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In this article FB Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a live-streamed virtual and augmented reality conference to announce the rebrand of Facebook as Meta, in this screen grab taken from a video released October 28, 2021. Facebook | via Reuters Facebook is set to report fourth-quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday. Here are

In this article PYPL Shares of PayPal were down more than 25% on Wednesday, a day after the company provided weak guidance that it blamed in part on inflation. PayPal reported mixed results for the fourth quarter. Earnings per share of $1.11, ex-items, missed the $1.12 expected. It beat on revenue estimates, though, reporting $6.92 billion

A bitcoin sculpture made from scrap metal is installed outside the BitCluster cryptocurrency mining farm in Norilsk, Russia, on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cryptocurrency start-ups are having a solid start to the year, bagging hundreds of millions of dollars in fresh cash even as investors grow wary about

In this article GOOGL Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet, in Brussels, Belgium, on Jan. 20, 2020. Geert Vanden Wijngaert | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google parent Alphabet reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings and revenue. The shares popped in extended trading. The company also announced a 20-for-1 stock split that will go into effect in July. Here

In this article DISCA T AT&T said on Tuesday it will spin off WarnerMedia in a $43 billion transaction to merge its media properties with Discovery and also cut its dividend by nearly half. AT&T shareholders will own 71% of the new Warner Bros. Discovery company and will receive 0.24 shares of Warner Bros. Discovery

Mike Lynch, former CEO of Autonomy. Hollie Adams | Bloomberg via Getty Images LONDON — Mike Lynch, one of the U.K.’s most notable tech entrepreneurs and a man that has often been referred to as “Britain’s Bill Gates,” is on the brink of being extradited to the U.S. to face criminal charges related to the

In this article NYT This photo illustration shows a person playing online word game “Wordle” on a mobile phone in Washington, DC on January 11, 2022. Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images The New York Times is acquiring Wordle, an online game that shot up to popularity seemingly overnight. The move highlights the importance

In this article SPOT Joe Rogan Vivian Zink | SYFY | NBCUniversal Podcaster Joe Rogan has apologized to Spotify, while also addressing the controversy around his podcast. Musicians Neil Young and Joni Mitchell recently boycotted the service for continuing to host “The Joe Rogan Experience, which has been accused by medical professionals of spreading Covid

In this article WMT AMZN Sending back an online order has never been easier. It’s often free for the customer, with some retailers even allowing customers to keep the item while offering a full refund. Amazon returns can be dropped off at Kohl’s, UPS or Whole Foods without boxing it up or even printing a

Maja Hitij | Getty Images News | Getty Images Microsoft cruised past earnings estimates and issued a better-than-expected forecast. So did Intel. Apple and Tesla topped expectations across the board, while subscription software vendors ServiceNow, Qualtrics and Atlassian all posted decisive beats. All that happened this week. But it wasn’t enough, as of midday Friday,

In this article SPOT In this March 15, 2016 file photo, Bruce Springsteen, center, performs with Nils Lofgren, left, and Steven Van Zandt of the E Street Band during their concert at the Los Angeles Sports Arena in Los Angeles. Springsteen’s latest album, “Letter To You” will be released on Oct. 23. Chris Pizzello |

Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian speaks at the Google Cloud Next event in San Francisco on April 9, 2019. Michael Short | Bloomberg | Getty Images As Google tries to win market share in cloud computing from larger rivals Amazon and Microsoft, the company’s cloud division is again reorganizing, this time by shifting around leadership

In this article .FKRX300 TSLA GM Electric vehicles provide a path to better air quality, reduced fuel costs and comprise a growing new category for automakers. But with the transition to electric transportation comes a new challenge: Vehicles with lithium ion batteries can be especially dangerous when they catch fire. The good news is battery

In this article CMCSA AMZN AAPL T DIS NFLX VIAC Temuera Morrison stars as Boba Fett in “The Mandalorian.” Source: Disney For the past two years, media and entertainment companies have been dead-set on showing Wall Street that they have a strong streaming video strategy to counter traditional pay-TV decilnes. The thesis was follows: Taking

Mike Lynch, former CEO of Autonomy. Hollie Adams | Bloomberg via Getty Images LONDON — British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch is set to be extradited to the United States to face criminal charges related to the sale of his company Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard, after a ruling made by U.K. interior minister Priti Patel. Lynch sold

In this article AAPL Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett. Andrew Harnik | AP Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway notched more than $8 billion in gains on Friday as Apple stock rose more than 5% on a strong earnings report. Apple reported December quarter earnings on Thursday, posting nearly $124 billion in sales and strong

In this article AAPL The supply chain guru has spoken. Apple CEO Tim Cook on Thursday eased investors’ fear that supply chain problems rattling industries across the globe are starting to improve for the iPhone maker. Cook told CNBC he expects supply constraints to improve compared to the December quarter. And boy did Apple investors

In this article AAPL Apple CEO Tim Cook attends the grand opening event of the new Apple store at The Grove on November 19, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company is seeing inflationary pressure in an interview with CNBC’s Julia Boorstin on Thursday as

In this article AAPL Tim Cook participates in a panel discussion in New York City. Brian Ach | Getty Images Apple reports fiscal first-quarter earnings after the bell. The quarter includes Apple’s holiday sales. It’s also the first full quarter of iPhone 13 sales, which will provide a data point about how Apple’s latest phone

In this article TSLA Tesla Robotics Courtesy: Tesla Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday on the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call that a humanoid robot is the “most important product” that Tesla is developing this year, putting it ahead of the much-hyped Cybertruck and other Tesla vehicles including the Semi and the Roadster. Musk first teased

In this article TSLA Tesla CEO Elon Musk gestures as he visits the construction site of Tesla’s Gigafactory in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany, August 13, 2021. Patrick Pleul | Reuters Tesla CEO Elon Musk said during the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call that the company won’t release any new models this year, and isn’t currently developing

In this article TSLA Elon Musk, Founder and Chief Engineer of SpaceX, speaks during the Satellite 2020 Conference in Washington, DC, United States on March 9, 2020. Yasin Ozturk | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Tesla reports fourth-quarter results for 2021 on Wednesday after the bell. Here’s what Wall Street analysts expect: Earnings (adjusted): $2.36 per share

In this article SAN-ES A Santander office building in London. Luke MacGregor | Bloomberg via Getty Images Spanish bank Santander is launching its own “buy now, pay later” service in Europe, in a bid to fend off fintech rivals from eating its lunch. The lender said Wednesday it will roll out Zinia, an app that

Klarna Card. Klarna LONDON — Swedish fintech firm Klarna is embedding its “buy now, pay later” service into a physical card in the U.K. The company on Wednesday announced the launch of Klarna Card, a Visa card that lets users delay payments on their purchases, both in-store as well as online. The card is already

In this article MSFT Microsoft reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the fiscal second quarter. The stock dropped in extended trading. Here’s how the company did: Earnings: $2.48 per share, adjusted, vs. $2.31 per share as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv. Revenue: $51.73 billion, vs. $50.88 billion as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv.

In this article NVDA Nvidia headquarters in Santa Clara, California, on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia is “quietly” preparing to abandon its $40 billion acquisition of British chip designer Arm, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday. The U.S. chipmaker has told partners it’s not expecting the deal to be

In this article NFLX Scene from “Squid Game” by Netflix Source: Netflix Netflix has gone from airing “Squid Game” to becoming a player in it. The streaming company’s stock price sank 6.6% as of mid-day Monday, reaching as low as $371.37. That follows Friday’s 22% plunge, which was the steepest one-day drop since July 2012.

In this article IBM SVP and Director at IBM Research Arvind Krishna speaks on stage during the 2016 Wired Business Conference on June 16, 2016 in New York City. Brian Ach | Wired | Getty Images IBM shares jumped as much as 7% in extended trading on Monday after the software and services company said

In this article ETH.CM= BTC.CM= A representations of virtual currency Bitcoin is seen in front of a stock graph in this illustration taken May 19, 2021. Dado Ruvic | Reuters The cryptocurrency market had around $130 billion wiped off its value over the last 24 hours as major digital coins continued their multi-day sell-off. Bitcoin

In this article NFLX Netflix shares are down 24% in trading Friday after the company quietly admitted in its fourth-quarter earnings that streaming competition is eating into its growth. If it remains down more than 20% until close it will be Netflix’s worst day since July 25, 2012, when shares fell 25%. And it will

In this article AMZN Amazon CEO Andy Jassy F. Carter Smith | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon stock slid on Friday morning, bringing it down more than 8% for the week, as a broader market sell-off pressured technology stocks. If it remains down more than 8%, it would mark Amazon’s worst one-week performance in six

In this article ABNB Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky told CNBC on Friday that a post-Covid pandemic future of flexible living and working arrangements will be a boon to the company. Chesky, who is on a nationwide tour of Airbnb stays in an effort to “improve the experience” for customers, said he expects sustained

In this article ETH.CM= BTC.CB= Alec Monopoly paints a bitcoin onto a mural at the North American Bitcoin Conference held at the James L Knight Center on January 18, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Cryptocurrencies continued their dramatic slide on Saturday, with bitcoin losing nearly half of its value since hitting

Lina Khan, nominee for Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), speaks during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, April 21, 2021. Saul Loeb | Pool | Reuters In the seven months since Lina Khan took over as chair of the Federal Trade Commission, there’s

In this article ETH.CM= BTC.CM= Bitcoin prices fell sharply on Friday, while ether prices also dived, wiping off nearly $150 billion from the crypto market. Bitcoin fell about 15% and was trading around $36,000 late Friday, according to Coin Metrics. Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, dived about 20% to trade around $2,500. The

In this article NFLX PTON A man walks in front of a Peloton studios on May 05, 2021 in New York. John Smith | VIEW press | Corbis News | Getty Images Peloton fell below its IPO price, Netflix suffered its steepest drop in a decade, and chip stocks continued to struggle. Add it all

In this article MSFT ATVI NFLX Young happy Asian couple playing video games in living room. Cheerful people having fun with computer gaming concept. Blue Planet Studio The business of video games is having a moment. Less than two weeks after Take-Two announced its $12.7 billion for Zynga, and just days after Microsoft announced its

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, (D-MN) speaks during the fourth day of the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, October 15, 2020. Susan Walsh | Pool | Reuters The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 16-6 Thursday to advance a major tech competition bill,

Reed Hastings, co-CEO of Netflix, participates in the Milken Institute Global Conference on October 18, 2021 in Beverly Hills, California. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images The latest Netflix shareholder letter included a line heard around the world: “While this added competition may be affecting our marginal growth some…” That clause doesn’t sound

In this article PTON Peloton is temporarily halting production of its connected fitness products as consumer demand wanes and the company looks to control costs, according to internal documents obtained by CNBC. Peloton plans to pause Bike production for two months, from February to March, the documents show. It already halted production of its more

The stores will feature women’s and men’s apparel, shoes and accessories from a mix of well-known and emerging brands at affordable prices. Amazon After upending brick-and-mortar retail, Amazon is opening a clothing store in the physical world. The first Amazon Style store, located in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale, Calif., will open its doors

Even as China spends billions to build up its domestic semiconductor sector, it is still some time away from achieving the capabilities needed to produce cutting edge chips, an analyst said on Wednesday. Semiconductors are used in everything, from smartphones and computers to cars as well as home appliances. “I still believe that [China is]

In this article TMUS T VZ Workers install equipment on a 5G cell tower in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty Images Verizon and AT&T turned on a major new part of their 5G networks Wednesday, the culmination of a yearslong process that saw both

In this article SOFI Anthony Noto CEO of SoFi at the newly named SoFi Stadium under construction in Los Angeles. Stephen Desaulniers | CNBC Shares of SoFi rallied as more than 16% in after-hours trading on Tuesday following news that the fintech cleared its final regulatory hurdle in becoming a bank. San Francisco-based SoFi received

In this article ATVI MSFT Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft. Charles Pertwee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft tried to set a record in 2008, when then-CEO Steve Ballmer pursued plans to buy Yahoo for about $50 billion. It would have been the biggest U.S. tech deal ever, topping JDS Uniphase’s $41 billion purchase of

In this article MSFT ATVI Microsoft announced Tuesday it will buy video game giant Activision Blizzard in a $68.7 billion all-cash deal. Shares of Activision soared about 37% in pre-market trading before being halted after the Wall Street Journal first reported the deal. Microsoft shares fell more than 2% following the announcement Activision, which is

In this article AMZN A protest against multinational technology company Amazon during the Covid-19 pandemic, on Nov. 27, 2020, in Rome, Italy. Antonio Masiello | Getty Images News | Getty Images When Italy’s competition regulator slapped a hefty fine of 1.13 billion euros ($1.28 billion) on Amazon last month, it was just the latest salvo

As part of its 14th Five Year Plan, China plans to increase support for research and development into 6G or sixth generation internet. 6G is said to come after current 5G technology though no global standards or definition have been agreed upon yet. Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images China is