Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella speaks at a press briefing on the company’s campus in Redmond, Washington, on May 20, 2024. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Microsoft is cutting a small percentage of jobs across departments, based on performance, the company confirmed to CNBC on Wednesday. “At Microsoft we focus on high-performance…
As wildfires spread throughout Southern California, the NFL has announced a contingency plan if it needs to relocate the wild-card round game between the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams. The matchup is still set to be played at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, but would move to Arizona, if necessary. The NFL statement read,…
Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed…
A member of the Japanese criminal underworld has pleaded guilty to handling nuclear material sourced from Myanmar and seeking to sell it to fund an illicit arms deal, US authorities have said. Yakuza leader Takeshi Ebisawa and a co-defendant had previously been charged in April 2022 with drug trafficking and firearms offences, and both were…
Customers purchase fruit at a supermarket on December 9, 2024 in Qingzhou, Shandong Province of China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images China’s consumer prices in December edged up 0.1% year on year, in line with expectations, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Thursday, but the slower rise from the previous…
D-Wave Quantum CEO Alan Baratz said Nvidia’s Jensen Huang is “dead wrong” about quantum computing after comments from the head of the chip giant spooked Wall Street on Wednesday. Huang was asked Tuesday about Nvidia’s strategy for quantum computing. He said Nvidia could make conventional chips that are needed alongside quantum computing chips, but that…
tWitch‘s widow Allison Holker says she has a good reason for blabbing to the media about his alleged drug problem … she says she’s just trying to help others. Allison defended herself Thursday amid a barrage of online attacks from her late husband’s friends and family, who are all pissed off about her recent media…
UCLA coach Mick Cronin ripped into his players following the 22nd-ranked Bruins’ third loss in four games, saying they don’t give enough effort and lack toughness. UCLA, which won 10 of its first 11 games and started 2-0 in the Big Ten, has dropped two straight following Tuesday night’s 94-75 home loss to No. 24…
In an aerial view, container ships sit docked at the Port of Oakland on December 09, 2024 in Oakland, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images After a contentious negotiation, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX) on Wednesday announced a tentative deal on a new six-year master contract. The deadline to…
A former Cambodian opposition lawmaker and French national was fatally shot by a gunman in Thailand’s capital of Bangkok on Tuesday, Thai police have confirmed. Lim Kimya, 74, died at the scene, police said, and was attacked just hours after he arrived in Thailand from the Cambodian city of Siem Reap by bus, accompanied by…
