Technology
Bitcoin climbs, reaching a new all-time high above $97,000
Bitcoin breached the $95,000 level for the first time Wednesday evening as investors continued pricing in a second Donald Trump presidency. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by more than 3% at $97,646.68, according to Coin Metrics. Earlier, it rose as high as $97,788.00. Shares of MicroStrategy, a bitcoin proxy, gained 3% […]
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DOJ pushes for Google to break off Chrome browser after antitrust case
U.S. Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter speaks about the antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment during a press conference as Attorney General Merrick Garland and Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco look on during a press conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, U.S., May 23, 2024. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno Ken Cedeno | Reuters The […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Is Nvidia its own worst enemy?
Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., holds up the company’s AI accelerator chips for data centers as he speaks during the Nvidia AI Summit Japan in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. Akio Kon | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets […]
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Nvidia says it will sell more of its next-generation Blackwell chips than previously anticipated
After a quarter where Nvidia’s sales nearly doubled, investors and analysts are wondering how long the chipmaker can keep this kind of growth going now that it has a $140 billion annual revenue run rate. Those hopes fall on Blackwell, which is Nvidia’s name for a family of server products based around its next-generation AI […]
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Meet the Singapore-based tech startup aiming to democratize pregnancy care
Women’s health start-up, Biorithm, is attempting to revolutionize maternity care. Through mobile technology and data science, the company aims to provide expectant women, wherever they are, more convenience and better information about their pregnancy. With the women’s health sector estimated to be worth $1 trillion by 2027, the Singapore-based company is part of a growing […]
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Snowflake shares pop 19% on earnings and revenue beat
The New York Stock Exchange welcomes Snowflake to usher in the first day of winter on Dec. 21, 2021. NYSE Snowflake shares on Wednesday spiked 19% in extended trading after the data analytics software maker reported fiscal third-quarter earnings that beat estimates. Here’s how the company did, compared to LSEG analyst expectations: Earnings per share: […]
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Comcast’s cable network spinoff may be a signal to the media industry for necessary change
Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Comcast shares posted modest gains Wednesday after the company announced its plan to spin off all of NBCUniversal’s cable networks — except Bravo — into a separately publicly traded entity. Investors’ initial shrug at the proposed transaction underscores the uncertainty of the maneuver. The hope for Comcast is […]
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Business spending on AI surged 500% this year to $13.8 billion, says Menlo Ventures
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Business spending on generative AI surged 500% this year, from $2.3 billion in 2023 to $13.8 billion, according to data released by Menlo Ventures on Wednesday. The report also found that OpenAI ceded market share in enterprise AI, declining from 50% to 34%. Anthropic doubled its market share […]
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Jim Cramer wants to buy this falling tech stock — and touts another reason to like Disney
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Wednesday’s key moments. 1. Stocks were in the red Wednesday, led to the downside by the Nasdaq Composite. The tech-heavy index was weighed down by Nvidia slipping 2% ahead of its earnings after […]
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Nvidia to report third-quarter earnings after the bell
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang arrives at the launch of the supercomputer Gefion, at the Vilhelm Lauritzen Terminal in Kastrup, Denmark, Oct. 23, 2024. Ritzau Scanpix | Mads Claus Rasmussen | Via Reuters Nvidia reports fiscal third-quarter earnings Wednesday after the market closes. Here’s what Wall Street is looking for, per LSEG consensus estimates: Revenue: $33.16 […]
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