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President Trump’s appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos last month was all about showing the rich and powerful who is boss. As his Commerce Secretary made clear at a Swiss resort, “With the arrival of President Trump, capitalism has a new sheriff in town.”As President Trump ramps up his threats against Greenland in the run-up to the summit, Western leaders are finally forced to realize that behind all the fuss, Trump may be serious about shaking up the world. Taken together with President Trump’s invasion of Venezuela and the ongoing tariff war, the US president’s actions suggest that…
Sky Sports News understands that the EFL will not change the rules allowing Marc Guehi to play for Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final, despite manager Pep Guardiola’s appeal. City defeated Newcastle 5-1 on aggregate in the semi-finals, setting up a Wembley showdown with Arsenal for the trophy. However, new signing Guehi was acquired from Crystal Palace after the first leg of the semi-final and is therefore ineligible to play in the final. Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player Sky Sports’ Michael Bridge explains why Marc Gehi was tied for the cup in the Carabao Cup…
Alphabet Inc. Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai during the Bloomberg Tech Conference on Wednesday, June 4, 2025 in San Francisco, California, USA. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesGoogle’s parent company alphabet Fourth-quarter sales beat Wall Street expectations, but new high hurdles for expected spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure dampened enthusiasm.Google’s parent company’s stock continued to fall in after-hours trading on Wednesday, despite better-than-expected revenue, earnings per share and cloud, showing Wall Street remains sensitive to AI spending.Alphabet said it expects capital spending in 2026 to be in the range of $175 billion to $185 billion. The high end…
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Happy Thursday. Taco Bell’s parent company reported strong same-store sales growth for the chain yesterday, which makes me wonder how much my Crunchwrap Supreme order contributed.Stock futures are falling this morning. of S&P500 I saw a losing session yesterday as well.Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.1. Hard resetPiotr Swat | SOPA Images | Light Rocket | Getty ImagesPressure on software stocks has intensified in recent days. Industry executives are urging investors not to panic, but Wall Street appears…
The Office of Personnel Management’s new rules reclassify senior officials as at-will employees and could fire them for “deliberately subverting the president’s directives.”Published February 5, 2026February 5, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2sharePresident Donald Trump’s administration has finalized an overhaul of the U.S. government’s civil service system, giving him authority to hire and fire an estimated 50,000 career federal employees, according to a government statement.The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Thursday plans to create a new category for high-level career employees involved in carrying out administration policy, The Wall Street Journal reported. Employees in this category…
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry claimed on Thursday that Russian Starlink satellite internet terminals were “blocked” inside Ukraine, thereby disrupting Russian military communications. Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said SpaceX is working with Ukraine to update a “white list” of approved and verified Starlink terminals, while unapproved Russian systems are blocked. “Starlink terminals added to the ‘whitelist’ are working. Russian terminals are already blocked,” Fedorov said in a statement on Thursday. “We continue to validate Starlink terminals. The first batch of ‘whitelisted’ terminals is already operational.” An official at Ukraine’s military general staff claimed that “all Russian Starlink links have been cut…
Celtic are in advanced talks with former Arsenal and Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.The Scottish champions are confident of completing a deal with the England international as a free agent who is likely to undergo a medical on Thursday. Sky Sports News revealed earlier this week that Celtic were interested in the 32-year-old, and manager Martin O’Neill confirmed in a press conference on Tuesday that he had held discussions with the player. Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player Chris Sutton meets Martin O’Neill to discuss his second appointment as manager this season, including the ‘reconciliation’ between club and…
Mati Staniszewski, co-founder and CEO of Eleven Labs, says voice is becoming the next major interface for AI, meaning models are moving beyond text and screens and increasingly the way people interact with machines. Speaking at the Web Summit in Doha, Staniszewski told TechCrunch that speech models like the one developed by Eleven Labs are now moving beyond simply imitating human speech (including emotion and intonation) to working in conjunction with the inference capabilities of larger language models. As a result, he argued, the way people interact with technology will change. In the next few years, he said, “hopefully all…
A sign outside Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, on Tuesday, February 3, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images of the alphabet Fourth-quarter earnings and sales exceeded Wall Street expectations. The company’s cloud division has delivered impressive results, increasing revenue by nearly 48% year over year. The technology giant expects capital spending to be between $175 billion and $185 billion in 2026. Once the cap is reached, capital spending will be more than double what it was last year. The large rally appeared to surprise investors, with Alphabet shares falling as much as 3% in after-hours trading.Artificial…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in Berlin on September 25, 2025.Florian Gärtner | Phototech | Getty ImagesOpenAI on Thursday announced a new enterprise platform called Frontier. This is the latest release as part of the company’s continued efforts to reach more enterprise customers.Frontier acts as an intelligence layer that connects disparate systems and data within an organization. OpenAI said its platform will make it easier for companies to manage, deploy and build artificial intelligence agents – tools that can independently complete tasks on behalf of users.”Frontier is really a recognition that we’re not going to build everything ourselves,” Fiji Simo, OpenAI’s…