Technology
Apple sales rise 6%, company shows early iPhone 16 demand
CEO of Apple Tim Cook poses as Apple holds an event at the Steve Jobs Theater on its campus in Cupertino, California, U.S. September 9, 2024. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Apple’s fiscal fourth-quarter results beat Wall Street expectations for revenue and earnings per share but net income slumped after the company paid a one-time charge […]
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Amazon’s cloud unit records highest profit margin in at least a decade
Matt Garman, CEO of Amazon Web Services, speaks during The Wall Street Journal’s Tech Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, on Oct. 21, 2024. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Amazon said revenue in its cloud unit increased 19% in third quarter, just missing analyst estimates. Revenue at Amazon Web Services totaled $27.45 […]
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Amazon earnings are out — here are the numbers
Amazon reported earnings after the bell. Here are the results. Earnings: $1.43 vs $1.14 per share expected by LSEG Revenue: $158.88 billion vs $157.2 billion expected by LSEG Wall Street is also watching several other numbers in the report: Amazon Web Services: $27.5 billion expected, according to StreetAccount Advertising: $14.3 billion expected, according to StreetAccount […]
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Microsoft’s stock heads for worst day in two years after disappointing forecast
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at a company event on artificial intelligence technologies in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 30, 2024. Dimas Ardian | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft‘s better-than-expected earnings report wasn’t enough to prevent the stock’s steepest sell-off in two years, as investors instead focused on the company’s forecast for the current period. Microsoft […]
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Meta’s Threads micro-blogging app now has 275 million monthly users, Zuckerberg says
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg holds a smartphone, as he makes a keynote speech at the Meta Connect annual event, at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S. September 25, 2024. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Threads, Meta‘s rival to Elon Musk’s X app, now has nearly 275 million monthly users, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday. […]
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Super Micro’s $50 billion stock collapse underscores risk of AI hype
The Super Micro Computer Inc. headquarters in San Jose, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images In March, Super Micro Computer was added to the S&P 500 after an epic run that lifted the stock by more than 2,000% in two years, dwarfing even Nvidia’s gains. As it turned […]
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Uber reports third-quarter results that beat Wall Street’s revenue expectations
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi speaks at a product launch event in San Francisco on Sept. 26, 2019. Philip Pacheco | AFP via Getty Images Uber reported third-quarter results on Thursday that beat Wall Street’s expectations for revenue but missed on analysts’ projections for gross bookings. Shares of the company were down more than 5% pre-market […]
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Microsoft CFO says OpenAI investment will cut into profit this quarter
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, right, speaks as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman looks on during the OpenAI DevDay event in San Francisco on Nov. 6, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Microsoft‘s massive investment in OpenAI is weighing on earnings. Following Microsoft’s quarterly earnings report on Wednesday, CFO Amy Hood said she expects the company to […]
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Even Mark Zuckerberg seems surprised by Meta’s pace of spending on AI
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 Meta has been so quick to build out its massive data center and computing infrastructure for artificial intelligence projects that CEO Mark Zuckerberg is even a […]
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FTX’s Nishad Singh gets no jail time, 3 years supervised release for role in crypto fraud
Nishad Singh, former director of Engineering at FTX Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange, left, and Claire Watanabe, former senior executive at FTX Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange, arrive at court in New York, on Oct. 30, 2024. Mackenzie Sigalos | CNBC Former FTX executive Nishad Singh was sentenced to time served and three years of supervised release on Wednesday, […]
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