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Figma CEO’s path from college dropout and Thiel fellow to tech billionaire

After Figma’s first two days of trading on the NYSE, 33-year-old CEO Dylan Field owns a stake worth about $6.6 billion.

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Ethereum turns 10: From scrappy experiment to Wall Street’s invisible backbone

Once dismissed as a side project to bitcoin, the blockchain now powers stablecoins, tokenized assets, and the payment rails of major banks.

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How Florida quietly surpassed California in solar growth

Florida added more solar than California in 2024, despite no climate mandate. Can the boom last? CNBC visited Babcock Ranch to find out.

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Tesla must pay $329 million in damages after fatal Autopilot crash, jury says

A jury in Florida determined that Tesla should be held partly liable for a fatal 2019 crash involving its Autopilot technology.

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Crypto wobbles into August as Trump’s new tariffs trigger risk-off sentiment

Bitcoin showed relative strength, while crypto-linked stocks suffered deeper losses.

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Google has dropped more than 50 DEI-related organizations from its funding list

The dropped groups had mission statements that included the words “diversity, “equity,” “inclusion,” or “race,” “activism,” and “women.” 

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Palantir lands $10 billion Army software and data contract

Palantir has been a key beneficiary of President Donald Trump’s clampdown on cost efficiencies using artificial intelligence.

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Nintendo hiking price of original Switch for U.S. customers

The Switch 2 launched in the middle of President Donald Trump’s trade war amid rapidly shifting tariff policies.

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Figma stock pops in second day of trading after colossal debut

The design software vendor is the latest tech company to hit the public markets after an extended IPO drought.

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Amazon stock sinks 7% after earnings: Here are the key takeaways

Revenue expansion in Amazon Web Services underwhelmed investors, who probed Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on why its cloud rivals are growing at faster rates.

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