Tech AI spending may approach $700 billion this year, but the blow to cash raises red flags

Tech AI spending may approach 0 billion this year, but the blow to cash raises red flags

The Google Midlothian Data Center in Texas, Nov. 14, 2025. Ron Jenkins | Getty Images Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta and Amazon are expected to spend nearly $700 billion combined this year to fuel their AI build-outs. For investors who love cash above all else, some warning signs may be flashing. With the heart of tech earnings … Read more

Uber held liable, ordered to pay $8.5 million in driver rape suit

Uber held liable, ordered to pay .5 million in driver rape suit

Uber signs are seen on cars in Krakow, Poland on October 12, 2025. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Uber on Thursday was ordered to pay $8.5 million to the plaintiff in an Arizona trial that is the first lawsuit to be tried of thousands involving alleged sexual assault and misconduct by drivers on … Read more

Trump takes down racist Truth Social post showing Obamas as apes after blowback

Trump takes down racist Truth Social post showing Obamas as apes after blowback

President Donald Trump’s official Truth Social account on Friday morning deleted a video showing racist image of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama portrayed as apes following widespread bipartisan calls for its removal. The depiction of the Obamas, posted late Thursday from Trump’s official Truth Social account, was included in a … Read more

Jennifer Garner’s Once Upon a Farm opens at $21 per share in market debut, after pricing IPO at $18

Jennifer Garner’s Once Upon a Farm opens at  per share in market debut, after pricing IPO at

Jennifer Garner, co-founder of Once Upon a Farm, center, and Cassandra Curtis, co-founder of of Once Upon a Farm, center right, during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Once … Read more

Voyager Technologies CEO says space data center cooling problem still needs to be solved

Voyager Technologies CEO says space data center cooling problem still needs to be solved

Voyager Technologies CEO Dylan Taylor said two years would be an “aggressive” time frame for space data centers and that cooling remains a problem for the developing technology. While SpaceX has the heavy lift rockets to bring components to space, Taylor told CNBC’s Morgan Brennan that the lack of a cooling solution to transfer the … Read more

Stellantis shares plunge 27% after automaker announces $26 billion hit from business overhaul

Stellantis shares plunge 27% after automaker announces  billion hit from business overhaul

Stellantis logo is pictured at one of its assembly plants following a company’s announcement saying it will pause production there, in Toluca, state of Mexico, Mexico April 4, 2025.  Henry Romero | Reuters Shares of automaker Stellantis plunged 27% in European trading on Friday, after the company said it expects to take a 22-billion-euro ($26 … Read more

Toyota promotes finance chief Kenta Kon as CEO in second leadership change in 3 years

Toyota promotes finance chief Kenta Kon as CEO in second leadership change in 3 years

A Toyota dealership is seen on November 19, 2025 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Toyota Motor announced Friday that Chief Executive Officer Koji Sato will step down and be replaced by its Chief Financial Officer, Kenta Kon, marking the automaker’s second CEO transition in three years. The leadership shakeup will take effect … Read more

Japan’s Takaichi eyes decisive mandate as polls point to snap election landslide

Japan’s Takaichi eyes decisive mandate as polls point to snap election landslide

Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks at an LDP election rally in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. Traders are bracing for increased volatility as the Feb. 8 lower house election approaches. Photographer: Soichiro Koriyama/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images … Read more

U.S. asks American citizens to ‘leave Iran now’ ahead of high-stakes talks with Tehran

U.S. asks American citizens to ‘leave Iran now’ ahead of high-stakes talks with Tehran

Two armed members of Iran’s police special forces stand behind a country flag placed on an armored military vehicle during a pro-Government rally in downtown Tehran, Iran, on January 12, 2026. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images The U.S. Virtual Embassy in Iran issued a security alert early Friday urging American citizens to “leave Iran … Read more

India is reportedly ‘ready’ to buy up to $80 billion in Boeing aircraft following trade deal with U.S.

India is reportedly ‘ready’ to buy up to  billion in Boeing aircraft following trade deal with U.S.

Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles Shri Piyush Goyal is talking to media on EU-India trade relations. India will waive tariffs on industrial imports from four European nations for a $100 billion investment over 15 years, ending nearly 16 years of negotiations. Thierry Monasse | Getty Images … Read more