Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms Inc., arrives for the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Artificial intelligence has been a shot in the arm for digital advertising. Meta and Alphabet both reported sales and earnings that beat Wall Street’s expectations, but…
Bill Ready, CEO of Pinterest, speaks at the 28th annual Milken Institute Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, on May 5, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Pinterest shares were down more than 10% on Thursday after the company reported second-quarter earnings that missed on earnings per share….
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event with Apple CEO Tim Cook in the Oval Office of the White House on August 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images After months of speculation, U.S. President Donald Trump has divulged more of his semiconductor tariff plans, but his latest threats might create…
Apple is ready to pony up another $100 billion to appease President Donald Trump . Jim Cramer says it was a necessary evil. Wall Street agreed, and the struggling stock rallied. The news Shares of Apple jumped nearly 6% on Wednesday after a White House official confirmed to CNBC that the tech giant will raise…
My top 10 things to watch Wednesday, Aug. 6 1. Wall Street was heading for a higher open this morning as earnings from two Dow stocks, Disney and McDonalds , went in opposite directions. Weaker economic data as well as pharma and semiconductor tariff comments from President Donald Trump on CNBC yesterday knocked the market…
Snap shares tanked more than 15% Tuesday when it reported second-quarter earnings in which global average revenue per user missed expectations. Here is how the company did compared with Wall Street’s expectations: Earnings per share: Loss of 16 cents. That figure is not comparable to analysts’ estimates. Revenue: $1.34 billion vs. $1.35 billion expected, according to LSEG …
OpenAI is set to hit 700 million weekly active users for ChatGPT this week, up from 500 million in March, marking a more than fourfold year-over-year surge in growth, the company said Monday. The figure spans all ChatGPT artificial intelligence products — free, Plus Pro, Enterprise, Team, and Edu — and comes as daily user…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer reviewed Monday’s market action and told investors that stocks’ rebound from last week was lead by positive news from the Magnificent Seven Tech stocks — Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Nvidia and Tesla. “Now, some of that may be because…the Fed has to cut, maybe even before September — I mean, that’s…
The logo for Wondery is displayed on a smartphone in an arranged photograph taken in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon is terminating some positions in its Wondery podcast division and the head of the group is leaving as part of…
Dylan Field, co-founder and CEO of Figma, signs the guestbook on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on July 31, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg may be the most famous college-dropout-turned-tech-billionaire. Dylan Field is the latest, after his design startup Figma soared in its stock…
