Meta rolls out in-house AI chips weeks after massive Nvidia, AMD deals

Meta rolls out in-house AI chips weeks after massive Nvidia, AMD deals

Meta’s 5-gigawatt Hyperion data center under construction in Richland Parish, Louisiana, Jan. 9, 2026. Courtesy of Meta Meta on Wednesday revealed four custom, in-house chips tailored for artificial intelligence-related tasks as part of the company’s massive data center expansion plans. The specialized silicon is part of the Meta Training and Inference Accelerator, or MTIA, family…

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Burgum calls for IEA to release oil reserves to address supply disruption

Burgum calls for IEA to release oil reserves to address supply disruption

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speaks as he attends with Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez (not pictured) to deliver statements at Miraflores Palace, in Caracas, Venezuela, March 4, 2026. Leonardo Fernandez Viloria | Reuters U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Wednesday that the International Energy Agency should release oil stockpiles to address the massive supply…

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5 things to know before the market opens Wednesday

5 things to know before the market opens Wednesday

This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Wednesday. If you’re a fan of commercial real estate, or Netflix’s “Owning Manhattan” (or both), check out Ryan Serhant’s sitdown with CNBC’s Diana Olick. Stock futures are around flat this morning. The three major indexes finished yesterday’s session little changed. Here…

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Italy buys Caravaggio painting for about  million, one of its largest payouts for a single work

Italy buys Caravaggio painting for about $35 million, one of its largest payouts for a single work

ROME — Italy has bought a rare portrait by baroque painter Caravaggio for 30 million euros (about $35 million), one of the largest state investments ever for a single artwork, the country’s Culture Ministry said Tuesday. The portrait, painted around 1598 and attributed to Caravaggio in 1963, depicts Maffeo Barberini, a nobleman who later became…

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