In a market that has plenty to worry about, whether it be the Senate health care bill, retail’s demise, or impending deflation, Jim Cramer says it is preoccupied by one thing only: Amazon. “I think the undercurrent, or I should say the undertow, of Amazon, is such a dominant threat to so many consumer-related sectors […]

Google‘s YouTube unit says it now reaches 1.5 billion viewers every month — and its users watch more than an hour of mobile videos per day — as it expands its video programming to sell more digital ads. YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki shared the news in a blog post the same day she gave a […]

In a market that has plenty to worry about, whether it be the Senate health care bill, retail’s demise, or impending deflation, Jim Cramer says it is preoccupied by one thing only: Amazon. “I think the undercurrent, or I should say the undertow, of Amazon, is such a dominant threat to so many consumer-related sectors […]

Google made headlines at the start of the Cannes Lions Advertising festival this week by announcing new measures to crack down on offensive and extremist content on the platform. And brand safety is an issue that’s top of mind for chief marketing officers meeting with various platforms over the course of the week-long gathering, as […]

One event this week shows why digital currency markets still have a long way to go before they’re safe enough for large-scale trading. On Wednesday afternoon, a “multimillion dollar” sell order was placed on the GDAX exchange for the digital currency ethereum. That triggered a chain of events that resulted in ethereum briefly plunging to […]

Executives from several drone companies who met with President Trump at the White House lobbied hard for looser rules for their industry and found him sympathetic, says one CEO who was there. “There were strong personalities expressing strong opinions” about de-regulating drone flights, Measure CEO Brandon Torres Declet told CNBC. “There were no shrinking violets” […]

One of Silicon Valley’s hottest companies has a slew of high-level jobs up for grabs. CEO Travis Kalanick has stepped down. President Jeff Jones left the company. The search for a chief operating officer is still underway. The executives in charge of business, finance, communications, engineering and self-driving cars are all out the door. Recode […]

Amazon is looking to charge advertisers $2.8 million for packages that include 30-second spots during the Thursday night National Football League games it will stream live to its Prime customers this coming season, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The offering will be closely watched by the advertising and broadcasting industries as the […]

Put this one in the “You can do that, but why would you want to do that?” file: Tesla is talking to the music industry about creating its own streaming music service. Music industry sources say the carmaker has had talks with all of the major labels about licensing a proprietary music service that would […]

A combined T-Mobile–Sprint could pose a “powerful” threat to telecom giant AT&T, Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure told CNBC on Thursday. “We have looked at every other alternative to make sure we are making the right decision,” Claure said on “Halftime Report.” “If the government works to allow us to combine, we’ll be No. 3, but […]