U.S. futures fall as Alphabet, Tesla earnings disappoint

U.S. futures fall as Alphabet, Tesla earnings disappoint

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on July 22, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they … Read more

Nasdaq futures fall as Alphabet, Tesla earnings disappoint

Nasdaq futures fall as Alphabet, Tesla earnings disappoint

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on July 22, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they … Read more

Spotify, Stop Trying to Become a Social Media App

Spotify, Stop Trying to Become a Social Media App

Spotify’s decision to introduce comment sections under podcasts should surprise no one. For years now, apps have been ripping off each other’s most popular features. Where once apps adhered to their respective “things,” today they want to do it all: You can post Stories on YouTube, use AI search tools on Instagram, and shop for … Read more

Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic Used Thousands of Swiped YouTube Videos to Train AI

Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic Used Thousands of Swiped YouTube Videos to Train AI

In response to the suits, defendants such as Meta, OpenAI, and Bloomberg have argued that their actions constitute fair use. A case against EleutherAI, which originally scraped the books and made them public, was voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiffs. Litigation in remaining cases remains in the early stages, leaving the questions surrounding permission and payment … Read more

Investment banker who quit to become a YouTuber made over $1 million

Investment banker who quit to become a YouTuber made over  million

Nischa Shah was an investment banker for a decade, before becoming a full-time content creator. Nischa Shah Personal finance YouTuber Nischa Shah quit her six-figure investment banking job to become a full-time content creator — and it was a gamble that paid off. After working in banking for a decade, Shah became an associate director … Read more

YouTube’s Rulings on Gaza War Videos Spark Internal Backlash

YouTube’s Rulings on Gaza War Videos Spark Internal Backlash

A month after Hamas militants from Gaza attacked an Israeli music festival last October, the Hebrew rap duo Ness & Stilla premiered “HarbuDarbu” on YouTube. The military hype song celebrates Israeli forces waging war in Gaza and has drawn over 25 million views; its critics have termed the song a violent and hateful anti-Palestinian “genocide … Read more

Supreme Court keeps hold on efforts in Texas and Florida to regulate social media platforms

Supreme Court keeps hold on efforts in Texas and Florida to regulate social media platforms

MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Updated: Jul 1, 2024 / 09:39 AM CDT Visitors pose for photographs at the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Washington. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday kept a hold on efforts in Texas and Florida to limit how Facebook, TikTok, X, … Read more

Here’s Why So Many People Are Quitting Big YouTube Car Channels

Here’s Why So Many People Are Quitting Big YouTube Car Channels

Screenshot: AutoTea If you watch much automotive YouTube, you’ve probably noticed a slew of “why we’re leaving” videos being posted by people working for some of the biggest automotive YouTube channels on the internet. Donut. Hoonigan. CarThrottle. It feels like everybody is quitting, but it also feels different than the group of big YouTubers who … Read more

Caspar Lee says young people are unlikely to make money on YouTube

Caspar Lee says young people are unlikely to make money on YouTube

Lee co-founded a venture capital firm Creator Ventures with his cousin Sasha Kaletsky in 2022. Caspar Lee Caspar Lee advised young people who want to be content creators to do YouTube for fun rather than focusing on making money because the chances of financial success are low. The 30-year-old was a successful British-South African YouTuber … Read more

Financial sextortion schemes mostly target teenage boys

Financial sextortion schemes mostly target teenage boys

(The Hill) — Teenage boys are the most frequent targets of financial “sextortion” schemes that are often conducted through Instagram and other social media platforms, according to a new report. The report was released jointly by technology company Thorn and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) on Monday and examined more than … Read more