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Nvidia releases gaming chips for PCs, tapping AI features from data center GPUs
Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s founder, president and CEO, speaks about the future of artificial intelligence and its effect on energy consumption and production at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 27, 2024. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Nvidia revealed new chips for desktop and laptop PCs on Monday that use the same Blackwell […]
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Stock futures tick higher after S&P 500 posts second straight winning day: Live updates
Traders work on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) floor in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images U.S. stock futures were marginally higher on Monday night after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite notched a second winning day. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures respectively climbed 0.1% and 0.2%. Futures tied to […]
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UK visitors from dozens of countries will have to pay a new entry fee starting this week
Pedestrians shelter from the rain under umbrellas as they pass the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known by the name of the clock’s bell, Big Ben, at the Palace of Westminster, home to the Houses of Parliament, in London on Feb. 22, 2024. Henry Nicholls | AFP | Getty Images If you’re traveling to the U.K. as […]
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Comcast to launch Universal Ads in bid to win smaller advertisers over from tech
Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images Comcast plans to launch a new advertising platform that will make it easier for smaller businesses to buy ad time — and, the company hopes, to beckon some advertisers away from social media and digital outlets and over to traditional TV’s streaming businesses. On Monday, Comcast announced the […]
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How AI regulation could shake out in 2025
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket in Brownsville, Texas, on Nov. 19, 2024. Brandon Bell | Via Reuters The U.S. political landscape is set to undergo some shifts in 2025 — and those changes will have some major implications for the […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Nvidia, Synaptics, Cloudflare, Topgolf Callaway Brands and more
Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Synaptics — The semiconductor company climbed 5.9% after announcing a partnership with Google on Edge AI. Through the collaboration, Google’s machine learning core will be integrated on Synaptics’ Astra hardware. Nvidia — Shares of the chip maker popped 1.7%, marking a positive start to the new […]
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‘Magnificent 7’ stocks responsible for more than half of the S&P 500’s 2024 gain
Despite an attempt to broaden away from megacap tech, Wall Street remains reliant on those names. The S & P 500 climbed around 23% between the start of 2024 and Dec. 19. Bespoke Investment Group found that the “Magnificent 7” — a group that includes high fliers such as Nvidia , Microsoft , Apple and […]
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Silicon Valley’s turn of fortune: Intel has worst year ever, while Broadcom enjoys record gain
Hock Tan, CEO of Broadcom (L) and former CEO of Intel, Pat Gelsinger. Reuters | CNBC It was a big year for silicon in Silicon Valley — but a brutal one for the company most responsible for the area’s moniker. Intel, the 56-year-old chipmaker co-founded by industry pioneers Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce and legendary […]
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BMO’s top internet stock picks for 2025 include Amazon, this video game maker
The new year could be another strong one for internet stocks, and BMO Capital Markets picked its favorites for investors looking to capitalize. Analyst Brian Pitz highlighted Amazon as the firm’s top pick for 2025 and named Netflix , Trade Desk and Google parent Alphabet as other well-positioned names in the internet and interactive entertainment […]
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Ransomware is 35 years old and now a billion-dollar problem. Here’s how it could evolve
As the ransomware industry evolves, experts are predicting hackers will only continue to find more and more ways of using the technology to exploit businesses and individuals. Seksan Mongkhonkhamsao | Moment | Getty Images Ransomware is now a billion-dollar industry. But it wasn’t always that large — nor was it a prevalent cybersecurity risk like […]
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