Nvidia faces stiff test in Q4 earnings after ‘parabolic’ stock rally

Nvidia faces stiff test in Q4 earnings after ‘parabolic’ stock rally

When Nvidia reports fiscal fourth-quarter earnings after the market close Wednesday, it will do so as the world’s third most valuable public company. Investors are giving the company little margin for error. Nvidia’s stock price has soared fivefold since the end of 2022, as demand has skyrocketed for its graphics processing units that sit at … Read more

X suspends account of Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya

X suspends account of Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya

Yulia Navalnaya, wife of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, attends the Munich Security Conference (MSC), on the day Alexei Navalny’s death was announced by the prison service of the Yamalo-Nenets region where he had been serving his sentence, in Munich, southern Germany on February 16, 2024. Thomas Kienzle | Afp | Getty Images The … Read more

Alibaba bets on overseas businesses amid sluggish growth in China

Alibaba bets on overseas businesses amid sluggish growth in China

The logo of the Alibaba office building is seen in the Huangpu District in Shanghai, June 16, 2023. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group is betting on its overseas businesses while domestic consumption growth remains sluggish. One bright spot in Alibaba’s latest earnings report was its international e-commerce business unit, which posted … Read more

Disney star Bridgit Mendler launches satellite startup Northwood Space

Disney star Bridgit Mendler launches satellite startup Northwood Space

Actress and singer Bridgit Mendler attends NBCUniversal’s after party for the 72nd annual Golden Globes Awards at The Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on Jan. 11, 2015. Paul Archuleta | Filmmagic | Getty Images Bridgit Mendler is no stranger to reaching millions of people — now she wants to change how satellite data … Read more

Magnificent 7 profits now exceed almost every country in the world. Should we be worried?

Magnificent 7 profits now exceed almost every country in the world. Should we be worried?

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on January 31, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images The so-called “Magnificent 7” now wields greater financial might than almost every other major country in the world, according to new Deutsche Bank research. The meteoric rise … Read more

Singapore’s AI ambitions get a boost with $740 million investment plan

Singapore’s AI ambitions get a boost with 0 million investment plan

The Singapore River and Merlion Park in the evening Photography By Bobi | Moment Open | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore’s plan to invest more than $743 million into artificial intelligence over the next five years could strengthen its position as a global business and innovation hub, tech executives said. In his Budget speech on … Read more

EU set to fine Apple 500 million euros in antitrust crackdown: Report

EU set to fine Apple 500 million euros in antitrust crackdown: Report

A. Perez Meca | Europa Press | Getty Images The European Commission is set to fine Apple about 500 million euros ($539 million) over alleged breaches of EU competition law, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter. Brussels first launched an investigation into allegations that Apple hindered third-party … Read more

Sony gaming margin questioned after PS5 sales cut sparks stock plunge

Sony gaming margin questioned after PS5 sales cut sparks stock plunge

The PlayStation DualSense controller and PlayStation 5 console. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Around $10 billion of value was wiped off Sony’s stock last week, after the Japanese tech giant cut its sales forecast for its flagship PlayStation 5 console for the fiscal year. Analysts, who already thought Sony’s PS5 target was too … Read more

Billionaires dump Alphabet. How they traded 7 other portfolio stocks as well

Billionaires dump Alphabet. How they traded 7 other portfolio stocks as well

Wall Street’s whales turned on Alphabet . Hedge fund managers and billionaire investors alike lightened up on shares of the Google parent — or dumped them all together — in the fourth quarter of 2023, regulatory filings revealed. While backward-looking, these disclosures nevertheless shine a light on the moves influential investors have made. The sales … Read more

Tech and AI companies sign accord to combat election-related deepfakes

Tech and AI companies sign accord to combat election-related deepfakes

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, attends the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2024. Denis Balibouse | Reuters A group of 20 leading tech companies on Friday announced a joint commitment to combat AI misinformation in 2024 elections. The industry is specifically targeting deepfakes, which use deceptive … Read more