An Apollo humanoid robot prototype, made by Apptronik Inc., demonstrates its dexterity during a media day at the Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus in Berlin, Germany on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Recently, Apptronik announced a $520 million funding round at a valuation north of $5 billion, with Alphabet‘s Google DeepMind…
NEW YORK — When Paul Thomas Anderson told his cinematographer Michael Bauman that he wanted to shoot “One Battle After Another” on VistaVision — a large-scale film format born in the 1950s — he had some questions. “Question one was: Is this even going to be reliable?” Bauman recalls. For much of the past 60…
Australia opened the World Baseball Classic on Thursday by beating Chinese Taipei 3-0 on Robbie Perkins’ two-run homer in the fifth inning and Travis Bazzana’s homer in the seventh at the Tokyo Dome. The two big swings were enough in a tight game dominated by pitching on both sides. Chinese Taipei managed only three hits,…
Stocks have so far weathered the volatility from the U.S.-Iran war, yet there’s one level they need to clear that will signal investors have already moved on. The S & P 500 climbed 0.8% on Wednesday as geopolitical worries appeared to ease. That gain came one day after the benchmark reversed course on Tuesday and…
A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high net worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. The Iran war has shaken Dubai’s status as a global wealth hub, as legions of expatriates scramble to escape and family…
The conflict in the Middle East is rapidly expanding across the region as the U.S. and Israel-led war with Iran enters its sixth day. Images published Thursday showed destruction across Tehran after nearly a week of strikes on Iran’s capital. Iran has retaliated by launching a wave of missiles and drones at Israel, as well…
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel said he still speaks with Warren Buffett nearly every day, underscoring the continued presence of the legendary investor at the sprawling conglomerate, even after handing over the top job at the start of the year. Buffett, who stepped down as CEO after more than six decades at the helm, remains…
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Thursday. If you’re concerned about automation impacting your job, I’m sorry to say this story Xiaomi’s humanoid robot “interns” probably won’t ease those worries. Stock futures are lower this morning. The three major indexes are coming off a winning day. Here…
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore,) speaks during a press conference addressing a new policy that demands recipients of foreign military aid to follow international humanitarian law at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 9, 2024. Nathan Howard | Reuters Payouts to unnamed bettors after the ouster of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and the…
This is the worst offseason for a team in need of a starting quarterback. The draft is “razor-thin” as one scout told me. And the free-agent and trade markets “suck,” the scout said, “unless you’re looking for broken down old guys, or a backup who’s had a couple of good starts.” Those are harsh assessments,…
