Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week

Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week

Amazon is instructing corporate staffers to spend five days a week in the office, CEO Andy Jassy wrote in a memo on Monday. The decision marks a significant shift from Amazon’s earlier return-to-work stance, which required corporate workers to be in the office at least three days a week. Now, the company is giving employees … Read more

FDA clears Apple’s sleep apnea detection feature for use

FDA clears Apple’s sleep apnea detection feature for use

Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., during an event at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, US, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. Apple Inc. unveiled a new version of its smartwatch with a bigger screen and the ability to detect sleep apnea, part of an event Monday that will also include the iPhone … Read more

Hundreds of Amazon delivery drivers in New York join Teamsters union

Hundreds of Amazon delivery drivers in New York join Teamsters union

An attendee holds a Support Amazon Teamsters sign during a rally with workers and union members as part of an “Amazon Teamsters Day of Solidarity” in support of the unionization and collective bargaining of Amazon delivery drivers at the Teamsters Local 848 on August 29, 2024 in Long Beach, California.  Patrick T. Fallon | Afp … Read more

Apple shares slide on lower-than-expected iPhone 16 demand: Analysts

Apple shares slide on lower-than-expected iPhone 16 demand: Analysts

An attendee holds two iPhones 16 as Apple holds an event at the Steve Jobs Theater on its campus in Cupertino, California, U.S. September 9, 2024.  Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Apple shares slid 3.6% in Monday morning trading, after reports that demand for the new iPhone 16 is lower than expected — and down 12% … Read more

Thematic tech ETF investing may have selective use case, experts say

Thematic tech ETF investing may have selective use case, experts say

Even with recent rotation away from megacap tech stocks, there may still be a case for investing in thematic tech exchange-traded funds. Roundhill Investments runs the Roundhill Generative AI & Technology ETF (CHAT), which is up 13.8% year to date as of Friday’s market close. But despite recent volatility in the group, the firm’s CEO … Read more

With Apple on board, OpenAI’s next act could be its toughest yet

With Apple on board, OpenAI’s next act could be its toughest yet

OpenAI stormed onto the scene with ChatGPT and upended the tech world in less than two years. But over the next few months, the artificial intelligence darling will face some of its biggest tests yet. A highly anticipated partnership with Apple will supercharge its reach, putting it in front of millions of users who may … Read more

Bitcoin network hits record hash rate, profits falling for miners

Bitcoin network hits record hash rate, profits falling for miners

A bitcoin sign is seen in the main hall during the Bitcoin 2024 conference at Music City Center July 26, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. Jon Cherry | Getty Images It was a week of extremes for bitcoin enthusiasts. On the plus side, the cryptocurrency rose 12% in the past seven days and the network hash … Read more

Tech roars back, and Eli Lilly sends a welcome signal on its growth prospects

Tech roars back, and Eli Lilly sends a welcome signal on its growth prospects

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Comeback continues: The S & P 500 is rallying for the fifth session in a row, up nearly 4% this week and almost completely erasing all … Read more

Brazil supreme court unfreezes assets of Elon Musk’s Starlink, X

Brazil supreme court unfreezes assets of Elon Musk’s Starlink, X

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 24, 2024.  Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images Brazil’s supreme court announced Friday that it ordered banks to transfer funds from Starlink and X accounts to pay fines the court levied against Elon Musk’s social … Read more

Larry Ellison briefly passes Jeff Bezos as world’s second richest man

Larry Ellison briefly passes Jeff Bezos as world’s second richest man

Larry Ellison, chief technology officer of Oracle (L), and Jeff Bezos, founder and executive chairman of Amazon. Reuters Oracle‘s best week on the stock market since 2021 has bolstered Chairman Larry Ellison’s net worth, briefly edging him past Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Friday to become the world’s second-richest person. Ellison’s net worth reached $208.4 … Read more