Reddit shares jumped as much as 70% in their debut on Thursday in the first initial public offering for a major social media company since Pinterest hit the market in 2019. The 19-year-old website that hosts millions of online forums priced its IPO on Wednesday at $34 a share, the top of the expected range. … Read more
In this photo illustration, Astera Labs logo is seen on a smartphone and on a pc screen. Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Amazon CEO Andy Jassy loves to talk about how much his company is benefiting from the artificial intelligence boom. On Wednesday, Amazon got an AI boost in a … Read more
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Sarah Gilbert spends a lot of time on Reddit. For the past three years, she’s helped moderate the r/AskHistorians subreddit, which has 2 million members and was the subject of her Ph.D. dissertation. She’s been a lurker on the forum since 2012. But when the subject turns to … Read more
When Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took the stage Monday at the chipmaker’s hyped-up artificial intelligence conference, he joked to the thousands of attendees packed into the arena that this was “not a concert.” In a literal sense, Huang was right. But that didn’t stop him from using his two-hour keynote address to cement Nvidia’s status … Read more
The New York Stock Exchange welcomes Snowflake to usher in the first day of winter on Dec. 21, 2021. To honor the occasion, Snowflake the Bear, joined by Chris Taylor, vice president of NYSE Listings and Services, rings the opening bell. NYSE In 2020, as data analytics software vendor Snowflake was hitting the public market, … Read more
The fourth quarter was pretty darn good for our stocks. Results were mostly better than expected, and many corporate leaders forecasted more of the same. For good reason: Businesses are starting to spend again, supply chain conditions continue to improve and the consumer remains resilient. Roughly 73% of companies in the S & P 500 … Read more
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday said he believes Nvidia will revolutionize enterprise. “The sum of all that Nvidia’s doing will indeed create the next industrial revolution, because Nvidia’s about the speed with which we can arrive at smarter, better answers,” he said after attending the company’s conference in San Francisco. Cramer reaffirmed his belief that … Read more
Michael Tran | Afp | Getty Images Jimmy Donaldson, also known as MrBeast on the internet, on Monday announced a new reality competition show in collaboration with Amazon MGM Studios, aiming to further blur the lines between YouTube and traditional television. The new series, “Beast Games,” is billed as “the biggest reality competition series ever” … Read more
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers a keynote address during the Nvidia GTC Artificial Intelligence Conference at SAP Center on March 18, 2024 in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Nvidia on Monday announced a new generation of artificial intelligence chips and software for running artificial intelligence models. The announcement, made during Nvidia’s developer’s … Read more
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange NYSE Investors should disregard concerns over high valuations and focus on growth in what is now a “stockpicker’s market,” according to Matt Orton, chief market strategist at Raymond James Investment Management. The S&P 500 closed out a two-week losing streak on Friday, but Orton … Read more
