Snapchat plans to launch a new art initiative tomorrow aimed at using augmented reality to feature art installations around the world. A website, art.snapchat.com, mysteriously spawned a countdown clock this afternoon, and a snippet of javascript underlying the page appears to confirm that the reveal is a collaboration with renowned artist and big Snapchat fan […]
Read moreSometimes, CNBC’s Jim Cramer feels like Bill Murray’s character in the film “Groundhog Day” when he talks about the stock of consulting giant Accenture. Like Murray’s character, the “Mad Money” host feels like he’s re-living the same day over and over again when he pounds the table on Accenture’s stock, which almost always pulls back […]
Read moreIn the wake of a deal between Hain Celestial and activist firm Engaged Capital, Hain Celestial Chairman, President and CEO Irwin Simon seemed pleased at the outcome. “We got six new board members, six new board members with a lot of industry experience … which is going to be very, very helpful to the company, […]
Read moreFacebook said roughly 10 million people saw the ads bought by Russian groups trying to influence the 2016 U.S. election. Some of the ads were paid for in Russian currency, the company said in a statement. The company released the details on the ads the same day they sent them to Congressional committee members in […]
Read moreAs much as investors may consider President Donald Trump and the Federal Reserve to be stock-moving entities, CNBC’s Jim Cramer found that the third quarter’s top stocks didn’t have much to do with either. “The truth is, it’s much easier for the media to focus on Trump and the Fed than it is to focus […]
Read moreAfter broad underperformance for most of this year, value stocks are beginning to outpace growth stocks. To some, that’s a bad sign for the overall market. Growth began markedly outperforming value, as measured by the iShares Russell 1000 Value exchange-traded fund versus the iShares Russell 1000 Growth exchange-traded fund, last December as investors began pricing […]
Read moreNormally, markets are rattled after events as shocking and deadly as Sunday night’s mass shooting in Las Vegas, the largest in U.S. history, take place. But CNBC’s Jim Cramer himself was rattled when stocks, along with the three major indexes, hit all-time highs Monday morning as if the world was as stable as ever. “This […]
Read moreGoogle’s artificial intelligence technology has a considerably higher I.Q. than Apple’s Siri virtual assistant, according to a new academic paper attempting to compare the smarts of various artificial intelligence systems. The paper — written by a trio of Chinese researchers, including Yong Shi, executive deputy director of the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Research Center on […]
Read moreCheck out the companies making headlines after the bell on Monday: Shares of Tesla fell 1.5 percent in extended trading after the company reported disappointing Model 3 delivery figures for the third quarter. Shares of Goldman Sachs edged lower in extended trade, after gaining 1.5 percent in the normal session. Earlier Monday, the company announced […]
Read moreConsumers flock to Google to learn about health conditions like cancer, heart disease and diabetes. In recent years, the search engine has been looking for ways to put its growing volume of health data to use. Google’s News Lab, which is designed to help journalists and researchers use Google tools for storytelling and understanding data, […]
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