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Dell, Asus, Lenovo, HP, MSI, Acer, and Gigabyte are among the PC makers that are designing systems around Nvidia’s RTX Spark, Nvidia’s new Arm-based chip for Windows PCs. But the flagship RTX Spark PC may be from the same company that makes Windows: the new Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra is a high-end RTX Spark system that will offer up to 128GB of unified memory for “creators, developers, and AI builders.” Microsoft says the Laptop Ultra will be available “later this year” but didn’t discuss any specific pricing or configuration options. The Laptop Ultra will slot in above the regular Qualcomm…

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LONDON — Futures data pointed to a positive open for European equities on Tuesday, as investors await key data on the economic impact of the U.S.-Iran war. At 6:30 a.m. in London (1:30 a.m. ET), regional Stoxx 50 futures were 0.6% higher. Futures tied to the FTSE 100 were up by 0.3%, while those tied to the French CAC 40 and Germany’s DAX gained 0.1% and 0.5%, respectively. The pan-European Stoxx 600 fell to a one-week low on Monday as hopes for an end to the war in Iran were dampened. On Tuesday, investors are awaiting flash inflation data for…

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Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Monday’s key moments. 1. Stocks opened lower Monday as oil prices climbed. “It’s Iran that’s controlling the opening,” Jim said. Reports indicated that Iranian negotiators halted communications with the U.S., while U.S. Central Command said American forces intercepted two Iranian ballistic missiles targeting U.S. personnel in Kuwait. The rise in crude weighed on consumer and discretionary stocks, though strength in several technology names helped cushion the broader market. 2. Club holding Nvidia rose 4% Monday after CEO Jensen…

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A worker delivers Amazon packages in San Francisco, California, on Feb. 2, 2026.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAmazon’s annual Prime Day event is scheduled to last four days — June 23 through June 26 — for a second straight year. Launched in 2015, Prime Day is Amazon’s effort at creating a holiday season-like shopping event in the middle of the year. It’s also served as a way for Amazon to secure new members for its $139-a-year loyalty program, and to promote its own products and services. Jamil Ghani, Amazon’s vice president of Prime, said in an interview that…

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Both ZachXBT and Dark Web Informer also confirmed how hackers had targeted and resold particularly valuable Instagram accounts, including the short handles @hey and @jowo with a “combined gray-market valuation estimated above $1 million,” according to the CyberSec Guru. Such accounts can be valuable even if hackers hold them for just a few days because of “clout, resale or brand impersonation,” the security blog reported. The wide security hole The CyberSec Guru also described the exploit as representing the classic “confused deputy” problem from computer security, in which a program with elevated permissions is tricked into misusing those permissions on…

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with Sugarloaf Mountain and Botafogo Beach in the background.Jeremy Walker | Stone | Getty ImagesThe Office of the United States Trade Representative has proposed 25% tariffs on Brazilian goods under Section 301, determining that the South American nation had engaged in practices that “are unreasonable and burden or restrict U.S. commerce.”Some of these practices also include anti-corruption enforcement, intellectual property protection, ethanol market access, and illegal deforestation, according to the release from the U.S. Trade Representative. U.S Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said that the investigation under Section 301 was launched at the direction of U.S. President…

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