Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Treasury secretary, from left, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Jared Kushner, senior White House adviser, listen during a bi-lateral meeting with Saad Hariri, Lebanon’s prime minister, not pictured, at the White House in Washington, D.C. Zach Gibson | Bloomberg | Getty Images New documents show that one of former President Donald Trump’s
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The value of bitcoin exceeded the threshold of $66,895 in October for the first time in history. Chesnot | Getty Images Bitcoin’s price could nearly double to $75,000 this year as more institutional investors start to embrace the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, according to the CEO of Swiss bank Seba. “We believe the price is
Alonzo Lewis rescues items from his mother’s home after it was destroyed by Hurricane Ida on August 30, 2021 in Laplace, Louisiana. Ida made landfall August 29 as a category 4 storm southwest of New Orleans. Scott Olson | Getty Images News | Getty Images Disasters powered by climate change wreak havoc in so many
A person walks past a Virgin Media mobile phone store, closed down due to the Covid-19 pandemic, in London on May 4, 2020. Tolga Akmen | AFP via Getty Images Brits have enjoyed free mobile roaming across Europe for years but that’s set to change for tens of millions of people in the coming months
In this article FB A man takes a selfie in front of a sign of Meta, the new name for the company formerly known as Facebook, at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California, October 28, 2021. Carlos Barria | Reuters Facebook parent company Meta said on Monday that it will require Covid-19 booster shots for
In this article 2330-TW A man walks past TSMC’s logo at the company’s headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Sam Yeh | AFP | Getty Images Top chipmaker TSMC notched a new quarterly sales record at the end of 2021 boosted by continued demand from top clients including Apple and Qualcomm for semiconductors. The Taiwanese foundry, which
In this article TSLA Tesla owner Siraj Raval uses his Model 3 to mine for cryptocurrencies. Siraj Raval Siraj Raval has tried just about every way there is to mine for cryptocurrencies from his 2018 Tesla Model 3. He’s run free bitcoin mining software on his Apple Mac mini M1 and powered the computer by
Jennifer Elias | CNBC Like many travelers over the holidays, I got stuck last week in my effort to get back home. I live in San Francisco and was in Phoenix with my family. We picked that as our New Year’s meeting spot so we could attend the college football Fiesta Bowl, pitting Notre Dame
In this article CZR RSI DKNG Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers looks to pass during a game against the Seattle Seahawks at Lambeau Field on November 14, 2021 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Stacy Revere | Getty Images Legalized mobile sports betting is now live in New York. FanDuel, DraftKings, Caesars Sportsbook and
In this article TSLA A Tesla Model Y electric vehicle is dispalyed on a showroom floor at the Miami Design District on October 21, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images On Friday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter that the company will raise the price of its premium driver assistance package,
Amazon fulfillment center warehouse. Getty Images Amazon is cutting paid leave time for U.S. front-line workers who test positive for Covid-19 or have to quarantine after exposure to the virus. Amazon said all U.S. workers who test positive for Covid-19 and those required to quarantine will now be eligible for one week, or up to
Semiconductors are seen on a circuit board. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images European semiconductor stocks edged higher Friday after two of the biggest companies in the industry — Samsung Electronics and STMicroelectronics — issued positive fourth quarter updates. German chipmaker Infineon, Dutch semiconductor machine manufacturer ASML, and Austrian sensor maker Ams AG all saw their
In this article GME Pedestrians pass in front of a GameStop retail store in New York, December 23, 2021. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Gamestop shares rose over 14% in extended trading on Thursday after the Wall Street Journal reported the retailer plans to create a marketplace for non-fungible tokens, often called NFTs. Gamestop also plans
In this article AMZN RIVN STLA-IT Stellantis announced on January 5, 2022, a major partnership with Amazon to connect its vehicles, including using the US giant’s AWS servers and its Alexa voice command system. Marco Bertorello | AFP | Getty Images Stellantis, the automaker formerly known as Fiat Chrysler, said Wednesday that Amazon will provide
In this article AMZN Photographer: Thorsten Wagner/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon shares finished 2021 as the biggest laggard among the mega-cap technology names, but there’s reason to believe 2022 could be a brighter year for the stock. Shares of Amazon rose a measly 2.4% in 2021, vastly underperforming the
In this article 6758.T-JP A woman plays ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission at a Playstation VR display at the Sony Exhibit at the Las Vegas Convention Center during CES 2019 in Las Vegas on January 9, 2019. David McNew | AFP | Getty Images Sony has announced new details about its next-generation virtual reality headset and
In this article PINS Traders work after the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), while the logo for Pinterest is pictured on the screens during the company’s IPO on April 18, 2019 in New York City. Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images Shares of Pinterest dipped 10% on Tuesday and hit
This is breaking news, check back for updates. SAN JOSE, Calif. — Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, the one-time billionaire and darling of Silicon Valley who promised a revolutionary blood-testing technology, has been found guilty of four charges in her criminal fraud trial. The jury of eight men and four women were handed the case in mid-December after
In this article AAPL MS Apple briefly hit a market cap of $3 trillion during intraday trading on Monday, before dropping back under the mark shortly afterwards. Apple broke the barrier when its share price hit $182.86. The milestone is mostly symbolic but it shows investors remain bullish on Apple stock and its ability to
Employees wearing cleanroom suits walk beneath Automated Material Handling Systems (AMHS) vehicle robots moving along tracks on the ceiling inside the GlobalFoundries semiconductor manufacturing facility in Malta, New York, U.S., on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Adam Glanzman | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chipmakers have been clear winners in the pandemic era, and the momentum in