to use its artificial intelligence chips, CNBC confirmed.
- Shares of Chinese chipmaker MetaX soar nearly 700% in blockbuster Shanghai debut - Shares of Chinese chipmaker MetaX Integrated Circuits Shanghai soared nearly 700% after raising nearly $600 million in its initial public offering.