Google’s 2.4 billion euro fine upheld by Europe’s top court

Google’s 2.4 billion euro fine upheld by Europe’s top court

The European Union flag is seen with Google’s logo. Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto | Getty Images Europe’s top court on Tuesday upheld a 2.4 billion euro ($2.65 billion) fine imposed on Google for abusing its dominant position by favoring its own shopping comparison service. CNBC has reached out to Google for comment. The fine stems … Read more

SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission aiming for history with first private spacewalk

SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission aiming for history with first private spacewalk

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon Resilience capsule sits on Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center ahead of the Polaris Dawn Mission in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission, a daring multiday orbital expedition that will feature the first-ever spacewalk by private citizens, is targeting liftoff early Tuesday, though … Read more

Apple loses EU court battle over 13 billion euro tax bill in Ireland

Apple loses EU court battle over 13 billion euro tax bill in Ireland

Omar Marques | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Europe’s top court on Tuesday ruled against Apple in the tech giant’s 10-year court battle over its tax affairs in Ireland. The pronouncement from the European Court of Justice comes hours after Apple unveiled a swathe of new product offerings, looking to revitalize its iPhone, … Read more

Methane emissions are rising faster than ever, research shows

Methane emissions are rising faster than ever, research shows

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The world has not hit the brakes on methane emissions, a powerful driver of climate change. More than 150 nations have pledged to slash by 30% this decade under a global methane pledge, but new research shows global methane emissions over the past five years have risen faster than ever. The … Read more

Tesla Workers Trained Autopilot To Ignore Road Signs So It Didn’t Drive Like ‘Robot That’s Just Following Rules’

Tesla Workers Trained Autopilot To Ignore Road Signs So It Didn’t Drive Like ‘Robot That’s Just Following Rules’

Good morning! It’s Monday, September 9, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Tesla Had A Very Interesting Week 1st Gear: Tesla’s Autopilot Labeling Site Sound Like Hell In order for … Read more

In Huawei’s battle against Apple, chips are still a weakness: Analyst

In Huawei’s battle against Apple, chips are still a weakness: Analyst

Illustration of a user browsing booking information for Huawei’s new foldable mobile phone in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, Sept 8, 2024.  Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images As Huawei tries to upstage Apple‘s new iPhone with the launch of its own ‘trifold phone’ on Tuesday, its chip capabilities remain a weakness, despite recent breakthroughs, … Read more

Improved air quality model aids forecasters in the field

Improved air quality model aids forecasters in the field

AQM v7 prediction of PM2.5 concentration (unit: μg/m^3) overlaid with USEPA observations (colored circles) across the Northwestern U.S. at 00Z UTC on July 30, 2024. Credit: NOAA Environmental Modeling Center Imagine you’re a NOAA weather forecaster in the field during a raging, rapidly-spreading wildfire. Your title is incident meteorologist (or IMET), and your job is … Read more

Did Apple’s shiny new things uplift markets?

Did Apple’s shiny new things uplift markets?

Attendees inspect the new iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max during an Apple special event at Apple headquarters on September 09, 2024 in Cupertino, California.  Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed … Read more

The stock market bounces back without Apple — plus, a new economic growth estimate

The stock market bounces back without Apple — plus, a new economic growth estimate

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Market rebound: Stocks were rebounding to start the week, recovering some of Friday’s steep losses. It looked like some dip buying after last week’s brutal start … Read more

Social media negatively impacting teens’ life satisfaction, finds Australian survey

Social media negatively impacting teens’ life satisfaction, finds Australian survey

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Social media is negatively impacting the life satisfaction of Australian high school students, according to the latest findings from Australia’s largest survey of young people. The study found that non-binary students who regularly use social media reported the lowest levels of life satisfaction. Meantime, TikTok, Reddit and Twitch users who identified … Read more