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Amazon ditches Rufus AI chatbot in favor of Alexa shopping agent

TazaPulseMay 13, 2026

An Amazon device is displayed at an Amazon Devices launch event in New York City on Feb. 26, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Amazon is axing its Rufus chatbot and making its Alexa assistant the centerpiece of its artificial intelligence shopping strategy. The company on Wednesday launched Alexa for Shopping, an e-commerce bot that can...

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5 things to know before the market opens Wednesday

TazaPulseMay 13, 2026

This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Wednesday. In yesterday’s edition of this newsletter we told you about President Donald Trump’s plan for a gas tax holiday, but I wouldn’t get your hopes up just yet. S&P 500 futures are higher this morning after a losing session. Here...

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Google races put Gemini at center of Android before Apple’s AI reboot

TazaPulseMay 13, 2026

An Android character is displayed in front of a building on the Google headquarters campus on July 23, 2025 in Mountain View, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Google is using its latest Android rollout to make Gemini less of a chatbot and more of an operating layer across the phone, browser, car and laptop,...

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Qualcomm drops as chip stocks pull back from record AI-driven rally

TazaPulseMay 12, 2026

Qualcomm is one of the biggest semiconductor companies making chipsets. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Chip stocks dropped on Tuesday, pulling back from a massive rally that broadened the artificial intelligence trade beyond Nvidia and propelled the sector to new highs. Qualcomm plummeted 13% and headed for its worst session since 2020. Intel dropped...

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Sam Altman set to testify in Musk suit

TazaPulseMay 12, 2026

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is slated to testify in federal court in Oakland, California, on Tuesday as part of the trial in Elon Musk‘s lawsuit against the artificial intelligence company. Altman is expected to take the stand after Bret Taylor, the chairman of the board at OpenAI, concludes his testimony, his lawyers told Judge Yvonne...

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5 things to know before the market opens Tuesday

TazaPulseMay 12, 2026

This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Tuesday. If you’re a big Amazon user, your orders could soon arrive much faster. The e-commerce titan this morning announced plans to roll out 30-minute delivery in dozens of U.S. cities. Stock futures are slipping before the bell after a positive...

Amazon launches ultrafast 30-minute delivery in dozens of U.S. cities

TazaPulseMay 12, 2026

An Amazon worker pulls a cart of packages for delivery on in New York City, July 12, 2022. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Amazon is rolling out “ultra-fast” deliveries to get packages to consumers in 30 minutes or less in dozens of cities across the U.S., the company announced Tuesday, marking its most aggressive...

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Nintendo shares fall after Switch 2 price rise, weak sales forecast

TazaPulseMay 12, 2026

A Super Mario character is pictured at a Nintendo display ahead of the launch of the company’s Switch 2 console, at an electronics store in Nagoya, Japan, June 2, 2025. Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images Nintendo shares plunged on Monday after the gaming giant warned that sales of its flagship Switch 2...

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OpenAI’s Dresser says enterprise AI adoption is ‘at a tipping point’

TazaPulseMay 12, 2026

OpenAI Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser said Monday that we’re at a “tipping point” in enterprise artificial intelligence adoption, and the startup’s new Deployment Company will help with the push to get more companies on board. “Think about the complex workflows, about how you actually build a product service, a product market, a product, and...

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5 things to know before the market opens Monday

TazaPulseMay 12, 2026

This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Good morning. Several pharmaceutical stocks are climbing this morning amid the recent hantavirus outbreak. Officials say the public health risk from the virus is low. Stock futures are little changed this morning following a winning week for all three major indexes. Here...