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Micron has joined the multi-trillion dollar valuation club, but according to multiple metrics, Micron is the black sheep of it all. While giants like Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, Microsoft, and Apple reached the $1 trillion mark with the backing of promoter CEOs and ubiquitous brand recognition, Micron’s rise as a parts maker owes much to its position in the rapidly changing technology supply chain amidst the explosive artificial intelligence boom. Micron isn’t the only company rising. South Korean memory chip makers SK Hynix and Samsung have also recently been valued at trillions of dollars as the overall importance of the sector…
On February 19, 2026, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg left federal court in downtown Los Angeles after defending the company in a landmark social media addiction trial.John Putman | Anadolu | Getty Imagesmeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company could enter the cloud computing market if it overspends on data centers and has excess capacity. “That’s definitely something that’s on the table,” Zuckerberg said Wednesday at Meta’s annual shareholder meeting in response to a question about the possibility of competing with Meta. Amazon and microsoft In cloud computing. Echoing comments from last year’s earnings call, Zuckerberg said, “Almost every week, we…
Former US First Lady Jill Biden has spoken out about her husband’s dismal performance in the first presidential debate of 2024, which ultimately marked the beginning of the end of his re-election campaign.In an interview preview published online Wednesday, the television program CBS Sunday Morning pressed the former first lady for her reaction to the moment.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of list”Did you feel scared watching it unfold?” host Rita Braver asked Jill Biden.”I wasn’t scared,” she replied. “I was scared. I’ve never seen Joe like that before or since. Never.”Braver then asked Jill Biden what she thought would…
Remote, a seven-year-old payroll service provider based in Amsterdam, says it recently surpassed $300 million in annual recurring revenue and is cash flow positive. But he insists the real story is what’s happening behind the scenes. After implementing AI at all levels of the organization, the startup saw a 50% increase in revenue per employee. “As we speak, on the second screen of my laptop, I have five different Claude instances running and building different things, some for personal use, many for remote use,” CEO Job van der Voort told TechCrunch. This includes Slack agents summarizing discussions and experimenting with…
The New York Knicks are in the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999, so the pressure is on.One player in particular, Mitchell Robinson, has been vocal about his mental health struggles. Robinson announced on Snapchat at the end of May that he was “deleting all apps for a while until I come to my senses.” He went on to say that he had recently gone through a “very upsetting experience” and added: “I have a new jersey number. My mental health is not at its best right now, but I am fighting to get back on track while…
Gen. David Petraeus, former CIA director, Fmr. Central Command and commander of U.S. forces in Iraq.Adam Jeffrey | CNBCFormer CIA Director David Petraeus said unmanned systems will pose the greatest risks and opportunities for structural growth over the next decade, citing the conflict in Iran and Ukraine as evidence that the war is rapidly evolving.Speaking at the UBS Asia Investment Conference, Petraeus said the increased use of drones in conflict zones demonstrates both the growing dangers of unmanned weapons and the urgent need to improve defenses against them.”A lot of it is going to be about unmanned systems and defending…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, May 20, 2026. President Trump is in Connecticut to deliver the commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Chip Somodevilla | Getty ImagesA $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service that President Donald Trump recently dismissed should be reopened so the judge overseeing it can investigate “whether there was any wrongdoing,” 35 former federal judges argued Wednesday.On May 18, Trump, his two eldest sons, and the Trump Organization abruptly dropped a lawsuit against the IRS and Treasury Department based on leaks…
The Trump administration is trying to put pressure on international officials who are scrutinizing reported abuses by the Israeli military.Published May 28, 2026May 28, 2026The US government has returned UN human rights expert Francesca Albanese to its list of sanctions after a judge granted a temporary injunction against the designation.On Wednesday, an update was posted on the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) website indicating that Albanians had been added to the agency’s list of Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs), without providing further details.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listMs Albanese is the UN special rapporteur on…
Cloud data storage giant Snowflake has signed a new $6 billion, five-year agreement with Amazon Web Services, the companies announced Wednesday. Snowflake has always run on AWS, but has recently become available on Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. To give you a sense of how big this deal is for these companies, Snowflake has sold a total of $7 billion worth of services through AWS Marketplace since its founding in 2012, AWS said. So this new deal is close to all the money we’ve ever made from that cloud. That’s possible because Snowflake’s customers have recently accelerated their spending on…
Neel Kashkari, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, speaks at the Milken Conference 2024 Global Conference Session at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, USA, May 7, 2024. David Swanson | ReutersMinneapolis Fed President Kashkari said Thursday that consumer price increases are “too high” and that lowering U.S. inflation is a priority over the labor market. Kashkari told CNBC’s Kaori Enjoji at the Bank of Japan’s IMES conference that the U.S. central bank will take a “balanced approach” to its dual mandate of price stability and full employment. But he noted that while inflation has…