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Relativity Space aims to build rockets using enormous 3D printers.The young start-up now has more 60,000 square feet of real estate, 64 employees and is finishing touches on three additional 3D printers.In the past year Relativity has added veterans of technology giants SpaceX, Blue Origin, Tesla, ...

Tesla suffered another fire at its car plant in Fremont, California on Saturday night. The same Tesla factory endured significant fires in its paint shop last year, taking expensive equipment out of commission.Tesla confirmed that the fire has been contained and will not impact vehicle production. ...

The United States is behind China in promoting its 5G technologies across the world, a former U.S. national security advisor told CNBC Sunday.'In the marketing of it we are behind,' Gen. James Jones — who served as NSA under former President Barack Obama--told CNBC. ...

Amid calls by U.S. lawmakers to reduce weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries involved in offensive warfare in the Middle East, corporates in the defense space are coming under increased scrutiny. ...

In 2018, Dara Khosrowshahi's first full year as CEO, Uber narrowed losses and continued to grow revenue, though at a slower pace than in the previous year.In the lead-up to a 2019 IPO, Uber is pitching itself as a full platform for transportation and logistics, not just ride-hailing.However, ...

Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin have long dominated the news with their respective advances in private space travel industry. ...

Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs reportedly proposed receiving a cut of property taxes, development fees and increased land value for its work in Toronto.The company is planning to make Toronto's eastern waterfront into a smart city that will be more affordable and sustainable. ...

The decision to cancel plans for thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic investment came as a shock to some government officials and residents.Amazon spent nearly a year fielding proposals for its HQ2, ...

They aren't from Wall Street. Roughly two dozen banks, such as Cross River Bank, Sutton Bank, Celtic Bank and Evolve, are the ones handling the 'financial' side of billion-dollar financial technology start-ups.By forming these partnerships, ...

Uber is suing New York over the city's cap on new licenses for ride-hailing drivers.The New York City Council imposed the cap in August 2018. The cap lasts a year.New York's move was favored by yellow cab organizations, which says Uber and other ride-hailing services damage cab drivers' livelihoods. ...

Amazon led a $700 million round of funding in Rivian, a Michigan-based electric vehicle startup. Rivian plans to launch an electric pickup and electric SUV in the U.S. in 2020. Electric truck start-up and potential Tesla rival Rivian announced a $700 million investment round led by Amazon on Friday. ...

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing is planning to lay off about 2,000 people, or 15 percent of its workforce, this year, a source familiar with the situation said Friday, confirming earlier Chinese media reports.Didi declined to comment to CNBC.In an internal meeting Friday, ...

Amazon is becoming a player in the logistics and shipping industry. That's what analysts think about the recent expansion of Amazon Air to include 50 planes and several new regional hubs, including a $1.5 billion hub opening in northern Kentucky in 2021. According to Wolfe Research, ...

Facebook maintains a list of individuals that its security guards must 'be on lookout' for that is comprised of users who've made threatening statements against the company on its social network as well as numerous former employees. ...

Cisco reported better-than-expected results on Wednesday, lifting the stock 3 percent.The company's infrastructure business posted revenue that topped estimates.CEO Chuck Robbins said Cisco is taking on China's Huawei and winning. If Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins is worried about China's Huawei, ...

Walmart is bringing tractor-trailers to the parking lots of some of its stores to let customers experience DreamWorks Animation's 'How to Train Your Dragon' via virtual reality.This marks the official launch of Spatial&, ...

'If satellites got lost in any conflict in the future, God forbid, we're about the only company in the world that could replace them in 24 hours,' Branson said in an interview with CNBC's Morgan Brennan.Branson met with Air Force leadership two weeks ago to discuss the capabilities of Virgin Orbit, ...

New York City will lose the bulk of the 25,000 jobs that were initially promised by Amazon's HQ2, the company's spokesperson confirmed.Instead, most of those jobs will be spread across 17 of Amazon's corporate offices and tech hubs in North America, including Boston, Vancouver and Denver. ...

NASA is focused on utilizing partnerships with companies like SpaceX and Boeing, rather than contracting and operating the rockets and spacecraft itself.Administrator Jim Bridenstine told CNBC it is not certain SpaceX will launch humans before Boeing for the Commercial Crew program. ...

The fine is related to Cambridge Analytica's improperly accessing the data of 87 million Facebook users.If agreed upon, the fine would be the largest ever imposed by the FTC against a tech company. ...