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Former Tesla board member says stock ‘might be a sell’ unless it meets 2 key targets
Tesla urgently needs to meet two key targets to justify its valuation or investors should sell the stock, the company’s former board member Steve Westly told CNBC on Thursday. Westly, founder of venture fund The Westly Group, said Tesla’s fourth-quarter results published Wednesday were a “lackluster end to a challenging year.” Tesla reported a 2% […]
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DeepSeek’s AI claims have shaken the world — but not everyone’s convinced
Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek rocked markets this week with claims its new AI model outperforms OpenAI’s and cost a fraction of the price to build. The assertions — specifically that DeepSeek’s large language model cost just $5.6 million to train — have sparked concerns over the eyewatering sums that tech giants are currently spending […]
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Mark Zuckerberg starts Meta earnings call by praising Trump administration
(L-R) Priscilla Chan, CEO of Meta and Facebook Mark Zuckerberg, and Lauren Sanchez attend the inauguration ceremony before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th US President in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg praised the Trump administration […]
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Meta’s Reality Labs posts $5 billion loss in fourth quarter
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms, demonstrates the Meta Quest Pro during the virtual Meta Connect event in New York on Oct. 11, 2022. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta continues to lose billions of dollars developing the virtual reality and augmented reality technologies needed to underpin the nascent metaverse. The social media […]
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Microsoft set to report earnings after the bell
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, arrives for the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, July 9, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Microsoft will report fiscal second-quarter results after the U.S. market close Wednesday. Here’s what analysts are looking for, according to LSEG: […]
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Meta to report fourth-quarter earnings after the bell
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears at the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta is slated to report fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday after the close of regular trading. Here is what analysts polled by LSEG are expecting: Earnings per share: $6.77 Revenue: […]
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Tesla set to report fourth-quarter earnings after the bell
André Thierig, plant manager of the Tesla Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg, stands at the final inspection of the production of Tesla Model Y electric vehicles. Patrick Pleul | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Tesla plans to release fourth-quarter results after the bell on Wednesday. Here’s what analysts are expecting, based on an average of estimates compiled by LSEG: […]
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DeepSeek app unavailable in Apple and Google app stores in Italy
The Chinese artificial intelligence application DeepSeek appeared to be unavailable on Wednesday in Apple and Google app stores in Italy on Wednesday. A notice displayed to customers on Apple’s App Store said the app was “currently not available in the country or area you are in. A message on the Google app platform, said the […]
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Google reclassifies U.S. as ‘sensitive country’ alongside China, Russia after Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ comments
Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images Google‘s maps division on Monday reclassified the U.S. as a “sensitive country,” a designation it reserves for states with strict governments and border disputes, CNBC has learned. The new classification for the U.S. came after President Donald Trump said his administration would make name changes on official maps […]
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Google employees petition for ‘job security’ ahead of expected cuts
The Google logo is displayed during the Made By Google event at Google headquarters on August 13, 2024 in Mountain View, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Google employees have begun circulating an internal petition titled “job security” ahead of expected cost cuts this year, CNBC has learned. The petition has been signed by more […]
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