Amazon is ‘joint employer’ of some delivery drivers, NLRB says

Amazon is ‘joint employer’ of some delivery drivers, NLRB says

A group of Amazon delivery drivers hold a labor strike at the DAX7 Amazon Sortation Center in South Gate. The police became involved due to the hold up of Amazon vehicles.  Zoe Cranfill | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Amazon should be considered a “joint employer” of some of its contracted delivery drivers, a … Read more

Cramer names Microsoft (MSFT) as No. 1 underappreciated megacap to buy

Cramer names Microsoft (MSFT) as No. 1 underappreciated megacap to buy

Microsoft’s generative artificial intelligence prospects are impressive. But the stock has more to offer investors than just the new tech. Jim Cramer said Microsoft shares could bottom Wednesday — and out of all the megacap tech stocks, this Club name is the one to buy. Microsoft closed at a record high of $467 on July … Read more

U.S. regulator calls for probe of Temu, Shein over unsafe products

U.S. regulator calls for probe of Temu, Shein over unsafe products

Global online shopping platform Temu. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Two U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission members are urging the agency to probe safety practices of “foreign-owned” e-commerce platforms like Shein and Temu, specifically the alleged sale of “deadly baby and toddler products.” In a letter late Tuesday, CPSC Commissioners Peter Feldman and Douglas … Read more

Nvidia says it didn’t receive antitrust subpoena from DOJ

Nvidia says it didn’t receive antitrust subpoena from DOJ

Nvidia’s headquarters in Silicon Valley. Andrej Sokolow | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Nvidia on Wednesday denied reports it received a subpoena from the Department of Justice over antitrust concerns. “We have inquired with the U.S. Department of Justice and have not been subpoenaed,” an Nvidia representative told CNBC. “Nonetheless, we are happy to answer … Read more

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever raises $1 billion for his new AI firm

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever raises  billion for his new AI firm

Ilya Sutskever, co-founder and chief scientist of OpenAI, speaks at Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 5, 2023. Jack Guez | AFP | Getty Images OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, who left the artificial intelligence startup in May, has raised $1 billion from investors for his new AI company, Safe Superintelligence, or SSI. The company announced … Read more

Microsoft avoids UK probe into hiring of Inflection AI employees

Microsoft avoids UK probe into hiring of Inflection AI employees

Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder and chief executive officer of Inflection AI UK Ltd., speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2024. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — Microsoft’s hiring of employees from Inflection AI, the artificial intelligence startup started by DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, has been cleared by … Read more

Amazon-backed Anthropic rolls out Claude Enterprise for big business

Amazon-backed Anthropic rolls out Claude Enterprise for big business

Anthropic on Wednesday rolled out Claude Enterprise, its biggest new product since its chatbot’s debut and a step up for businesses looking to integrate Anthropic’s artificial intelligence. The Amazon-backed AI startup, founded by former OpenAI research executives, is the company behind Claude — one of the chatbots that, like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini, has exploded … Read more

Social media platform Bluesky attracts millions in Brazil after judge bans Musk’s X

Social media platform Bluesky attracts millions in Brazil after judge bans Musk’s X

The Bluesky logo displayed on a smartphone screen.  Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Brazil’s recent ban of Elon Musk’s social media platform X has boosted the profile of its smaller rival, Bluesky, as people search for alternatives to voice their opinions. Bluesky said in a post that it had attracted two million new … Read more

Robinhood launches stock lending product in the UK

Robinhood launches stock lending product in the UK

In this photo illustration, the Robinhood Markets Inc. website is shown on a computer on June 06, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.  Scott Olson | Getty Images Online brokerage platform Robinhood on Wednesday launched a share lending program in the U.K. that would allow consumers there to earn passive income on stocks they own, in the … Read more

Nvidia is not favored by over half the members of this ultra-rich club

Nvidia is not favored by over half the members of this ultra-rich club

Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images More than half of Tiger 21’s members don’t invest in Nvidia, according to a recent asset allocation report released by this network of ultra-high-net-worth investors and entrepreneurs. The network’s second-quarter asset allocation report revealed that 57% of its members are not invested in chip darling Nvidia, with a … Read more