Apple CEO Tim Cook greets customer at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store on new product launch day on September 19, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Apple and Microsoft shares rose on Tuesday, pushing the companies over a market cap of $4 trillion. Both companies are still behind Nvidia, which…
Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates attends a private dinner for technology and business leaders hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 4, 2025. Brian Snyder | Reuters Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who wrote a book in 2021 titled, “How to Avoid a Climate…
Cameron Pappas, owner of Norton’s Florist Norton’s For Cameron Pappas, owner of Norton’s Florist in Birmingham, Alabama, the artificial intelligence boom is a world away. While companies like Nvidia, Alphabet and Broadcom are lifting the stock market to fresh highs and bolstering GDP, Pappas is experiencing what’s happening in the real economy, one that’s far removed…
Stocks jumped for the second straight week and reached record highs Friday as Washington trade and shutdown drama took a back seat to cooler inflation data and stronger earnings. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq rose 2% and 2.3%, respectively, for the week. In fact, the S & P 500 on Friday peaked above…
Earnings season next week goes into overdrive as more than 150 companies in the S & P 500 report their quarterly results. Most of the “Magnificent Seven” tech firms are among them. With Tesla already out and Nvidia not out until Nov. 19, that leaves Alphabet and Club names Amazon , Apple , Meta Platforms…
The Apple logo on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Sven Hoppe | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Apple on Thursday lost a London lawsuit accusing the U.S. tech company of abusing its dominant position by charging app developers an unfair 30% commission through its app store. The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruled against Apple after a…
Elon Musk attends ‘Exploring the New Frontiers of Innovation: Mark Read in Conversation with Elon Musk’ session during the Cannes Lions International Festival Of Creativity 2024 – Day Three on June 19, 2024 in Cannes, France. Marc Piasecki | Getty Images Tesla reported a 12% increase in third quarter revenue on Wednesday following two straight…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks to members of the media as he arrives at a lodge for the Allen & Co. Sun Valley Conference on July 8, 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty Images OpenAI on Tuesday announced ChatGPT Atlas, a new artificial intelligence-powered web browser. The company…
Nicoletaionescu | Istock | Getty Images It is tech’s biggest question, and there is a wide range of takes on every side. With artificial intelligence-driven spending leading to record deals and valuations, seemingly everyone is weighing in on the AI boom — and potential bust. Economic bubbles happen with a rapid rise in market values…
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2023. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk criticized acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy after he told media outlets this week that the billionaire’s space company is falling…