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OpenAI’s ChatGPT to hit 700 million weekly users, up 4x from last year
OpenAI is set to hit 700 million weekly active users for ChatGPT this week, up from 500 million in March, marking a more than fourfold year-over-year surge in growth, the company said Monday.The figure spans all ChatGPT artificial…
How Florida quietly surpassed California in solar growth
Solar energy is booming across the U.S. and, for the first time, Florida is catching up to industry powerhouses Texas and California.Despite removing climate change from its official state policy in 2024, Florida added more utility-scale…
From scrappy experiment to Wall Street’s invisible backbone
CANNES — Ten years ago, Vitalik Buterin and a small band of developers huddled in a drafty Berlin loft strung with dangling lightbulbs, laptops balanced on mismatched chairs and chipped tables. They weren't corporate titans or…
OpenAI raises $8.3 billion as paid ChatGPT biz users reach 5 million
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI attends the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., on July 8, 2025. David A. Grogan | CNBCOpenAI has secured $8.3 billion in new…
OpenAI backs AI data center in Norway With 100,000 Nvidia GPUs
Jaque Silva| Nurphoto | Getty ImagesOpenAI on Thursday said it is launching a Stargate-branded AI data center in Norway, marking its first foray into Europe with such a project.British firm Nscale will design and build the site as part…
Robinhood (HOOD) Q2 2025 earnings
Robinhood beat Wall Street expectations for the second quarter Wednesday, extending a hot streak that has made it the best-performing large-cap U.S. tech stock this year.Here is how Robinhood's results compared to Wall Street estimates,…
EPA seeks to repeal finding that carbon dioxide emissions threaten public
Smoke stacks from the Hugh L. Spurlock Generating Station are seen in Maysville, Kentucky, on June 12, 2025.Jeff Swensen | Getty ImagesThe Trump administration is seeking to repeal a landmark finding that greenhouse gas emissions pose a…
LNG stocks rise after European Union agrees to massive U.S. energy
A view of Cheniere's Sabine Pass LNG facility located in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, as seen from Port Arthur, Texas, on June 23, 2025.Joel Angel Juarez | ReutersShares of liquified natural gas, or LNG, companies rose Monday after the…
Trump’s nuclear power push weakens regulator and poses safety risks, former
Plant Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant in Waynesboro, GA, August 15, 2024.Van Applegate | CNBCPresident Donald Trump's push to approve nuclear plants as quickly as possible threatens to weaken the independent regulator tasked with protecting…
Under Trump, U.S. an active investor at scale not seen outside major crises
The Trump administration has taken direct stakes in companies on a scale rarely seen in the U.S. outside wartime or economic crisis, pushing a Republican Party that traditionally championed free-market capitalism to embrace state…