Digital asset infrastructure company Fireblocks said it has disrupted a North Korea-linked job recruitment impersonation scam that was targeting digital assets. Fireblocks said hackers used fake job interviews to compromise developers and gain access to crypto infrastructure. According to the firm, the hackers were able to closely resemble a legitimate Fireblocks hiring process and impersonate…
The logo for Google LLC is seen at the Google Store Chelsea in Manhattan, New York, Nov. 17, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters A federal jury in San Francisco on Thursday convicted a former Google software engineer of stealing trade secrets related to the search company’s AI technology. The jury found 38 year-old Linwei Ding,…
Mesh Cube | Istock | Getty Images A new super PAC backed by AI companies raised $125 million in 2025 to further its goal of backing candidates who support national AI regulations rather than state-by-state rules. The group, Leading the Future, said it has $70 million on hand at the end of the year after…
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Friday. President Donald Trump has made his decision on who he’ll nominate to be the Federal Reserve’s next chair, and it turns out that it was one of the “Kevins” after all. Stock futures are lower this morning. The S&P 500…
Key Points Microsoft’s stock saw its biggest daily decline since 2020 on Thursday, falling 10%. The stock is up 0.5% premarket on Friday. Thursday’s share slide wiped $357 billion off the software giant’s market cap. Analysts attributed the move to company’s cloud computing business growing slightly slower than expected. Microsoft’s stock isn’t recovering in Friday’s…
A digger sits at the construction site of the Federal Reserve headquarters, after U.S. President Donald Trump renewed his threat to bring a lawsuit against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over Powell’s management of renovations of the building, in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 12, 2026. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The current moment feels like the finale…
A Waymo vehicle exits a charging lot on Jan. 15, 2026 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Alphabet-owned Waymo has informed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that one of its driverless vehicles “struck a child near an elementary school” in Santa Monica, California The Jan. 23 incident is now being investigated by…
Waymo driverless taxi parks in lower Manhattan in New York City, U.S., Nov. 26, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Waymo is starting to take San Francisco passengers to the airport. The Alphabet-owned company said in a blog post Thursday that it is opening up San Francisco International Airport access to a select number of customers,…
Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, speaks during a media tour of the Stargate data center in Abilene, Texas, on Sept. 23, 2025. Stargate is a collaboration of OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank, with promotional support from President Donald Trump, to build data centers and other infrastructure for artificial intelligence throughout the U.S. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg |…
A general view of the Apple retail store on Nanjing East Road in Shanghai, China, on Jan. 29, 2026. Ying Tang | Nurphoto | Getty Images One of the defining features of Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro is its 8x zoom — it helps focus on things that matter. For consumers, it’s memorable moments; for Apple,…
