Investors are buzzing over a report that speculated on the size of Seagate’s early investments in cryptocurrency company Ripple and now Wall Street is weighing in. “Seagate is up sharply this morning as investors react to Seagate’s stake in Ripple Labs, creator and developer of the namesake cryptocurrency ‘Ripple’ (XRP),” RBC Capital analyst Amit Daryanani […]

The Tesla boss and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk dropped a few bits of entertaining intrigue over the weekend: He says Tesla will build out one of the electronic vehicle charging stations in Los Angeles like an old drive-in movie theater. “Gonna put an old school drive-in, roller skates & rock restaurant at one of the […]

On Saturday two major Apple shareholders sent a request to Apple, insisting the tech giant take action to address the growing concern that the iPhone is addictive and that overuse could cause “long-term consequences.” And medical experts say it’s steadily going to get worse as technology gets faster and smarter, fueling the need for this […]

GoPro has hired J.P. Morgan Chase to help it seek a potential sale, according to people familiar with the matter. J.P. Morgan helped underwrite GoPro’s initial public offering in 2014. No sale is assured, said the people, who asked not to be named because the discussions are private. It’s unclear if there is an interested […]

Facebook M, the text-based virtual assistant that used human workers to train an artificial intelligence system, is ending the human-assisted part of the service after two and a half years. The human-enhanced version of M, which was available through a bot on Facebook Messenger, only ever became available to about 2,000 people living in California. […]

It’s the very beginning of CES 2018, and the first trickles of gadget news are starting to come out — the flood begins today as the show floor opens and keynotes and press conferences begin in earnest. It’s easy to see the broad themes of the show and the tech industry at large already forming: […]

Facebook users can now include Sony/ATV music in their video clips — and musicians will get paid royalties for their use. The two companies said on Monday that they inked a licensing deal that would give users access to Sony/ATV’s catalog of more than 3 million songs for use in any video posted to Facebook’s […]

Imagine a reality where computers can visualize what you are thinking. Sound far out? It’s now closer to becoming a reality thanks to four scientists at Kyoto University in Kyoto, Japan. In late December, Guohua Shen, Tomoyasu Horikawa, Kei Majima and Yukiyasu Kamitani released the results of their recent research on using artificial intelligence to […]

GoPro CEO Nick Woodman said Monday the company would entertain a sale or partnership with another company, but is still planning on staying independent. “If there are opportunities for us to unite with a bigger parent company to scale GoPro even bigger, that is something that we would look at,” Woodman told CNBC’s Josh Lipton […]

Seagate shares rallied Monday after a report speculated on the size of its early investments in cryptocurrency company Ripple. Seagate is an investor in Ripple, but the size of that investment could not be verified by CNBC. Seagate and Ripple did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The storage company’s stock rose as much […]