Tech

AI spending is expected to stay strong in 2026. Barclays thinks these stocks will benefit

Barclays analysts highlighted a dozen overweight-rated stocks that it views as best-positioned to capitalize on higher-than-expected AI spending next year.

Now that phones alter our photos without us knowing, how do we know what’s real?

Comparing the pictures taken with my camera’s automatic software to those taken with a ‘zero-processing’ app, the results are shocking. Is this a good idea?

CDs return to Christmas shopping lists as gen Z embrace ‘retro renaissance’

Demand for CD players rises 74% this year amid deluxe releases from artists such as Taylor Swift and Pink Floyd

Small plane makes emergency landing with first use of Autoland system

For the first time, an automatic landing system called Autoland was used to land a plane in Colorado after pilots reported losing cabin pressure mid-flight. The safety system activated itself and took control of the aircraft to land it. Kris Van Cleave has more.

ServiceNow's deal blitz gives it an 'AI control tower,' CEO McDermott tells CNBC

The enterprise software company said the deal will bolster its cybersecurity capabilities in the age of artificial intelligence.

The Apartment: Billy Wilder’s Christmas classic is the blueprint for romcoms everywhere

The 1960 film about a downtrodden insurance worker and his burgeoning crush is full of staccato repartee and unforgettable jokes. It’s barely aged a day

‘I wouldn’t answer Stephen Graham’s calls’: Erin Doherty on dreams, danger and ghosting Adolescence’s creator

She won an Emmy for her electric performance in the Netflix smash hit, but the casting process wasn’t exactly hiccup-free. The actor opens up about a year of success, struggle – and how she nearly became a footballer

Instacart ending AI price tests for retailers

Instacart says its ending its controversial system of using AI price tests for retailers. Earlier this month, an investigation by Consumer Reports and progressive think tank Groundwork Collaborative found that Instacart's algorithmic pricing charged various prices for the same item from the same store. Jo Ling Kent reports.

Timothée Chalamet’s unhinged Marty Supreme promo tour is fun

The actor has been doing it all to sell his 50s-set ping-pong epic but, as a year of A-list flops shows, there’s no formula for guaranteed success

‘This is the Costco of energy, man!’: author Bill McKibben on the promise of renewables

The activist and author of Here Comes the Sun discusses rapid advances in solar and wind power and how the US ceded leadership in the sector to its main rival

FCC banning new foreign-made drones, a move China calls "discriminatory"

December 23, 2025 / 7:39 AM EST / CBS/AP

The Importance of Critical Thinking in a Zombiefied World

Why romantasy is crucial to understanding Apple TV’s hit show Pluribus