Tech

Smartphone market poised for 'sharpest decline on record' in 2026

Two recent reports predict further declines in the smartphone market in 2026, as dwindling memory supplies continue to drive up prices of consumer electronics.

Opinion: Block's layoffs might just be the biggest story of a tumultuous week. Here's why

Block, Jack Dorsey's payments company, will cut 6,000 of its 10,000 workers as it embraces AI. CNBC's Steve Sedgwick says it's the biggest story of the week.

Growing pains: Industry has shown that bigger isn’t always better

The fourth season of TV’s once underrated drama has maxed out on everything – sex, nastiness, nihilism – and it’s been a major miscalculation

Watching Watership Down on acid with Bez: Shaun Ryder releases new memoir 24 Hour Party Person

Happy Mondays frontman says forthcoming book will include bullet-dodging scrapes in Jamaica and New York as well as ‘bust-ups and benders’ with his bands

Fashion’s greatest challenges ‘inequality and AI’, say Prada designers

Speaking at Milan fashion week, Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons presented a more concentrated, but relatable, show

Ancient by Luke Barley review

A former ranger tells the story of how the UK’s forests intimately shaped – and were shaped by – its people

See the movie, play the game: How Nintendo is pulling out all the stops to sell the Switch 2

Nintendo is betting on nostalgia and new gamers to drive sales of its flagship Switch 2 console and key games.

An Indian company is set to build a $2 billion AI hub with Nvidia’s GPUs and go public. Here's what we know so far

Yotta Data Services, which controls up to 70% of India’s GPU capacity, said surging demand from local AI startups and global tech firms is tightening supply.

Vanished review

With poor Sam Claflin virtually banished from screen, it’s up to the Big Bang Theory star to keep this woefully formulaic show afloat – and it’s a losing battle

Pentagon official lashes out at Anthropic as talks break down: "You have to trust your military to do the right thing"

Updated on: February 26, 2026 / 11:36 PM EST / CBS News

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Pentagon locked in standoff with Anthropic over AI guardrails

With less than 24 hours left, Anthropic and the Pentagon are locked in a standoff over access to the company's powerful artificial intelligence. Jo Ling Kent reports.