Apple stock just had its best day since last May

Apple CEO Tim Cook greets customers as he arrives for the release of the Vision Pro headset at the Apple Store in New York City on Feb. 2, 2024. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Apple shares climbed 4.3% on Thursday to a share price of $175.04. It is Apple’s best day since May … Read more

Intel unveils Gaudi 3 AI chip as Nvidia competition heats up

Pat Gelsinger, CEO Intel, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box at the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 16th, 2024. Adam Galici | CNBC Intel on Tuesday unveiled its latest artificial intelligence chip, called Gaudi 3, as chipmakers rush to produce semiconductors that can train and deploy big AI models, such as the one underpinning … Read more

Apple lays off over 600 employees after shuttering car project

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, during an event at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, Sept. 12, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple is laying off 614 workers in California, according to a new state filing, the company’s first significant round of job cuts since the pandemic. The affected Apple employees … Read more

Intel shares fall after company reveals $7 billion operating loss in foundry business

U.S. President Joe Biden tours the Intel Ocotillo Campus, in Chandler, Arizona, U.S., March 20, 2024.  Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Intel shares fell 4% at one point in extended trading on Tuesday after the company revealed long-awaited financials for its semiconductor manufacturing business, often called a foundry business, in a SEC filing. Intel said that … Read more

FOMO drives tech heavyweights to invest billions in generative AI

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, right, greets OpenAI CEO Sam Altman during the OpenAI DevDay event in San Francisco on Nov. 6, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Tech giants aren’t doing much acquiring these days, due mostly to an unfavorable regulatory environment. But they’re finding other ways to spend billions of … Read more

Reddit shares plunge 25% in two days, end week below first day close

The trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange prepares for the social media platform Reddit’s initial public offering in New York City on March 21, 2024. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Reddit shares are plummeting after experiencing a rally stemming from the social media company’s IPO last week. Shares closed at $49.32, ending the … Read more

Reddit stock jumps 9% as post-IPO rally continues

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman stands on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) while ringing a bell on the floor setting the share price at $47 in its initial public offering (IPO) on March 21, 2024 in New York City.  Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Reddit’s first stock rating … Read more

Apple announces WWDC 2024, AI announcements expected

The Worldwide Developers Conference stage. CNBC/Kif Leswing Apple on Tuesday announced that its annual developers conference, WWDC, will take place June 10 through June 14. The conference will be livestreamed on Apple’s website, although the company is inviting some software makers to its campus on the first day to “celebrate in person,” Apple said. At … Read more

Reddit shares rise 30% to start week after social media company’s IPO

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman hugs mascot Snoo as Reddit begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York on March 21, 2024.  Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images Reddit shares were up 30% to $59.80 at the market’s close on Monday. The social media company’s stock has been rising ever … Read more

Company faces years of distractions

Apple CEO, Tim Cook, testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s Investigati Getty Images The U.S. Department of Justice sued Apple on Thursday, accusing it of using the iPhone’s market power to cut off rivals, kicking off a multiyear process involving hundreds of lawyers and threatening Apple’s “walled garden” business model. If … Read more