Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Character.AI on Wednesday announced that it will soon shut off the ability for minors to have free-ranging chats, including romantic and therapeutic conversations, with the startup’s artificial intelligence chatbots. The Silicon Valley startup, which allows users to create and interact with character-based chatbots, announced the move as part of…
This week’s earnings from major tech megacaps — namely Amazon, Alphabet, Apple, Microsoft and Meta — are vital to the market’s performance over the next few months, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said on Monday. “We know that the market’s direction for the next couple of months will be defined by the results we get this week,”…
Amazon Proteus robots demonstrate autonomous navigation using barcodes on the floor during the Delivering the Future event at the Amazon Robotics Innovation Hub in Westborough, Massachusetts, US, on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Artificial intelligence is widening the productivity gap between large and small companies, lifting up bigger firms that…
A strong start to the third-quarter earnings season has propelled the stock market back to record highs. Investors are hoping an even busier week of corporate reports — oh, and a Fed meeting — can keep the good times rolling. A wild card: President Donald Trump is in Asia for some high-stakes diplomacy. The S…
Dustin Muskovitz, co-founder and chairman at Asana. Stefanie Keenan | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Meta’s co-founder Dustin Moskovitz opened up about the pains of leadership and admitted that 13 years of being a CEO was “exhausting.” Moskovitz, one of the original founders of Meta, formerly Facebook, co-founded the social platform in 2004 alongside Mark…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks holding a photos of the new ballroom during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on October 22, 2025. Salwan Georges | The Washington Post | Getty Images Big Tech and other publicly traded companies are helping to…
Cameron Pappas, owner of Norton’s Florist Norton’s For Cameron Pappas, owner of Norton’s Florist in Birmingham, Alabama, the artificial intelligence boom is a world away. While companies like Nvidia, Alphabet and Broadcom are lifting the stock market to fresh highs and bolstering GDP, Pappas is experiencing what’s happening in the real economy, one that’s far removed…
Stocks jumped for the second straight week and reached record highs Friday as Washington trade and shutdown drama took a back seat to cooler inflation data and stronger earnings. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq rose 2% and 2.3%, respectively, for the week. In fact, the S & P 500 on Friday peaked above…
Passive investing through exchange-traded funds may be losing its appeal. Tidal Financial Group Chief Revenue Officer Gavin Filmore finds many of his clients are no longer satisfied with buying popular ETFs tied to market indexes. “I think investors are looking beyond just the let’s call it the ‘VOO and chill approach’ where you just buy…
As Wall Street approaches the heigh of earnings season, CNBC’s Jim Cramer pinpointed the most important events happening next week — including the Federal Reserve’s meeting and earnings from Big Tech. Earnings are especially important as the government shutdown delays macro economic data, according to Cramer. He added that Friday’s gains make him fairly wary….
