The Tech Download

Two of Google DeepMind’s leaders—Dawn Bloxwich (Responsible Development & Innovation) and Tom Lue (VP, Frontier AI Global Affairs)—open the playbook on frontier safety...

DeepMind COO Lila Ibrahim shares what’s working right now when AI meets the classroom. She explains how LearnLM has been infused into Gemini and why Guided ...

DeepMind’s co‑founder and CEO Demis Hassabis lays out a pragmatic path to AGI—why he still sees a 5–10 year window, what current models are missing (reasoning, p...

Hosted by Arjun Kharpal in London and Steve Kovach in New York, The Tech Download cuts through the noise to unpack the technology stories that matter most — and what they mean for y...

Indonesian fintech unicorn Xendit is helping reshape Southeast Asia’s payment landscape by offering Stripe-like infrastructure tailored to the region’s unique challenges. In this episode of C...

In 2018, venture capital firm Antler set up its headquarters in Singapore and has since invested in more than 1,300 startups. In this episode of CNBC's "Beyond the Valley," Antler founder and...

American-Singaporean gaming giant Razer transformed the industry with its next generation hardware. Now, it wants to repeat that feat, but with artificial intelligence. In this episode, Razer...

Silicon Valley once dismissed Asia’s tech scene as a land of copycats. Today, those same hubs are driving real innovation—and global investors are taking notice. One of them is B Capital, a v...

A new round of layoffs at Microsoft has reignited a growing debate: is artificial intelligence beginning to replace human workers? CNBC’s Arjun Kharpal and Steve Kovach sit down with tech jou...

Dave Ripley, co-CEO of Kraken, one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges talks to CNBC’s Arjun Kharpal about the volatility in crypto markets, what President Donald Trump means for ...

Monica Long, president of Ripple, sits down with CNBC’s Arjun Kharpal to talk about the state of the crypto market and what President Donald Trump means for the industry. Long also discusses ...

Charles Hoskinson, founder of Input Output and the Cardano blockchain, speaks to CNBC’s Arjun Kharpal about out his views on the future of crypto, including why he thinks bitcoin could rally ...

Autonomous driving is quickly evolving, with Pony.ai at the forefront of this transformation. In this episode of Beyond the Valley, recorded live on stage at the CONVERGE LIVE event in S...

As AI transforms the global tech landscape, Singapore is making bold strides to position itself as a leader in AI innovation and regulation. In this episode of Beyond the Valley, Singapo...

U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed his support for the crypto industry, a move which has had wide-ranging implications globally. Richard Teng, CEO of Binance and Chao Deng, CEO of Hash...

Rebellions is an AI chip startup that recently became a unicorn, or company valued over $1 billion. It is positioning itself as a potential rival to Nvidia. Rebellions CEO Sunghyun Park speak...

Artificial intelligence, electric vehicles and autonomous driving are transforming the automotive industry. In our final special Davos edition of CNBC’s Beyond the Valley, Qualcomm CEO C...

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire sees tokenized money as the key to transforming global commerce, offering faster, cheaper cross-border transactions and the potential to unlock new financial opportu...

Max Tegmark's Future of Life Institute has called for a pause on the development on advanced AI systems. Tegmark is concerned that the world is moving toward artificial intelligence that can'...

It’s not an exaggeration to say that the artificial intelligence revolution has been dominated by American companies. The likes of OpenAI and Nvidia have been fuelled by billions of dollars o...

Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange that’s rapidly built itself into one of the industry’s most influential players, is making big predictions about the future of crypto. CEO Richard Teng, who...

In the final episode of 2024, CNBC's Tom Chitty and Arjun Kharpal are joined by a whole host of special guests to reflect back on the year, and to look ahead to an exciting 2025 for technolog...

Xreal, one of the leading players in the augmented reality glasses market, released its latest product - the Xreal One Series. For the first time, it designed its own chip for the glasses. At...

Despite the concerns of many artists, filmmakers, musicians and content creators, the use of AI in the creative industries is well under way. Working out how to navigate a creative future wit...

Quantum computers have been touted for their potential to revolutionize the world — and British company Oxford Ionics claims to be building the most powerful quantum computers out t...

“AI models are confident liars.” That's the tagline for artificial intelligence application startup, Infactory. The company’s co-founder Brooke Hartley Moy joins CNBC’s Tom Chitty and Arjun K...

Huawei has launched an upgraded version of its HarmonyOS mobile operating system, which reportedly no longer relies on the Android operating system. It's a bold push from a Chinese firm, but ...

The U.S. for a long time has been the dominant player in space. But more recently, China and India have been on the rise. CNBC's Tom Chitty and Arjun Kharpal talk to Christopher Newman, Profe...

AI personal assistants have been spotted in movies and other pop culture. Now tech giants are trying to bring those to your phones. Ben Wood, chief analyst at CCS Insights, talks to CNBC's To...

While American companies including Nvidia, Google and OpenAI have been benificiaries of the artificial intelligence boom, Chinese companies have been developing this own products and services...

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As an increasing number of parents become concerned about the negative effects of social media and smartphones, the debate is raging over when kids should be allowed to have a device. Joe Ryr...

The first Esports World Cup took place in Saudi Arabia in 2024 as the industry looks to take professional gaming mainstream. With eSports becoming more professional and prize pools increasing...

Apple is gearing up for the launch of Apple Intelligence, its AI suite of products that it wants to roll out across its devices, including the iPhone. But absent from the announcement was men...

Back in the 1980s, Japan occupied more than half of the global semiconductor market. Since then, however, other countries have led the way, as they scramble to secure their chip supply chains...

Samsung recently revealed the Galaxy Ring, its first foray into the smart ring category of products. The South Korean tech giant is also betting artificial intelligence alongside its huge sui...

A regular software update from U.S. cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike led to major computer outages across the world with many users experiencing the “blue screen of death”. CNBC’s Tom Chitty an...

Veldhoven, the Dutch suburb of Eindhoven, is home to ASML, which produces the most advanced silicon chip making machines. The semiconductor in your smartphone was very likely made using one o...

Berlin was once the main center of Germany's tech scene. But over the years, start-up growth has happened around the country. Germany has gone through a few rounds of growth and the third wav...

France is home to some of the most high-profile artificial intelligence start-ups. The country, which was once seen as anti-tech, has attracted big funding, backed by a public push from the g...

Europe largely missed out on the internet age, especially when compared to the tech giants that grew out of the U.S. and China. But Europe’s tech hubs have been buzzing as of late, hoping to ...

Arjun Kharpal, CNBC’s senior tech correspondent, joins Tom Chitty from Money 20/20 in Amsterdam, one of the world’s biggest financial technology events. In this episode of Beyond the Valley, ...

The internet of bodies - or IOB - is a term that refers to the continual merging of humans and technology. It spans everything from smartwatches to chips implanted in your brain, with the pro...

Companies are competing to make the smartest AI models, with some top tech execs saying artificial general intelligence will soon be upon us. Beyond the Valley goes on the road to VivaTech in...

Bitcoin has a finite supply. It is one of the cryptocurrency's characteristics that proponents like. Estimates suggest that all 21 million bitcoin will be mined around the year 2140. CNBC's T...

From AR and VR headsets to AI and cloud gaming, new technologies have the potential to transform the gaming industry. So, what will more immersive and interactive gaming look like, and what a...

Semiconductors, or chips, have an incredibly global, complex and intricate production process. The supply chain is spread across the world. As governments focus on boosting their own domestic...

Apple has sought to boost its presence in India in terms of physical stores and iPhone manufacturing. But can India become Apple's next China?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy a...

The bitcoin halving happens every four years. It’s a technical event that often precedes bitcoin moving to all-time highs. But this time things are a little different.See Privacy Po...

India has been on a mission to transform itself into a high-tech manufacturing hub for products from smartphones to semiconductors. New Delhi has managed to woo some of the world's biggest te...