Earnings from Tesla, Merck and Big Tech

CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer Rob Kim | NBCUniversal CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday noted that major quarterly results from players like Verizon, Meta, Microsoft and Alphabet will be coming next week, but he zeroed in on the importance of the Personal Consumption Expenditures index because it is the real gauge of inflation. Cramer said the … Read more

Meta AI assistant comes to WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and Messenger

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during Meta Connect event at Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California on September 27, 2023. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Meta on Thursday announced its free artificial intelligence assistant, Meta AI, is rolling out across its social media platforms WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and Messenger. The assistant … Read more

Cisco debuts new AI-focused cybersecurity system after Splunk deal

The Cisco logo is on display at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on February 26, 2024.  Charlie Perez | Nurphoto | Getty Images Enterprise technology titan Cisco Systems on Thursday unveiled a new security architecture product aimed at securing data centers, clouds, and other IT environments with the help of AI. Called HyperShield, … Read more

AWS stops selling Snowmobile truck for cloud migrations

Amazon Web Services Snowmobile Truck CNBC At Amazon’s annual cloud conference in 2016, the company captured the crowd’s attention by driving an 18-wheeler onstage. Andy Jassy, now Amazon’s CEO, called it the Snowmobile, and said the company would be using the truck to help customers speedily transfer data to Amazon Web Services facilities. Less than … Read more

Microsoft invests $1.5 billion in AI firm G42, takes minority stake

Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith speaks during the annual Microsoft shareholders meeting in Bellevue, Washington on November 29, 2017. JASON REDMOND | AFP | Getty Images Microsoft will invest $1.5 billion into G42, an artificial intelligence firm based in the United Arab Emirates, as the U.S. giant looks to strengthen its position … Read more

Ad transparency tools ‘major disappointment’ ahead of election: study

Heading into the 2024 election in the U.S. and major political contests around the world, internet companies are unprepared for the onslaught of misinformation that’s coming. That’s according to research out Tuesday from Mozilla and CheckFirst, which concludes that leading tech platforms are lagging in their ad transparency tools. The study, conducted between December and … Read more

Adobe releases Acrobat AI assistant starting at $4.99 a month

Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 20, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Adobe on Monday released its artificial intelligence assistant, which helps users understand the contents of digital documents. Monthly subscriptions start at $4.99. As part of the release, Adobe … Read more

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI opens its first Asia office in Japan

In this photo illustration, an OpenAI logo is displayed on a smartphone screen.  Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images OpenAI has opened its first Asian office in Tokyo, Japan as the ChatGPT developer aims to expand its global presence. “We’re excited to be in Japan which has a rich history of … Read more

LinkedIn expands Thought Leader ads, eyeing TikTok and Instagram

Ryan Roslansky, CEO of Microsoft’s LinkedIn subsidiary, speaks at a LinkedIn event in San Francisco on Sept. 22, 2016. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Influencer marketing has become big business on TikTok and Instagram, where popular creators can make good money by helping brands promote their stuff. Now, LinkedIn wants in the … Read more

Jim Cramer’s top 10 things to watch in the stock market Thursday

My top 10 things to watch Thursday, April 11 The government’s second inflation report of the week was cooler. One day after Wednesday’s hotter consumer price index sank stocks, the smaller-than-expected rise in the March producer price index reversed early weakness in the market to the upside. How could so many prognosticators be so wrong … Read more