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A customer carries an Apple MacBook Pro laptop outside an Apple store in Walnut Creek, California, US, on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesApple devices will power a hospital in Georgia, a first for the company as it continues its push into the health-care sector. Emory Healthcare on Thursday announced that its Emory Hillandale Hospital will be the first U.S. hospital that runs on Apple products, including the iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch, iMac and Mac mini. The devices will also integrate with software from Epic, the leading electronic health record vendor in the nation.  Hillandale is…

File: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) headquarters in Langley, Virginia, US., on Friday, July 8, 2022. Chris Kleponis | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesGuards at CIA headquarters shot an individual early Thursday morning in what the agency called a “security incident,” a person familiar with the matter told NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell.The non-fatal shooting on CIA property in Langley, Virginia, occurred hours after officials said two Israeli Embassy staff members, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, were shot and killed outside D.C.’s Capital Jewish Museum.There is no evidence that the two incidents are linked. The CIA did not immediately respond to CNBC’s…

Behind highly secured doors in a giant lab in the Netherlands, there’s a machine that’s transforming how microchips are made. ASML spent nearly a decade developing High NA, which stands for high numerical aperture. With a price tag of more than $400 million, it’s the world’s most advanced and expensive chipmaking machine. CNBC went to the Netherlands for a tour of the lab in April. Before that, High NA had never been filmed, even by ASML’s own team.Inside the lab, High NA qualification team lead Assia Haddou gave CNBC an exclusive, up-close look at the High NA machines, which she said…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted on Thursday to block California’s first-in-the nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035, acting to kill the nation’s most aggressive effort to transition toward electric vehicles as President Donald Trump’s administration has doubled down on fossil fuels. The resolution approved by the Senate goes to the White House, where Trump is expected to sign it, along with two other measures blocking California’s rules that the Senate is poised to pass. The House approved the three resolutions earlier this month. The GOP effort to kill the rules could have a profound…

The Tether (USDT) stablecoin logo.Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesHong Kong passed a stablecoin bill on Wednesday to expand its cryptocurrency licensing regime as more governments recognize the digital asset.Unlike volatile digital assets like bitcoin, the value of stablecoins is tied to a real-world asset like fiat currencies or commodities like gold.The new law — focused on fiat-referenced stablecoins — will require stablecoin issuers to obtain a license from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and comply with a range of requirements, including proper management of asset reserves and segregation of client assets.It will “enhance Hong Kong’s existing regulatory framework on…

Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia Corp., speaks during a news conference in Taipei on May 21, 2025. I-hwa Cheng | Afp | Getty ImagesReplacing Nvidia is a tall order. While Chinese competitors are years behind the company’s cutting-edge technology, many analysts and insiders warn they are catching up, thanks to U.S. export restrictions.U.S. chip restrictions on the sale of advanced semiconductor technology, especially those used in artificial intelligence, have been rolled out over several years, with the initial aim of curbing China’s military advancement and protecting US dominance in the AI industry.However, according to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans early Thursday took a major step forward on President Donald Trump’s agenda, approving a legislative package that combines tax breaks, spending cuts, border security funding and other priorities. House committees labored for months on the bill, which underwent late changes to win over holdouts in the Republican conference. It exceeds 1,000 pages and is titled the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” a nod to Trump himself. Republicans made one last round of revisions before the bill reached the House floor, boosting the state and local tax deduction to win over centrists and speeding up the…

Romain Costaseca | Afp | Getty ImagesBitcoin continued its rally on Thursday, hitting a brand new record high above $111,000.Bitcoin hit $111,886.41 in early trading hours in London, according to Coin Metrics, before paring some of those gains to trade at around $111,012.00 at 07:03 a.m. London.Bitcoin’s move has been “driven by a mix of positive momentum, growing optimism around U.S. crypto regulation, and continued interest from institutional buyers,” James Butterfill,  head of research for crypto-focused asset manager CoinShares, told CNBC by email.The price rise in world’s largest cryptocurrency is taking place despite a drop in U.S. stock markets on Wednesday.Bitcoin has typically correlated with…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans made several eleventh-hour changes to their massive tax cut and immigration bill as they tried to win over GOP holdouts and pass the bill through the House.The revisions were unveiled late Wednesday evening, just before the House launched into an all-night session to debate and vote on the bill. President Donald Trump has urged Republicans to get behind the legislation, which enacts some of his campaign promises. If the bill clears the House, it would move to the Senate for further consideration. Among the changes that House Republicans made:— They removed the sections that authorized the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Moving into an all-night session early Thursday, House Republicans reconvened to push ahead on their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package, with Speaker Mike Johnson defying the skeptics within his ranks and working to muscle President Donald Trump’s priority bill to passage.Johnson and his GOP leadership team appeared confident after a lengthy White House meeting with GOP holdouts to salvage the “big, beautiful bill,” even as more Republicans announced their opposition late Wednesday. “You never know till the final vote tally, but I’m convinced we’re going to pass this bill tonight,” said Johnson, R-La., as the chamber action resumed…