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Amazon is at the center of a heated debate about facial recognition technology over concerns it could lead to cases of mistaken identity, widespread surveillance and racial discrimination.
Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone maker, wants to emulate Apple’s success in building a $50bn-a-year services business as the rapid growth of smartphone sales begins to tail off. Samsung’s search for growth away from its hardware divisions comes as analysts pencil in annual increases in the smartphone shipments of only 1 to 2 per cent for the foreseeable future.
Stock futures: Can software rejoin the market rally as Paylocity breaks out? ServiceNow added to gains late. Apple, Karuna Therapeutics, Roku and ZTO Express moved on news too.
A U.S. watchdog on Monday backed a protest from Jeff Bezos' space company that challenged the Pentagon's military space launch procurement strategy, showing support for one of the Amazon billionaire's disputes with major agency procurement programs.
Three rival chip giants, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp. and Nvidia Corp., all rolled out new products at the annual supercomputing conference, in an increasingly competitive battlefield to speed up the fastest computers on earth.
Nov.18 -- Apple Inc. shipped 10 million iPhones in China during September and October, based on Bloomberg’s calculations from government data on overall and Android device shipments. That's up 6% from a year earlier. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman explains the rise in demand on "Bloomberg Technology."
Stock futures: Can software rejoin the market rally as Paylocity breaks out? ServiceNow added to gains late. Apple, Karuna Therapeutics, Roku and ZTO Express moved on news too.
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is actively policing crypto ATMs for potential money laundering and tax issues, a top official told Bloomberg last Friday.The post IRS investigators scrutinize Bitcoin ATMs and kiosks appeared first on The Block.
Top tickers for end of day: GME, VLO, DIS, AMD, FB, CMCSA, AAPL, CHK, I.
Apple Inc. , which already hosted multiple events to show off new hardware and services this year, plans to host another event in December "honoring our favorite apps and games of 2019." Apple sent invites to select media for an event Dec. 2 in New York, headlining the invitation "Loved by millions. Created by the best." The iPhone maker typically announces the best-performing apps in its App Store in a December release, so the event could be a live version of that announcement. Apple this year has already held a March event to show off new services, used the annual WWDC keynote to exhibit new Macs and operating systems, and hosted the annual September event focused on new iPhones. Apple stock closed with a 0.5% gain at $267.10, establishing a record closing price for the fourth time in six trading sessions. Shares ticked up about 0.2% in after-hours trading, when the invite was released.
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Intel gave investors some details on its upcoming graphics push, and Apple's iPhone is reportedly selling better in China.
On CNBC's "Fast Money Halftime Report," Joe Terranova said he prefers Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) over Apple Inc. ...
Amazon.com Inc said on Monday it has introduced an ad-supported free version of its music streaming service Amazon Music, taking on rival Spotify Technology which has nearly 140 million users for its free version.
Apple's AirPods are as divisive as they are profitable, but competitors are now jumping on the "buds-wagon" to try and carve out some market share of their own.
Investors are increasingly turning to equities with cash payouts for their nest eggs. But the strategies carry risk if not done right.
The Dow Jones today drifted between small gains and losses amid U.S.-China trade talks. Apple stock hit a key profit zone. Disney stock rebounds higher.
As U.S. markets continue to hit new highs, CNBC’s Bob Pisani discussed market rotation and ETFs to watch on Monday’s ETF Edge segment during ‘Halftime Report’. Speaking with ETF Trends CEO Tom Lydon and Invesco Global Head of ETFs Dan Draper in the segment, Pisani pointed...
The daily chart for Microsoft is one with many interesting aspects, all of which are helping to confirm the bullish sentiment for this stock.
Meet the world’s youngest selfie-made billionaire. Reality star and cosmetics queen Kylie Jenner, now 22, is probably the most recognizable (and controversial) newcomer in the Forbes magazine world billionaires issue revealed in March, when she was still 21. The social-media star’s fortune officially hit $1 billion earlier this year, several months after Forbes put her on the cover of its “richest self-made women” issue.