CNBC Tech - Gaming

Business news related to the technology industry, including Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Facebook, plus consumer electronics, start-ups, cryptocurrency, media, advertising, streaming, venture capital, antitrust and regulation.
  1. CEO Andy Jassy said Amazon’s massive AI spending reflects a once-in-a-generation opportunity and will ultimately reward investors.
  2. CNBC's Jim Cramer said the computer-driven economy doesn't care about oil prices or interest rates.
  3. James Dyett joined OpenAI in 2023, shortly after the company underwent a period of explosive growth with the launch of its ChatGPT chatbot.
  4. The SEC and Elon Musk agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the regulator last year against the world's richest person.
  5. Pinterest cut nearly 15% of its workforce and reduced office space in January as it pushes more resources into AI.
  6. Palantir reported better-than-expected revenue and profit, driven by growth in sales to U.S. government agencies.
  7. The move marks Anthropic's latest effort to deepen its lead in the market for enterprise AI as competition intensifies with rivals including OpenAI
  8. Lawmakers over the weekend reached a compromise on the market structure bill known as the CLARITY Act that keeps stablecoin reward programs intact.
  9. Sierra's $950 million Series E funding round was led by Tiger and Google's GV, with participation from Benchmark, Sequoia, Greenoaks and others.
  10. Elon Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 and sued the company, President Greg Brockman and CEO Sam Altman in 2024.