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Google debuts new AI models, personal AI agents in effort to keep pace with OpenAI and Anthropic

Google made a number of AI announcements at its annual developer conference, rolling out more-advanced models and agentic tools for its expansive user base.

These stocks typically move the most on Nvidia's earnings. Some of the names may surprise you

CNBC screened the S&P 500 for stocks that have historically reacted most strongly to Nvidia earnings reports.

Her Private Hell review

Cannes film festival: Refn’s film eludes definition as it moves through time and space, from doomy reality to strange dream worlds populated by quasi-Lynchian characters

Live chicks hatched from artificial eggshell in bid to revive extinct 12-foot bird, biotech company says

A biotech company that aims to resurrect lost creatures said Tuesday it has hatched live chicks in an artificial environment — a development that was met with mixed reviews from scientists and critics of its de-extinction mission.

Why data sleuths are archiving the Jeffrey Epstein files: ‘We want to provide some clarity’

Tommy Carstensen oversees one of the most sophisticated archives of Epstein materials, while Tristan Lee’s database allows searches of faces who appear in the files

2026 CNBC Disruptor 50: See the full list of companies, rankings, and a new leader in the AI race

CNBC reveals the 2026 Disruptor 50 list led by an increasingly powerful and highly valued group of AI companies.

Forza Horizon 6 review

Microsoft; PC, Xbox Series X/S (PS5 due later) Dreamy vistas of the country’s natural beauties are stunningly delivered – but won’t distract from thrilling high-end driving adventures

If This Be Magic by Daniel Hahn review

Is Hamlet still Hamlet when every word has changed? A superbly diverting book about language and creativity

Can Cuba’s Regime Hold On?

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‘How can nudity be so provocative?’ Florentina Holzinger on rocking Venice with naked jetskiers, human bells and urine divers

The artist’s Austrian Pavilion, which features a performer ringing a bell with her body and another immersed in the audience’s own urine, is the talk of the biennale. Why is she so surprised by people’s reaction?

Musk vows to appeal after losing case against OpenAI

X owner Elon Musk vowed to appeal a federal grand jury’s verdict against his claim that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was abandoning the company’s original nonprofit vision after it ruled it was not brought in a timely manner.

How Sam Altman’s victory over Elon Musk clears way for OpenAI’s trillion-dollar ambitions

OpenAI’s plans now seem all but guaranteed, given that the world’s richest man couldn’t put a stop to them