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D3 Sign | Moment | Getty ImagesBots have taken over the internet.The State of AI Traffic report released Thursday by cybersecurity firm Human Security showed that artificial intelligence and bots have officially overtaken human users.”The whole Internet was built on a very basic concept of there being a human on the other side of the computer screen, and that concept is being replaced very quickly,” Stu Solomon, CEO of Human Security, told CNBC.Automated traffic, defined by Human Security as “Internet traffic generated by software systems (including AI) rather than human users,” is rapidly proliferating as people continue to rely on…

Amphibious warships, landing craft, and thousands of Marines and sailors are being sent to the region despite US President Donald Trump’s declaration that the “war is won” with Iran. The deployment has fueled speculation about whether the United States plans to seize Kharg Island, a coral reef off Iran’s coast and an economic lifeline for Tehran that handles about 90% of the country’s oil exports. Even if the US were to succeed in seizing the small but strategic island, experts question whether it would have enough influence to force Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as the global energy…

It wasn’t a good month for stocks. The S&P 500 fell 4.2% in March as the war between the U.S. and Iran sent oil prices soaring, new economic data showed rising inflation and last year’s excitement over private credit exacerbated worries. But Barclays believes investors should stay the course. “Fundamentals such as U.S. earnings and the cyclical investment cycle are stronger than current conditions suggest,” strategist Ajay Rajadhyaksha said in a letter to clients. He added that although geopolitical tensions are currently high, the market sees an “eventual de-escalation” on the horizon. He added: “The United States can claim to…

U.S. President Donald Trump and Apple CEO Tim Cook shake hands on the day Apple announced its $100 billion investment in U.S. manufacturing in the Oval Office of the White House on August 6, 2025 in Washington, DC, USA. Jonathan Ernst | Reutersapple announced Thursday a major expansion of its U.S. manufacturing program, welcoming four new partners to its domestic supply chain: Bosch, Cirrus Logic, TDK and Qnity Electronics. The companies will manufacture materials and components needed for Apple products sold around the world in the United States, and Apple plans to invest $400 million in the new program by…

Rescue teams in northern Germany are working to rescue a humpback whale stranded in shallow waters off the Baltic coast in the Bay of Lübeck, CNN affiliate RTL reported. RTL reported that the whale was spotted in the Niendorf district of Timmendorfer Strand early Monday morning, and authorities began efforts to return it to deep water. Police said they would use “all means possible” to get the animal to a point where it could swim away again. Video released by RTL showed rescue workers trying to move the whale toward open water, but initial efforts were unsuccessful. Experts from the…

What’s the point of a good sale if you don’t buy the products you see (and covet) everywhere? Luckily, Amazon’s Big Spring Sale has discounts on a number of well-received and popular beauty items that are worth hitting the checkout button. For a limited time, get 15% off Clinique’s much talked about Almost Lipstick Tinted Lip Balm. You may have seen this lipstick on TikTok, as it has a near-perfect rating and over 15,000 reviews. Loved for its sheer (but buildable) pigment, moisturizing formula, and unique hues. Just like the lip trends we fell in love with in the ’90s,…

Humanoid robots could be one of the biggest growth opportunities for automation over the next decade, and a few companies will be winners in the boom, Jeffries said. The company said three factors are driving this new era of robotics: increasing demand for replacement labor due to an aging population, declining interest from younger generations in manufacturing, and continued advances in semiconductor and artificial intelligence technologies. “Humanity appears to be on the brink of widespread adoption of humanoid automata,” Jeffries wrote in a research note Wednesday. “While we expect early adoption to occur in commercial environments where the return on…

Enterprise AI company Cohere announced its first voice model on Thursday. Transcribe is an open source automatic speech recognition model that can be used for tasks such as note-taking and speech analysis. This model is relatively lightweight with only 2 billion parameters and is intended for use on consumer-grade GPUs that wish to self-host. We currently support 14 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Dutch, Polish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Arabic. According to Cohere, Transcribe outperformed models such as Zoom Scribe v1, IBM Granite 4.0 1B, ElevenLab Scribe v2, and Qwen3-ASR-1.7B Speech on the Hugging Face Open…

Two major CEOs have told CNBC in recent months that the rise of artificial intelligence contributed to their decisions to hand over the reins and step down from their roles.This is one of the latest insights into how America’s business leaders plan to transition to AI.coca cola CEO James Quincey told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Thursday that his decision to step down from his role was influenced by a larger “wave of organizational momentum.””My job is also to think about the best team to put on the field to get the next wave done,” Quincey said. “And I concluded that…

Nancy Guthrie’s health condition revealed, requires medication to survive As the search continues for Nancy, authorities have stressed that she needs to take daily medication to survive, something she likely doesn’t have. “This woman is an 84-year-old woman who suffers from several physical illnesses, has physical problems, and requires medication,” Nanos said at a press conference on February 2. “Medications can be fatal if not taken within 24 hours.” “So we implore anyone who knows anything about this, anyone who has seen anything, anyone who has heard anything, to contact us,” he continued. “Call 911. We don’t need another tragic…