A Microsoft logo seen displayed on a smartphone screen and Amazon logo in the background in Athens, Greece on October 5, 2023. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Microsoft and Amazon are ploughing billions of dollars into France. Microsoft said in a statement Monday that it’s committing 4 billion euros ($4.3 billion) toward expanding its … Read more
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Omar Marques | Getty Images A federal judge in California dismissed a lawsuit filed by Elon Musk’s X against Israel’s Bright Data, in a case that involved the scraping of public online data and its appropriate uses. X, formerly Twitter, sued Bright Data, alleging the company “scrapes data from X” and sells it “using … Read more
The TikTok logo is pictured outside the company’s U.S. head office in Culver City, California, U.S., September 15, 2020. Mike Blake | Reuters TikTok is starting to automatically label videos and images made with artificial intelligence, the company said on Thursday. AI-generated content on the app will now be tagged with “Content Credentials,” a digital … Read more
Starshot, a climate tech fund, was founded by Sam Levac-Levey and Jeremy Brewer. Lora Kolodny for CNBC Childhood friends Jeremy Brewer and Sam Levac-Levey started their first clean energy startup in 2018. Six years later, they’re launching a new venture fund to invest in climate tech companies overlooked by their peers. Brewer, who’s worked at … Read more
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman hugs mascot Snoo as Reddit begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York on March 21, 2024. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images Reddit shares rallied in extended trading on Tuesday after the company released quarterly results for the first time since its IPO in … Read more
A chimney from the Linden Cogeneration Plant is seen in Linden New Jersey April 22, 2022. Kena Betancur | View Press | Corbis News | Getty Images Natural gas producers are planning for a significant spike in demand over the next decade, as artificial intelligence drives a surge in electricity consumption that renewables may struggle … Read more
A picture shows logos of the big technology companies named GAFAM, for Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft, in Mulhouse, France, on June 2, 2023. Sebastien Bozon | AFP | Getty Images Late last year, an artificial intelligence engineer at Amazon was wrapping up the work week and getting ready to spend time with some … Read more
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of Pinterest popped 18% in extended trading Tuesday after the company reported first-quarter results that beat analysts’ estimates and showed its fastest revenue growth since 2021. Here’s how the company did, compared to LSEG analyst expectations: Earnings per share: 20 cents adjusted vs. 13 cents expected Revenue: … Read more
Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon, speaks at the ceremonial ribbon cutting prior to tomorrow’s opening night for the NHL’s newest hockey franchise the Seattle Kraken at the Climate Pledge Arena on October 22, 2021, in Seattle. Bruce Bennett | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images For most of its 27 years as a public company, … Read more
An Amazon contract worker stacks packages onto a luggage cart outside an apartment building in New York, US, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Angus Mordant | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon reported 24% growth in its advertising unit on Tuesday, the latest sign that the digital ad market is continuing its rebound. Ad revenue climbed … Read more
