Junior Bridgeman buying stake in Milwaukee Bucks, team valued at $4 billion

Junior Bridgeman buying stake in Milwaukee Bucks, team valued at  billion

Ulysses “Junior“ Bridgeman attends Day 2 of 2023 Invest Fest at Georgia World Congress Center on August 27, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia.  Paras Griffin | Getty Images Businessman and former NBA player Ulysses Lee “Junior” Bridgeman is buying a 10% stake in the Milwaukee Bucks, according to three sources familiar with the deal. The transaction … Read more

Bill Gates-backed startup on the global gold rush for buried hydrogen

Bill Gates-backed startup on the global gold rush for buried hydrogen

The team from the Geological Agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) took samples of natural hydrogen gas found in One Pute Jaya Village, Morowali Regency, Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, 23 October 2023. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Koloma, a U.S.-based clean fuel startup backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, says it … Read more

UK labels data centers critical infrastructure to boost cybersecurity

UK labels data centers critical infrastructure to boost cybersecurity

Data centers today are crucial computing infrastructure that power the modern-day internet. In Pictures Ltd | Andrew Aitchison | Corbis News | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K. on Thursday said it now classes data centers as critical infrastructure, in a move that is expected to boost cybersecurity in the country and help operators of … Read more

Oracle trails only Nvidia among large-cap tech in 2024, Ellison wins

Oracle trails only Nvidia among large-cap tech in 2024, Ellison wins

Larry Ellison, co-founder, chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle, speaks during the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Oct. 1, 2017. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Larry Ellison turned 80 last month. It’s been a celebratory year. While fellow legacy tech players Intel and Cisco struggle to find their footing … Read more

Amazon opening Fresh supermarkets after stall, but many still vacant

Amazon opening Fresh supermarkets after stall, but many still vacant

Workers stock shelves at an Amazon Fresh grocery store in Seattle, Washington, US, on Thursday, May 2, 2024.  David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images On a humid afternoon in August, a few hundred shoppers lined up outside an Amazon Fresh supermarket in a Philadelphia suburb, eagerly awaiting the store’s grand opening. A person in … Read more

Streaming deals are key to future of NFL viewership, fandom

Streaming deals are key to future of NFL viewership, fandom

The National Football League’s bet on streaming is paying off — and helping to broaden its fanbase in the U.S. and globally. Hans Schroeder, the NFL’s executive vice president of media distribution, said at CNBC x Boardroom’s Game Plan sports business event on Tuesday that the league’s recent slew of exclusive streaming deals with media … Read more

Amazon makes £8 billion UK investment to build cloud and AI infrastructure

Amazon makes £8 billion UK investment to build cloud and AI infrastructure

Amazon’s computing unit AWS is in talks with Italy to invest billions of euros in the expansion of its data center business in the country as part of the tech giant’s effort to boost its cloud offer in Europe, four people familiar with the matter said. Cesc Maymo | Getty Images News | Getty Images … Read more

AI-powered search startup Glean doubles valuation in new funding round

AI-powered search startup Glean doubles valuation in new funding round

 Arvind Jain, CEO Glean, on SaaS Monster stage during day one of Web Summit 2022 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. Harry Murphy | Sportsfile | Getty Images AI-powered search startup Glean said Tuesday it has raised $260 million in a funding round that values the tech company at $4.6 billion — more than … Read more

Oracle (ORCL) Q1 earnings report 2025

Oracle (ORCL) Q1 earnings report 2025

Oracle chairman and chief technology officer Larry Ellison speaks at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Sept. 16, 2019. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Oracle shares rose 8% in extended trading on Monday after the database software vendor reported fiscal first-quarter results that topped Wall Street estimates. Here’s how … Read more

Markets aren’t a good barometer for the economy

Markets aren’t a good barometer for the economy

A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., September 4, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they … Read more