AI’s power is worthless without data privacy

AI’s power is worthless without data privacy

Honor CEO George Zhao (L) and GSMA CEO John Hoffman on stage at Shanghai Mobile World Congress during an awards ceremony on June 27, 2024. Honor HANGZHOU, China — The transforming power of artificial intelligence is of no value unless user data is protected, CEO of Chinese smartphone company Honor, George Zhao, told CNBC in … Read more

Tesla loses its EV quality edge

Tesla loses its EV quality edge

A dog looks out the window from a Tesla electric vehicle charging at a Tesla Supercharger location in Santa Monica, California on May 15, 2024.  Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Tesla is losing its lead over legacy automakers in the quality of its new all-electric vehicles, according to an annual influential study … Read more

Micron shares slide after revenue forecast fails to top estimates

Micron shares slide after revenue forecast fails to top estimates

Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO of Micron Technology Inc., speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 26, 2024.  Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Micron shares fell about 5% in extended trading on Wednesday as investors looked past better-than-expected results and focused instead on … Read more

Amazon reaches $2 trillion market cap for the first time

Amazon reaches  trillion market cap for the first time

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. CNBC Amazon shares climbed more than 3% in intraday trading on Wednesday, pushing the company’s market cap past $2 trillion for the first time. In crossing the milestone, Amazon joins Nvidia, Apple, Alphabet and Microsoft, all of which are worth $2 trillion or more. Investors have piled into tech stocks recently … Read more

amazon share price: Amazon hits $2 trillion in valuation on AI fervor, rate cut bets

amazon share price: Amazon hits  trillion in valuation on AI fervor, rate cut bets

Amazon.com Inc hit $2 trillion in market value for the first time on Wednesday, becoming the fifth U.S. company to surpass that level as optimism around artificial intelligence and potential interest rate cuts this year drove demand for technology-related stocks. The stock rose 3.4% to $192.70, giving the e-commerce giant a market value of over … Read more

Nvidia CEO speaks at first shareholder meeting since stock surge

Nvidia CEO speaks at first shareholder meeting since stock surge

Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang delivers his keystone speech ahead of Computex 2024 in Taipei on June 2, 2024.  Sam Yeh | AFP | Getty Images Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Wednesday that the company’s advantage in artificial intelligence chips was thanks to a bet it made over 10 years ago, centering on billions of … Read more

Apple expands its self-service repair program to Europe

Apple expands its self-service repair program to Europe

Dominika Zarzycka | Lightrocket | Getty Images Apple announced on Thursday that its self-service repair program is now available in Europe. The program, dubbed Apple Diagnostics for Self Service Repair, gives consumers the ability to test products for optimal parts functionality and identify parts that may need repair without assistance from Apple or an independent … Read more

Masimo activist Politan reveals proxy fight plan, letter

Masimo activist Politan reveals proxy fight plan, letter

Founder and CEO of Masimo, Joe Kiani addresses a press conference in Bangalore on January 2, 2017. Manjunath Kiran | AFP | Getty Images Despite voting for change at last year’s annual meeting, shareholders in medical device maker Masimo have seen their governance concerns go largely unresolved, according to activist investor Politan Capital Management. With … Read more

Nvidia (NVDA) stock rout leaves global chip shares volatile

Nvidia (NVDA) stock rout leaves global chip shares volatile

The logo of Nvidia Corporation is seen during the annual Computex computer exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan, May 30, 2017. Tyrone Siu | Reuters Global semiconductor stocks saw volatile trading on Tuesday after a slump in shares of Nvidia during the previous session. Shares of chip firms in Europe and Asia fell in early trade as investors reacted … Read more

Etched raises $120 million to build chip to take on Nvidia in AI

Etched raises 0 million to build chip to take on Nvidia in AI

Etched co-founders Robert Watchen, Gavin Uberti, and Chris Zhu Etched Nvidia has been the hottest story on Wall Street of late, increasing eightfold in value since the end of 2022 and soaring past $3 trillion in market cap this month. A 2-year-old startup founded by Harvard dropouts has just raised $120 million in venture funding … Read more