Apple won’t be forced into enabling sideloading in Brazil, per a new court ruling. A Federal Civil Court judge ruled that Apple will not be required to enable sideloading in Brazil, meaning that the iPhone maker can continue to distribute apps exclusively via the App Store. The decision comes a week after Apple was previously…
My top 10 things to watch Tuesday, March 18 1. Alphabet on Tuesday signed a “definitive agreement” to acquire Wiz, the New York-based cloud security startup, for $32 billion in an all-cash deal, CNBC reported . Last July, CNBC reported that Wiz walked away from a potential $23 billion acquisition by Google, announcing to employees…
The average person stores roughly 2,800 photos on their smartphones and the number is only growing. We use our smartphone camera to take hundreds of photos throughout the year. The process of deleting photos we don’t want or need is a huge undertaking so the temptation is just to keep them on the phone. But…
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Market moves: The S & P 500 was higher Monday. That would put the broad market index on track for its first back-to-back positive sessions since Feb….
My top 10 things to watch Monday, March 17 1. Nvidia’s annual GTC conference will dominate this week’s news. Nvidia’s stock has had big run-up into the event for AI developers. That’s normal, as is a rally after. The AI chip king, which we own for the Club, is expected to share new details about…
The difference between Chinese and U.S. stocks is only getting clearer. The S & P 500 fell into correction on Thursday for the first time since 2023 . Meanwhile, the MSCI China index has surged double digits in its best start to a year in history, largely thanks to artificial intelligence, according to Goldman Sachs….
Apple appears to be expanding its pool of partner companies supplying data for Apple Maps, as it has now released an app especially for firms to contribute updated information. Just as it did with the Apple Vision Pro Demo Fit app — releasing it in the App Store but practically hiding it, Apple now has…
My top 10 things to watch Wednesday, March 12 1. Wall Street was heading for a higher open that kicked into a higher gear on cooler-than-expected consumer inflation data. The stock market has been slammed recently on economic worries about President Donald Trump’s tariffs. 2. February’s consumer price index rose 2.8% year over year. Core…
The White House on Monday downplayed the weeks long stock market sell-off, insisting that recent moves by business leaders suggest a brighter outlook for the U.S. economy. “We’re seeing a strong divergence between animal spirits of the stock market and what we’re actually seeing unfold from businesses and business leaders,” a White House official told…
Our president, Donald Trump , tells us that “what we are doing is big,” so there might be economic consequences to come that we don’t like. But he can’t change the plan, whatever the heck the plan is. Our Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, comes on CNBC and tells us that the economy has to detox…