Cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30, 2024. Danielle DeVries | CNBC If there is one thing the U.S. needs to lead the artificial intelligence revolution, it’s electricity. Insane amounts of it. A 2024 report commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy …
Security officers block entrance doors after pro-Palestinian protesters attempted to enter the Microsoft Build conference at the Seattle Convention Center Arch building in Seattle, Washington on May 19, 2025. Jason Redmond | Afp | Getty Images At Microsoft’s annual Build conference on Tuesday, Executive Vice President Jay Parikh’s keynote was …
Micha Pawlitzki | The Image Bank | Getty Images The nuclear industry is racing to launch advanced small reactors by the early 2030s, aiming to meet the deep-pocketed technology sector’s growing need for electricity to fuel artificial intelligence. The world has relied largely on the same pressurized-water reactor technology for …
Two years ago this month, we saw the ascendance of what would ultimately become the “Magnificent Seven.” I recall the moment well. I was down in Florida, trying to get a few days of sun with my wife, Lisa, and next thing I know I found myself buying makeup at Target …
Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang testifies before a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technology, and Innovation hearing about battlefield AI on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 18, 2023. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Scale AI on Wednesday announced a deal with the Department of Defense for a flagship AI agent …
The blessed, they are so few. That’s how I feel when I look at the crop of initial public offerings (IPOs) since 2020, a cornucopia of huge winners at the start of the decade, including Alex Karp’s Palantir, followed by a mighty fallow crop to the present. Trying furiously to …
Citi cuts Nvidia target ahead of earnings, still sees 37% upside Citi cut its price target on Nvidia ahead of its earnings report later this month. Analyst Atif Malik reduced the 12-month price target to $163 from $175 previously. The new forecast still represents a 37% rally from Tuesday’s close …
Earnings season ramps up another notch next week to start February, forcing investors to wade through a barrage of quarterly results amid ongoing policy uncertainty that promises upheaval for an already choppy stock market. The January jobs report is also due out Friday. Next week will be the busiest stretch …
Former Goldman Sachs executive Ayesha Ofori was confident that investors would be keen to fund her investment platform startup — then came the wall of rejections. Some of the venture capitalists who gave the cold shoulder to Ofori’s female-focused financial investment platform, Propelle, ultimately rejected her, citing her lack of …
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai gestures during a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on January 22, 2020. Fabrice COFFRINI | AFP | Getty Images Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees last week that “the stakes are high” for 2025, as the company faces increased competition …