Alphabet shares rise on earnings beats boosted by cloud revenue

Alphabet shares rise on earnings beats boosted by cloud revenue

Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks with Emily Chang during the APEC CEO Summit at Moscone Center West in San Francisco on Nov. 16, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Google parent Alphabet reported third-quarter earnings that beat on top and bottom lines with strong revenue growth from the company’s cloud unit. … Read more

Apple iMac with M4 chip announced, starts at $1,299

Apple iMac with M4 chip announced, starts at ,299

Apple on Monday announced an updated iMac with the company’s latest M4 chip. It starts at $1,299 and is available to order ahead of its release on Nov. 8. Apple’s Mac family remains a large business segment even though it’s less important to the company than the iPhone. In the June quarter, Apple reported $7 … Read more

Apple returns to top 5 in China with iPhone 16, Huawei grows faster

Apple returns to top 5 in China with iPhone 16, Huawei grows faster

People walk past an advertisement for the iPhone 16 Pro at an Apple store during National Day holiday on October 3, 2024 in Chongqing, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images Apple rejoined the ranks of the top five smartphone vendors in the China in the third quarter, helped by the launch … Read more

Amazon turns to team of ex-prosecutors to try to fight counterfeiters

Amazon turns to team of ex-prosecutors to try to fight counterfeiters

In 2018, police showed up at a nondescript industrial warehouse in New York’s Brooklyn Navy Yard to investigate reported counterfeits.  Federal agents were looking for knockoff military gear as part of an investigation into a distributor, called California Surplus, that had secured a $20 million contract to supply the U.S. military with specialized uniforms. They’d … Read more

Treasury yields are making a return

Treasury yields are making a return

Specialist traders work inside a post on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., October 23, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no … Read more

Tesla investors have questions for Musk about his activism for Trump

Tesla investors have questions for Musk about his activism for Trump

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks with former president Donald Trump during a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa.  Jabin Botsford | The Washington Post | Getty Images As Tesla prepares for quarterly results Wednesday, many investors have one big issue on their minds: Donald Trump. On a … Read more

High interest rate worries pressure stocks

High interest rate worries pressure stocks

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on March 5, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You … Read more

Profit beats expectations as AI boom drives 54% hike

Profit beats expectations as AI boom drives 54% hike

An image of a semiconductor wafer at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Museum of Innovation in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on Jan. 11, 2022. I-Hwa Cheng | Bloomberg | Getty Images Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company on Thursday reported a 54% hike in net profit, as global chipmakers continue to benefit from demand boosted by AI applications. The company’s … Read more

European founders call for single EU startup body to boost tech sector

European founders call for single EU startup body to boost tech sector

Patrick Collison, CEO and co-founder of Stripe, speaking at 2022’s Italian Tech Week in Turin, Italy. Giuliano Berti | Bloomberg | Getty Images Founders of some of Europe’s largest technology unicorns on Monday backed an open letter calling for a “tech renaissance” fueled by the creation of a single pan-European entity to promote startups and innovation in … Read more

AMD launches MI325X AI chip to rival Nvidia’s Blackwell

AMD launches MI325X AI chip to rival Nvidia’s Blackwell

AMD launched a new artificial intelligence chip on Thursday that is taking direct aim at Nvidia’s data center graphics processors, known as GPUs. The Instinct MI325X, as the chip is called, will start production before the end of 2024, Advanced Micro Devices said Thursday during an event announcing the new product. If AMD’s AI chips … Read more