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In this article BTC.CM= ETH.CM= Ether has hugely outperformed bitcoin since both cryptocurrencies formed a bottom in June 2022. Ether’s superior gains have come as investors anticipate a major upgrade to the ethereum blockchain called “the merge.” Yuriko Nakao | Getty Images Since finding a bottom in mid-June, ether has massively outperformed bitcoin as investors

In this article AAPL iMessage in iOS 16 Todd Haselton | CNBC Apple‘s new iOS 16 iPhone software, expected in September, will let you edit and unsend text messages for the first time. That means you’ll be able to go back and correct a typo or delete a message if you sent it to the

In this article GOOGL A Google employee marches towards City Hall during the Global Climate Strike in Seattle, Washington, on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Thousands of workers at Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.com Inc. walked out without their bosses blessings to protest rising global temperatures. Chloe Collyer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bambi Okugawa is a

Vince McMahon (L) and Donald Trump attend a press conference about the WWE at the Austin Straubel International Airport on June 22, 2009 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Mark A. Wallenfang | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Former World Wrestling Entertainment boss Vince McMahon paid $5 million of around $20 million previously unrecorded expenses to

Michael Moro, chief executive officer of Genesis, pauses as he speaks during the Bitcoin Conference 2022 in Miami Beach, Florida, April 6, 2022. Marco Bello | Reuters Digital asset brokerage Genesis said on Wednesday that CEO Michael Moro is stepping down and the company is slashing 20% of its workforce, the latest casualties as the

In this article MANU TWTR Shares of the English soccer club Manchester United Plc briefly rose by as much as 17% in premarket trading on Wednesday, after Elon Musk jokingly tweeted “Also, I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome.” Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images Shares of the English soccer club Manchester United briefly rose by as

In this article AAPL Meta Apple and Facebook parent Meta are expected to release mixed reality headsets in the coming year that could finally fulfill the industry’s promise to turn head-worn devices into the next big shift in personal computing. But there’s one major potential snag: sticker shock. The best-selling virtual reality headset, the Meta

In this article AMZN An Amazon-branded Boeing 767 freighter, nicknamed Amazon One, flies over Lake Washington during the Seattle Seafair Air Show on Aug. 5, 2016 in Seattle. Getty Images Amazon workers at the company’s largest air hub in California walked off the job earlier this week to demand higher pay and safety improvements. The

Tom Holland stars as Peter Parker in “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” Sony Spider-Man, the Na’vi and a ragtag group of galactic rebels are making their way back to theaters at the end of the summer. Disney is releasing Star Wars prequel “Rogue One” and “Avatar” in domestic theaters in the coming weeks, while Sony will

In this article AMZN British author Salman Rushdie poses behind some copies of his book “Joseph Anton” on October 1, 2012 in Berlin. Author Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses” topped several Amazon’s bestsellers lists on Tuesday, days after he sustained serious injuries in a stabbing at a lecture in New York. Johannes Eisele | Afp

Adam Neumann, CEO of WeWork. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz announced Monday that it plans to invest in Adam Neumann’s new residential real estate company called Flow. Neumann is the founder and former CEO of the coworking space company WeWork, but he left in 2019 after the company botched its plans

In this article ETH.CM= BTC.CM= Bitcoin prices have been under pressure in 2022 after the collapse of algorithmic stablecoin terraUSD and subsequent bankruptcy filings from lender Celsius and hedge fund Three Arrows Capital. Nicolas Economou | Nurphoto | Getty Images Bitcoin briefly topped $25,000 to hit its highest level in June before falling sharply as

In this article TOST Toast shares closed up 8% Friday after the restaurant software vendor beat revenue estimates and said the number of locations it serves surged 40% in the second quarter. Toast provides technology that can serve as a restaurant’s operating system across dine-in, takeout, and delivery channels. Its products gained rapid adoption during

In this article TSLA 17 May 2021, Brandenburg, Grünheide: Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, stands on the construction site of the Tesla factory and greets with his hard hat. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Tesla has made over three million cars, CEO Elon Musk tweeted on Sunday. Of that total, Tesla’s Shanghai factory

Dr. Steven Scott Cliff, nominee to be administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing in Russell Building on Thursday, December 16, 2021. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The Department of Transportation said on Friday that Steven Cliff, the head

Magic 8 Ball by Mattel Source: Amazon Blumhouse is no longer a producing partner of Mattel’s planned Magic 8 Ball film. On Friday, co-founder and producer Jason Blum told CNBC that the horror production power house was no longer attached to the toymaker’s project. “We developed it for a while, but we are no longer

Confluent Co-Founder and CEO Jay Kreps appears at the company’s sales kickoff in Las Vegas on Feb. 8, 2022. Confluent Investors looking to get into beaten-down cloud stocks at bargain basement prices may have missed their opportunity. Scanning the cloud software market, which tanked to start the year, numerous stocks have jumped 50% from their

Ethan Hawke stars in Blumhouse and Universal’s “The Black Phone.” Universal Any apprehension Jason Blum had about the future of the box office has been quelled now that “The Black Phone” has surpassed $150 million at the global box office. Blum was one of many that worried lower-budget films might not have a place at

In this article AAPL A new MacBook Air running M2 chip is seen displayed during Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California, June 6, 2022. Peter Dasilva | Reuters Apple has five MacBook computers to choose from, which might be a little daunting if you’re in the market for a new laptop as

In this article AAPL Taylor Swift Christopher Polk | Getty Images Your iPhone has a useful feature you might not know about. You can identify the song that’s playing on the radio at a bar, in your car or at a friend’s house, all without having to open an app. All you have to do

In this article NYT The New York Times building Jonathan Torgovnik | Getty Images Activist investor ValueAct has built a 6.7% stake in the New York Times, according to an SEC filing out Thursday, sending shares of the media company up around 10% in afternoon trading. “We are aware that ValueAct has made an investment

In this article PINS A banner for the online image board Pinterest Inc. hangs from the New York Stock Exchange on the morning that Pinterest makes its initial public offering on April 18, 2019. Spencer Platt | Getty Images In this weekly series, CNBC takes a look at companies that made the inaugural Disruptor 50

Marqeta celebrates IPO at the Nasdaq on June 9th, 2021. Source: The Nasdaq Shares of payment processor Marqeta tumbled 24% on Thursday after founder Jason Gardner announced plans to step down as CEO, and the company said it’s being cautious given the challenges in the economy and fintech sector. Gardner started Marqeta in 2010 and

Ethereum is the world’s second-biggest cryptocurrency, and it’s giving bitcoin a run for its money. Getty Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market value, just ran a final dress rehearsal ahead of a years-awaited upgrade that’s been billed as one of the most important events in the history of crypto. Since its creation almost a decade

In this article DIS A performer dressed as Mickey Mouse entertains guests during the reopening of the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California, U.S., on Friday, April 30, 2021. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images If Disney+’s subscriber growth is any indication, the rumors that the global streaming market is nearing saturation have been proven

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 02: Elon Musk attends The 2022 Met Gala Celebrating “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 02, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue) Dimitrios Kambouris | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Tesla CEO

In this article COIN Coinbase shares dropped in extended trading on Tuesday after the crypto exchange reported a loss of over $1 billion in the second quarter and missed analysts’ estimates for revenue. Here’s how the company did: Earnings: Loss of $4.98 per share, vs. loss of $2.65 per share as expected by analysts, according

In this article VYGVQ Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder and chief executive officer of FTX, in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. Lam Yik | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sam Bankman-Fried became a crypto billionaire and one of the most famous players in the industry by building cryptocurrency exchange FTX into a top site used

In this article GFS QCOM MU Sanjay Mehrota, CEO, Micron Scott Mlyn | CNBC Micron announced Tuesday it will invest $40 billion between now and 2030 to manufacture chips in the U.S. The investment is supported by grants and credits from the CHIPS and Science Act, which President Joe Biden will sign on Tuesday. Micron

In this article META Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images WhatsApp is launching a new feature that will allow users to leave lengthy group chats without alerting others to their exit. Currently, pulling out of a WhatsApp group chat can be an awkward affair as everyone in the chat is informed when you leave.

Actor Ezra Miller arrives at the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures’ ‘Justice League’ at Dolby Theatre on November 13, 2017 in Hollywood, California. Axelle | Bauer-Griffin | Filmmagic | Getty Images As David Zaslav seeks to revamp Warner Bros.’ Discovery’s DC cinematic universe, one of the studio’s biggest stars continues to make headlines for alleged

In this article NVDA Nvidia shares dipped 8% on Monday morning after the company released preliminary earnings that show second-quarter revenue of $6.70 billion, well below its initial outlook of $8.10 billion.   The company said the shortfall primarily reflects weaker than forecasted gaming revenue, which is down 44% sequentially and 33% from the prior year.

In this article 9984.T-JP SoftBank’s Vision Fund, the brainchild of the company’s founder Masayoshi Son, has faced a number of headwinds including a slump in technology stocks as a result of rising interest rates, a tough China market and geopolitics. Kentaro Takahash | Bloomberg | Getty Images SoftBank posted one of its biggest losses at

In this article 7974.T-JP 6758.T-JP MSFT A gamer plays on Sony’s Playstation 5 console at his home in Seoul. Yelim Lee | AFP via Getty Images The giants of the video game world saw their sales slide in the second quarter, as initial tailwinds from the Covid pandemic faded. In the three months ended June,

In this article NFLX A button for launching the Netflix application is seen on a remote control in this photo illustration in Warsaw, Poland on April 25, 2019. Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto | Getty Images There’s a big money question haunting Netflix. In recent years, the streamer has spent big on flashy, blockbuster-style action movies

In this article NFLX Dado Ruvic | Reuters Netflix is accelerating its push into video games with plans to double its catalog of offerings by the end of the year, but for now, few of the streaming giant’s subscribers are playing. Since last November, the company has been rolling out the games as a way