InvestCloud President & CFO on state of the software sector, IPO market

InvestCloud President & CFO on state of the software sector, IPO market

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Fast Money Heather Bellini, InvestCloud President joins ‘Fast Money’ to talk the software sector, IPO market, the Tech sector as a whole and more. 06:16 2 hours ago Source link

Microsoft submits new Activision Blizzard takeover deal to UK

Microsoft submits new Activision Blizzard takeover deal to UK

Microsoft on Tuesday submitted a new deal to U.K. regulators for the takeover of Activision Blizzard after the rejection of its initial proposal. On Tuesday, the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority confirmed it has blocked the original deal. Under the restructured deal, Microsoft will not acquire cloud rights for existing Activision PC and console games, … Read more

Google faces criticism of plan to purge inactive accounts

Google faces criticism of plan to purge inactive accounts

Google is telling users by email that it will delete accounts, starting in December, if people haven’t signed in to them for two years or more. The policy change is facing criticism online, in part because the emails can be easily ignored. Google said in May that the move was for security reasons, but the … Read more

iPhone 15 USB-C charging would be biggest upgrade in years

iPhone 15 USB-C charging would be biggest upgrade in years

The next iPhones, expected to be launched in the coming weeks, could have a feature that no iPhone has ever had — a generic charging port. The USB-C connector would replace Apple’s proprietary port, the Lightning port, which has graced the bottom of every iPhone model released since 2012. The shift would be one of … Read more

China’s Commerce Ministry is considering countermeasures to Biden’s EO

China’s Commerce Ministry is considering countermeasures to Biden’s EO

China’s Ministry of Commerce signaled Thursday it would respond, if needed, to the Biden administration’s executive order to restrict U.S. investments in advanced Chinese technology. When asked about U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo’s plans to visit China, the ministry’s spokesperson declined to confirm a time, but said the two countries remained in close communication. Chinese … Read more

Apple moves iPhone ‘end call’ button back to middle in latest beta

Apple moves iPhone ‘end call’ button back to middle in latest beta

Apple has moved the end call button back to the middle of the screen in the the newest developer version of iOS 17 released on Tuesday. The move reverses a change that Apple had been considering to move the button to the lower right corner of the iPhone’s screen, as CNBC reported last week. In … Read more

How to use AI to plan a vacation? Companies are bringing it to you

How to use AI to plan a vacation? Companies are bringing it to you

Travelers are still skeptical about AI, but most major travel companies aren’t. Nuthawut Somsuk | Istock | Getty Images According to a global survey of more than 5,700 travelers commissioned by Expedia Group, the average traveler spends more than five hours researching a trip and reviews 141 pages of content — for Americans, it’s a … Read more

Nvidia A.I.-driven rally pushed earnings multiple higher than Tesla

Nvidia A.I.-driven rally pushed earnings multiple higher than Tesla

Nvidia’s surge past $1 trillion market cap puts it alongside household names Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Alphabet. Baked into the stock price is a slew of assumptions about growth, including quadrupling net income this year. Nvidia’s graphics chips have proven to be the best for training AI models, and the company’s forecasts show insatiable demand. … Read more

Semiconductor makers wait for checks one year on

Semiconductor makers wait for checks one year on

A year after President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law, the U.S. semiconductor industry is still waiting on the windfall. “We will start to give out the money later this year,” said Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. “We’re pushing the team to go fast, but even more important, to get it … Read more

X commandeers ‘@music’ handle from user with half a million followers

X commandeers ‘@music’ handle from user with half a million followers

Lorenzo Di Cola | Nurphoto | Getty Images Social network Twitter, recently rebranded as X, has commandeered the handle “@music” from open-source software developer Jeremy Vaught, who told CNBC he created the account in 2007, and had built a community of around half a million followers there. While Elon Musk-led X gave Vaught no choice … Read more