EU opens formal infringement proceedings against X

EU opens formal infringement proceedings against X

SUQIAN, CHINA – OCTOBER 28, 2023 – Photo illustration X, Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China, October 28, 2023. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images) Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images The European Union has opened infringement proceedings into social media platform X, previously known as Twitter, over suspected failure to combat … Read more

Vans owner VF Corp shares tumble after cyberattack

Vans owner VF Corp shares tumble after cyberattack

A Vans store is seen in Hong Kong. Budrul Chukrut | LightRocket | Getty Images Shares of The North Face and Vans owner VF Corp. tumbled Monday after the company reported that a hack had affected its ability to fulfill some orders ahead of the holidays. The company said hackers encrypted “some” systems and made … Read more

Techno-optimists, doomsdayers and Silicon Valley’s riskiest AI debate

Techno-optimists, doomsdayers and Silicon Valley’s riskiest AI debate

WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 13: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks with reporters on his arrival to the Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Insight Forum on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2023. (Photo by Elizabeth Frantz for The Washington Post via Getty Images) The Washington Post | The Washington Post | Getty Images … Read more

Nio ET7 Goes 649 Miles On A Single Charge

Nio ET7 Goes 649 Miles On A Single Charge

The Nio ET7 is already one of the highest-range electric vehicles available globally, with its 100-kWh battery pack option giving the large Chinese sedan a range of 435 miles on the European NEDC cycle (which is more optimistic than the EPA cycle). Now the ET7 is offered with a huge 150-kWh semi-solid-state battery pack, and … Read more

Media, telecom companies face rough 2024

Media, telecom companies face rough 2024

The Grinch Source: Universal Studios  It’s human nature for a new year to bring optimism and hope. For executives, investors and employees in the entertainment and telecommunications industries, 2024 is set to disappoint. Maybe that’s too grinchy. Some things will get better. The actors’ and writers’ strikes are over. The 2024 U.S. presidential election should … Read more

Adobe and Figma call off $20 billion acquisition after scrutiny

Adobe and Figma call off  billion acquisition after scrutiny

Adobe and Figma, the cloud-based design tool, will terminate their planned $20 billion merger in light of regulatory hurdles, the companies said Monday. In a statement, the two companies said, “there is no clear path to receive necessary regulatory approvals from the European Commission and the UK Competition and Markets Authority.” Adobe shares rose around … Read more

Affirm stock pops more than 15% on expanded Walmart partnership

Affirm stock pops more than 15% on expanded Walmart partnership

Customers shop at a Walmart store in Chicago on May 18, 2023. Scott Olson | Getty Images Affirm stock popped more than 15% Tuesday after the company announced it is expanding its partnership with Walmart to self-checkout kiosks in more than 4,500 of the retailer’s U.S. stores. Affirm shares have soared over 400% this year, … Read more

Nikola founder Trevor Milton sentenced to 4 years in prison

Nikola founder Trevor Milton sentenced to 4 years in prison

Nikola founder Trevor Milton was sentenced Monday to four years in prison in connection to defrauding investors of the embattled electric- and hydrogen-powered truck maker. Milton also was fined $1 million and could later be forced to forfeit property as part of his sentence. The punishment was far lower than the 11 years prosecutors had … Read more

Our top 5 stocks from mid-November until the eve of December’s Monthly Meeting

Our top 5 stocks from mid-November until the eve of December’s Monthly Meeting

U.S. stocks have been trending higher since the Investing Club’s November Monthly Meeting as markets celebrate signs of cooling inflation and a seemingly less hawkish Federal Reserve . Watch our December Monthly Meeting at live noon ET and later on video. The S & P 500 has jumped 5.2% since the market close on the … Read more

Meta’s stock wrapping up record year, spurred by cost cuts

Meta’s stock wrapping up record year, spurred by cost cuts

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the Meta Connect event at Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 27, 2023. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Last year at this time, Meta was navigating a crisis of confidence that had pushed its stock price to its lowest since 2016. Sales were … Read more