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The World Economic Forum is held for a week every January in Davos, Switzerland, and is the center of the world. This year, six portfolio company CEOs were interviewed on CNBC throughout the week. They discussed a wide range of topics, from artificial intelligence to America’s housing affordability crisis. Here’s what they had to say: 1. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy explained why it’s important to have your own custom silicon. “If you’re building a large inference business like we are and you want to have reasonable margins, you’re going to be at a structural disadvantage if you’re not pursuing your…

Meta announced today that it will temporarily suspend access by teenagers to its AI characters in its apps worldwide. The company exclusively told TechCrunch that it’s not abandoning its efforts and wants to develop an updated version of its AI characters for teens. The move comes just days before the case against Meta goes to trial in New Mexico. The lawsuit accuses the company of failing to protect children from sexual exploitation on its apps. Wired reported Thursday that Meta is seeking to limit findings about social media’s impact on teens’ mental health. The company previewed parental controls for AI…

Ali Ghodsi, co-founder and CEO of Databricks, said:data brickData analytics software company Databricks has taken on $1.8 billion in new debt, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC. Databricks currently has access to more than $7 billion in debt, the person added. The company declined to comment.Databricks is one of the highly valued technology companies poised to go public in 2026, along with Anthropic, Canva, OpenAI, and Stripe. Databricks co-founder and CEO Ali Ghodsi told CNBC in December that the company would not rule out an initial public offering (IPO) this year.Databrix announced in December that it had raised…

Jamie King is headed for divorce after quietly getting married. Austin Sosa filed for divorce from the Hart of Dixie alum on January 22, according to court records obtained by E! News for January 23rd. Although neither of them has revealed the exact date of their marriage, Jamie confirmed his engagement to the investment banker in September, telling Heather McDonald on an episode of the Juicy Scoop podcast that the pair initially “met through mutual friends.” According to the 46-year-old, Austin mentioned not one, but two engagement rings in response to the question. One has an emerald-cut diamond, one is…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on January 21, 2026 in New York City.Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesU.S. stocks were mixed on Friday. Nasdaq Composite The rate of increase expanded as geopolitical concerns eased. Dow Jones Industrial Average Performance is poor. The tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 0.28% to settle at 23,501.24, while the blue-chip Dow fell 285.30 points, or 0.58%, to close at 49,098.71. Slide-in by nearly 4% goldman sachs This weighed on the 30-stock index. wide market S&P500 It showed a slight increase of 0.03% and ended at 6,915.61.Nvidia and advanced…

5. Pussycat DollIt was Anne who ultimately sent Harry his X Factor application when he got cold. “People say I’m a good singer, and it’s usually my mom,” said the 16-year-old, who was already charming when he auditioned for The X Factor in spring 2010 and performed an a cappella rendition of Stevie Wonder’s “Isn’t She Lovely.” “Singing is something I want to do, and if the people who can make it happen think I shouldn’t sing, that’s a huge setback to my plans.” Well, they did and they didn’t. Harry didn’t stay in the last boy group, or even…

Who: Villarreal vs Real MadridContent: Spanish La LigaLocation: Estadio de la Ceramica, Villarreal, SpainDate and time: Saturday, January 23rd, 9pm (20:00 GMT).How to follow: All content will be broadcast on Al Jazeera Sports from 17:00 GMT, ahead of the text commentary stream.Real Madrid will take the top spot in La Liga with a win on Saturday, but their path will be blocked by a brave Villarreal side with title ambitions.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listLos Blancos parted ways with manager Xabi Alonso on January 12, and suffered a shock exit from the Copa del Rey in their next…

A flag with the CSG NV logo during the listing at Euronext Amsterdam on Friday, January 23, 2026 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesShares in Czech-based defense company Czechoslovakia Group (CSG) soared more than 30% in its stock market debut on Friday, underscoring continued investor interest in defense companies amid growing push for military sovereignty in Europe.CSG, one of the world’s fastest growing defense companies, has made its debut on the Euronext exchange in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Shares rose as much as 32% during trading and closed 31.4% higher.The Prague-based company, which manufactures armed vehicles, ammunition and advanced defense…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is planning a visit to India in mid-February, which will be his first trip to the country in almost a year, TechCrunch has learned. The visit comes as New Delhi prepares to host a major AI summit expected to bring together top executives from Meta, Google and Anthropic. India will host its first major AI event, the India AI Impact Summit 2026, in New Delhi from February 16 to 20, bringing together global technology leaders including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, and India’s leading business figures such as…

Kangerlussuaq, Greenland – July 9: A local Air Greenland passenger plane stands on the airport tarmac with signs indicating flight times to different destinations around the world on July 9, 2024 in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)Sean Gallup Getty Images News | Getty ImagesAs hyperscalers rush to ramp up capacity around the world to keep up with AI deployments, a former official from President Donald Trump’s first administration is planning a multibillion-dollar data center project in a remote corner of Greenland.The data center aims to operate at 300 megawatts (MW) by mid-2027, with further expansion to reach 1.5…