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Meta’s Reality Labs posts .53 billion loss in second quarter
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Meta’s Reality Labs posts $4.53 billion loss in second quarter

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg presents Orion AR Glasses as he makes a keynote speech during the Meta Connect annual event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Meta’s Reality Labs, the unit tasked with building the futuristic metaverse, continues bleeding money. The social media company reported […]

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Meta slated to reported second-quarter earnings after the bell
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Meta slated to reported second-quarter earnings after the bell

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta is set to report its second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, with analysts eyeing any changes to the company’s costs and related guidance amid CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s recent artificial intelligence hiring blitz. Here’s what analysts polled by LSEG are expecting: Earnings per […]

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Apple is facing pressure from Wall Street to figure out its AI strategy
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Apple is facing pressure from Wall Street to figure out its AI strategy

Apple CEO Tim Cook and Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi speak during Apple’s annual World Wide Developers Conference at the company’s headquarters in Cupertino, California, U.S., June 9, 2025. Laure Andrillon | Reuters While its megacap tech peers are bragging about building island-sized data centers filled with Nvidia chips to power artificial […]

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Apple opens manufacturing academy in Detroit as Trump ramps up pressure to invest in U.S.
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Apple opens manufacturing academy in Detroit as Trump ramps up pressure to invest in U.S.

US President Donald Trump (R) and Apple CEO Tim Cook (2nd L), with Senior Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump (L) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, tour the Flextronics computer manufacturing facility where Apple’s Mac Pros are assembled in Austin, Texas, on November 20, 2019. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Faced with intensifying […]

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Rare earths are China’s bargaining chip in the trade war — the U.S. is trying to fix that
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Rare earths are China’s bargaining chip in the trade war — the U.S. is trying to fix that

Rare earths refer to 17 elements on the periodic table whose atomic structure gives them special magnetic properties. They’re also the most important bargaining chip in the U.S. and China trade war. That’s because these rare earth magnets power everything from electric vehicles and wind turbines to defense equipment, data centers and high-tech consumer electronics. […]

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Meta’s AI spending spree is Wall Street’s focus in second-quarter earnings
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Meta’s AI spending spree is Wall Street’s focus in second-quarter earnings

Over the years, Meta has built a reputation for using rivals’ innovations to bolster its technology. But its decision to copy a Chinese artificial intelligence lab in 2025 in an effort to compete with OpenAI backfired, forcing the company to overhaul its AI strategy.  In a rush to mimic the techniques developed by Chinese startup […]

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Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses revenue tripled over the year, EssilorLuxottica says
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Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses revenue tripled over the year, EssilorLuxottica says

Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses on display in the window of a Ray Ban store in London, UK, on Friday, July 19, 2024.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Revenue from sales of Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses more than tripled year over year, EssilorLuxottica revealed Monday as part of the company’s most recent earnings report. EssilorLuxottica […]

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Intel beats on revenue, issues better-than-expected forecast
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Intel beats on revenue, issues better-than-expected forecast

The Intel logo is displayed on a sign in front of Intel headquarters on July 16, 2025 in Santa Clara, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Intel reported second-quarter results on Thursday that beat Wall Street expectations on revenue, as the company’s new CEO Lip-Bu Tan announced significant cuts in chip factory construction. The stock […]

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Apple releases public preview of iOS 26, its biggest iPhone software redesign since 2013
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Apple releases public preview of iOS 26, its biggest iPhone software redesign since 2013

Apple announces a new design language for its operating systems called “Liquid Glass” during the annual Apple “Worldwide Developers Conference” (WWDC) at Apple Park, the corporate headquarters of Apple Inc., in Cupertino, California on June 9, 2025. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Apple released the public beta preview version of its next iPhone […]

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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Tesla, IBM, Union Pacific, American Eagle Outfitters and more
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Tesla, IBM, Union Pacific, American Eagle Outfitters and more

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Union Pacific , Norfolk Southern — Union Pacific said it was in advanced talks about a potential combination with Norfolk Southern, which would create the largest U.S. railroad. Union Pacific shares fell almost 3%, while Norfolk Southern slipped less than 1%. CSX — Shares rose less […]

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