Author: Daniel snow

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, speaks at the Google I/O developer conference. Andrej Sokolow | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesGoogle on Tuesday offered buyouts to employees across several of its divisions, including those within its knowledge and information and central engineering units as well as marketing, research and communications teams, CNBC has learned. Knowledge and information, or K&I, is the unit that houses Google’s search, ads and commerce divisions. The buyouts Tuesday are the company’s latest effort to reduce headcount, which Google has continued to do in waves since laying off 12,000 employees in 2023. CNBC could not confirm how many employees…

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 10, 2025. Nathan Howard | ReutersPresident Donald Trump warned Tuesday that protestors at his upcoming military parade in Washington, D.C., will be met with “heavy force.””We’re going to be celebrating big on Saturday,” Trump said at the White House about the parade marking the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary.”And if there’s any protester that wants to come out, they will be met with very big force,” said Trump, before repeating that threat twice.”I haven’t even heard about a protest, but you know, this is…

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Wall Street isn’t immune from the plot line that has generative AI resulting in wholesale knowledge worker replacement. A new tool from AlphaSense, called Deep Research, won’t provide any comfort.The generative AI agent functions like a team of analysts operating at what AlphaSense calls “superhuman speed,” generating research and market insights, and building investment-grade briefings.But Jack Kokko, AlphaSense CEO and a former Morgan Stanley analyst and Wharton School MBA, isn’t worried about the job outlook for Wall Street professionals.”It’s a popular narrative,” Kokko told CNBC of the job replacement fears during an interview on “The Exchange” on Tuesday after AlphaSense…

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A Starbucks store is shown in Encinitas, California, on Feb. 24, 2025.Mike Blake | ReutersStarbucks plans to roll out a generative artificial intelligence assistant created with Microsoft Azure’s OpenAI platform to 35 locations this month as part of its strategy to simplify baristas’ jobs and speed up service in its cafes.The coffee chain showed off the new technology to more than 14,000 North American store managers at its Leadership Experience in Las Vegas on Tuesday. A broad launch of the “Green Dot Assist” platform across the U.S. and Canada is slated for the company’s fiscal 2026, which starts in the…

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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is on the launch pad carrying Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet network satellites, which are expected to eventually rival Elon Musk’s Starlink system, at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., April 9, 2025. Steve Nesius | ReutersUnited Launch Alliance said Tuesday it was pushing back the second flight carrying Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet satellites due to “multiple weather delays during launch processing.”The launch from Florida’s Space Coast was originally slated for Friday afternoon, but it’s now scheduled to take place on June 16, at 1:25 p.m. ET, ULA said in…

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