The Tech Download: Can hyperscalers justify their huge AI capex?
Hyperscalers announced capex plans could hit $700 billion this year amid the AI boom.
‘Appeasement always brings new wars’, says EU’s Kaja Kallas
Kaja Kallas, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Vice-President of the European Commission, discusses nuclear deterrence debates in Europe, Russia’s history of repeated aggression, and why only sustain…
Prices, pipelines and patent cliffs: Inside pharma’s big reset
The new year is shaping up to be a defining year following a dramatic 2025, and one where the impact from last year’s developments will crystallize.
These four charts show how reliant Europe is on U.S. digital infrastructure
U.S. companies hold 85% of the European cloud market, per data from Synergy Research Group, a market analytics company.
China’s Baidu adds OpenClaw AI into search app for 700 million users ahead of Lunar New Year
Chinese search engine operator Baidu plans Friday to start letting smartphone app users to directly tell OpenClaw AI to perform tasks.
CNBC Daily Open: The AI fear spreads — real estate, trucking and logistics are its latest victims
The latest victims of artificial intelligence are real estate, trucking and logistics stocks, joining financial and software stocks in plunging on AI fears.
Europe Stoxx 600 closes lower after latest AI-driven sell-off
The Stoxx 600 closed lower on Friday as investors monitored AI concerns that hit stocks on Wall Street Thursday.
How China’s ‘unruly’ speculators might be fueling the frenzy in gold market
Gold has rarely been this volatile, and the bullion’s sharp price swings are increasingly being linked to China’s speculative traders, some analysts believe.
India approves Rafale jet purchase in $40 billion defense package ahead of Macron visit
This is part of New Delhi’s 3.6 trillion rupee defence spending plans announced on Thursday,
Xiaomi’s electric SUV tops China sales in January, sells twice as many as Tesla’s Model Y
Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi has priced its vehicles below Tesla’s and marketed features it claims are comparable or superior.
