Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 owners have been plagued with hardware issues since the phones launched earlier this month. First Pixel 2 XL owners were met with a washed out display, which CNBC noted in the review of the phone, and then users discovered OLED burn-in issues. That meant that certain software was staining […]
Read moreCheck out which companies are making headlines before the bell: Caterpillar – Caterpillar earned an adjusted $1.95 per share for the third quarter, swamping estimates of $1.27 a share. Revenue also beat forecasts, with Caterpillar seeing a significant increase in demand for its construction equipment. 3M – The maker of a wide variety of products […]
Read moreAs as investor, if you’re feeling calm about this long bull market, don’t let the lack of volatility lull you to sleep. The risks of a pullback are still there. Do you actually know how your portfolio would react in another downturn? When was the last time you took a look at your retirement investments […]
Read moreApple will drastically miss its iPhone X production goals this year, according to a Nikkei report Tuesday. “Initial shipments of Apple’s highly anticipated iPhone X are expected to total around 20 million units, only half the planned amount for this year,” the report said. Nikkei blamed production issues for the new phone’s face-scanner sensor components. […]
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Spain’s government says it’s prepared to discipline disobedient Catalans
Spain‘s central government is prepared to discipline Catalan citizens who chose to disobey direct rule from Madrid, the Spanish government’s official representative in Catalonia told CNBC. “The Spanish government is going to have the responsibility of taking decisions of a disciplinary nature if there is a rejection, by any functionaries, of any of the orders […]
Read moreGeneral Motors reported quarterly earnings and revenue that beat analysts’ expectations on Tuesday. Here’s how the company did compared to what Wall Street expected: EPS: $1.32 vs. $1.12 expected, according to Thomson Reuters Revenue: $33.6 billion vs. $32.72 billion expected, according to Thomson Reuters Investors will be looking for news on the company’s inventories, which […]
Read moreMicrosoft said it will drop a lawsuit against the U.S. government after the Department of Justice (DOJ) changed data request rules on alerting internet users about agencies accessing their information. The new policy limits the use of secrecy orders and calls for such orders to be issued for defined periods, Microsoft Chief Legal Officer Brad […]
Read moreElon Musk slaps down talk of A.I. ‘gods’: Some people ‘should absolutely not’ make superintelligence
Experts who talk of artificially intelligent (AI) robots reaching divine status should “absolutely not be allowed” to create a machine smarter than humans, Elon Musk warned on Twitter. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO was addressing an article from tech news site VentureBeat about the possibility of an AI “god” emerging by 2042. TWEET One of […]
Read moreAn extremely rare Italian supercar estimated to be worth more than £1.5 million ($1.9 million) was left with “significant damage” after it smashed into a crash barrier in the U.K. The blue Pagani Zonda, which has a top speed of almost 220 miles per hour, collided with a barrier on the A27 at Tangmere in […]
Read moreThe negative view of Russia from the U.S. is being fueled by an internal political struggle in Washington and needs to be resolved, according to the CEO and president of Russia’s second-largest bank. “We are sick and tired of what’s happening in America and this anti-Russian stance,” VTB Bank’s Andrey Kostin told CNBC Tuesday morning. […]
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