Amazon terminates iRobot deal, vacuum maker to lay off 31% of staff

Amazon terminates iRobot deal, vacuum maker to lay off 31% of staff

The iRobot headquarters in Bedford, Massachusetts, US, on Friday, June 16, 2023. Amazon.com Inc.’s proposed $1.7 billion deal to buy robot vacuum firm iRobot Corp. was given the all-clear by the UKs antitrust agency. Photographer: Sophie Park/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon said on Monday it would not move forward … Read more

PlayStation maker Sony invests in African gaming startup Carry1st

PlayStation maker Sony invests in African gaming startup Carry1st

The PlayStation DualSense controller and PlayStation 5 console. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Sony is making a bold bet on Africa’s video game industry.  The Japanese consumer electronics and gaming giant has invested an undisclosed sum into Carry1st, a video game studio based in Cape Town, South Africa, via its Sony Innovation Fund … Read more

Three decades in, Amazon still working on its original books business

Three decades in, Amazon still working on its original books business

Snippets from online Amazon customer reviews as well as star ratings are displayed for books at one of the original Amazon Books stores opened in Seattle, Washington in 2015. In 2022, Amazon shut down its physical bookstore business. Stephen Brashear | Getty Images News | Getty Images Within its first month of coming to life … Read more

Wall Street touted 5 portfolio stocks this week. Here’s our call on each

Wall Street touted 5 portfolio stocks this week. Here’s our call on each

It was a fantastic week for stocks. The S & P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit record highs as investors digested earnings and prepared for more. In turn, Wall Street analysts made a slew of bullish calls on five of our portfolio names — all of which report earnings next week SBUX … Read more

How the Apple iPhone changed the world

How the Apple iPhone changed the world

When Apple announced the iPhone in 2007, Steve Jobs called it a “revolutionary product” in a handset category that he said needed to be reinvented.  Now, nearly two decades and 42 models later, the iPhone is one of the world’s most popular phones. Apple has sold over 2.3 billion units of the iPhone and has … Read more

Three space companies at risk of running out of cash

Three space companies at risk of running out of cash

A view from onboard the upper stage of rocket LV0009 during the company’s livestream on March 15, 2022. Astra / NASASpaceflight The space sector’s on the tail end of a boom-and-bust cycle. While many companies battened down the hatches to survive, a few publicly-traded names are running on fumes. A flurry of about a dozen … Read more

Intel on pace for worst day since 2020 on weak outlook

Intel on pace for worst day since 2020 on weak outlook

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger speaks during an event called AI Everywhere in New York, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023.  Intel shares slumped 12% on Friday and headed for their steepest drop since July 2020, after the chipmaker issued a forecast for the current quarter that came in far short of analysts’ estimates. In its earnings report … Read more

Tesla recalls nearly 200,000 vehicles in US over rearview camera bug

Tesla recalls nearly 200,000 vehicles in US over rearview camera bug

BURBANK, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 16: Tesla electric cars are parked at a Tesla dealership on January 16, 2024 in Burbank, California. Carbon emissions fell by about 1.9 percent in 2023, a positive signal, but further cuts must be implemented if the U.S. hopes to achieve its climate goal of 50 percent emissions cuts by 2030. … Read more

Tech layoffs jump in January as Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft reach high

Tech layoffs jump in January as Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft reach high

Tech stocks on display at the Nasdaq.  Peter Kramer | CNBC The S&P 500 is trading at a record and the Nasdaq is at its highest in two years. Alphabet shares reached a new pinnacle on Thursday, as did Meta and Microsoft, which ran past $3 trillion in market cap. Don’t tell that to the … Read more

Baidu’s Ernie AI chatbot to power Samsung’s new Galaxy S24 smartphones

Baidu’s Ernie AI chatbot to power Samsung’s new Galaxy S24 smartphones

Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy S24 smartphones during a media preview event in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Samsung, the world’s most prolific smartphone maker, is leaning into artificial intelligence as the key to unlocking greater sales this year. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Baidu … Read more