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Microsoft plans to invest $17.5 billion in India over the next four years to expand its AI and cloud footprint in the South Asian country. India’s vast online and smartphone user base has turned it into a key battleground for global technology companies. The investment, announced on Tuesday, is Microsoft’s largest in Asia and will fund new data centers, AI infrastructure and skills programs from 2026 to 2029, building on the $3 billion the company committed to India in January. Microsoft’s move comes as the US tech giant ramps up spending on data centers and AI computing around the world,…

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie speaks during a press conference at San Francisco City Hall on October 23, 2025 in San Francisco, California.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesSan Francisco’s Downtown Development Authority, created in April by Mayor Daniel Lurie, announced Tuesday that it has received more than $60 million in early commitments from donors including: google And OpenAI will help revitalize city centers.“I think people see this as a generational moment,” SFDDC CEO Shola Olatoyi said in an interview with CNBC. “San Francisco has captured the imagination of the world and this country as a global hub of innovation and industry.…

damascus, syria — “Hold your heads high, you free Syrians,” is the chorus of the Arabic song that became the unofficial national anthem of the new Syria. The song was played throughout the capital Damascus, blaring from loudspeakers in markets, chanted at celebrations in central squares, and even sung by men handing out traditional coffee to arriving passengers at the airport. Under the oppressive rule of the Assad dynasty for more than half a century, many Syrians have kept their heads down. The ruling family enforced a massive surveillance state, with the notorious intelligence agency Mukhabarat instilling fear in the…

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at Batman Forever/R. McDonald’s event in New York City on June 13, 1995.Patrick McMullan | Getty ImagesA New York federal judge on Tuesday ordered the release of grand jury materials related to the prosecution of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of being a procurer for notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Judge Paul Engelmayer’s order in U.S. District Court in Manhattan was issued at the request of the Justice Department, which cited the recently passed Epstein File Transparency Act.Grand jury materials are typically sealed permanently.”The statute does not explicitly refer to grand jury materials, yet…

Paramount Skydance Corporation Chairman and Chief Executive Officer David Ellison (center) outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Monday, December 8, 2025 in New York, USA.Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThis is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.1. Battles occur one after anotherparamount skydance CEO David Ellison hasn’t accepted his loss Netflix in a bidding war for warner bros On the chin. Paramount announced yesterday that it would make an all-cash hostile bid of $30 per share directly…

brisbane, australia — Children across Australia will wake up on Wednesday without access to their social media accounts in a world-first ban aimed at protecting under-16s from addictive algorithms, online predators and digital bullying. No other country has taken such drastic measures, and the implementation of this tough new law is being closely watched by lawmakers around the world. Most of the 10 banned platforms, including Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Snapchat, YouTube, TikTok, Kick, Reddit, Twitch, and X, say they use age verification technology to identify people under 16 and comply with the ban by suspending their accounts, but they don’t…

Clay Gravesand and AD Smith: BreakupMr. Clay expressed hesitation about marriage because of his own thoughts about his father’s infidelity, but Mr. AD reassured him that they would do well as a couple and that everything seemed to be going well between them. However, when faced with the challenge of saying yes for good in front of the altar, Clay said he would not do so, telling AD that it is not a “responsibility” to get married when you are not ready. Shock. “I’m going to work for you,” he told AD, “and we’re going to get through this together.…

Sheena Leven says she learned two important lessons when she founded her first company, CodeSee. The first lesson was knowing the difference between what the business needs and what sounds visionary. Second, even with new technologies such as AI, the fundamentals always apply. “Security, compliance, reliability, quality, these don’t just go away in enterprise applications,” she said. After CodeSee was acquired in 2024, Leven decided he wanted to build a product that would allow business owners without a technical background to build AI applications. She teamed up with AI researcher Shaun Robinson, and last October the two launched Empromptu, an…

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos reveal how their children reacted to being ‘cut out’ from holiday traditionsKelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos’ children have been isolated. It starts with participating in family Christmas cards. And ultimately, Live with Kelly and Mark’s co-hosts’ decision to exclude Michael, 28, Laura, 24, and Joaquin, 22, from the annual mailing stemmed from a simple problem. In a joint interview with People on December 7, Mark explained that he was “tired of having to get every photo approved by my kids every year,” to which Kelly quipped: “I cut the pictures.” And the couple’s children were…

Iran’s soccer chief has condemned a World Cup match chosen by organizers as an LGBTQ “pride match” as an “irrational act”.Published December 9, 2025December 9, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareIran’s soccer chief has taken issue with the “absurd” branding of the 2026 World Cup match against Egypt, which local US organizers suggested would be held in support of the LGBTQ community.Organizing committees in Seattle, Washington, where the games are scheduled to be held next year, previously announced their intention to hold a “Pride Match” to coincide with the northwest city’s Pride Weekend in late June.Recommended stories list…