The Twitter logo is displayed on a smartphone screen and on a computer screen in Athens, Greece, on April 20, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images A federal judge in Texas has ruled against Media Matters and its request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Elon Musk’s X. Because of U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor’s decision on Thursday,…
Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and former President Donald Trump Reuters Consumers who cut their cable cord in recent years are finding that there’s one thing about linear TV they can’t escape: political ads. With the U.S. presidential election less than 70 days away, campaigns are swarming streaming services like Roku and Hulu to such a degree that connected…
Michael Dell at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 12, 2024 in Sun Valley, Idaho. David Grogan | CNBC Dell reported quarterly results on Thursday that beat Wall Street expectations, powered by an 80% increase in server sales. The stock rose more than 3% in extended trading. Here’s how the company did for the fiscal second quarter…
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images OpenAI and Anthropic, two of the most richly valued artificial intelligence startups, have agreed to let the U.S. AI Safety Institute test their new models before releasing them to the public, following increased concerns in the industry about safety and ethics in AI. The institute, housed within the Department of Commerce at…
A binary code is displayed on a laptop screen in the background, while the Nvidia logo is showcased on a phone on April 28, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Nvidia shares fell on about 6% Thursday, as the company’s fiscal second-quarter gross margin dipped slightly, and its revenue beat was eclipsed by a backdrop of increasingly lofty…
Salesforce shares rose 4% in extended trading on Wednesday after the business software maker reported robust fiscal second-quarter results that beat estimates and raised its full-year profit outlook. The company also said Amy Weaver, its chief financial officer, will step down. She will remain at the company as the CFO until a successor is appointed and, after that, will…
In this photo illustration, the OpenAI logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen with a photo of Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI. Didem Mente | Anadolu | Getty Images OpenAI is in talks to raise a funding round that would value the artificial intelligence startup at more than $100 billion, CNBC has learned. Thrive Capital is leading the…
Charles Liang, CEO of Super Micro Computer, during the AMD Advancing AI event in San Jose, California, on Dec. 6, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Super Micro Computer closed down 19% on Wednesday, after the company announced it would not file its annual report for the fiscal year with the U.S. Securities and Exchange…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang makes a speech at an event at the COMPUTEX forum in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 4, 2024. Ann Wang | Reuters For Nvidia investors, the past two years have been a joyride. But recently they’ve been on more of a roller coaster. As the primary beneficiary of the artificial intelligence boom, Nvidia has seen its…
An Amazon contract worker pulls a cart of packages for delivery in New York, US, on Monday, April 22, 2024. Angus Mordant | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon aggregators Branded and Heyday plan to merge, CNBC has learned, as a segment of the e-commerce industry that boomed during the Covid era continues to consolidate. In a note to staffers…
