U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis stressed diplomacy as the way to deal with the North Korean crisis on Friday during talks with his South Korean counterpart in Hawaii, a day after Seoul’s top diplomat said a military solution would be unacceptable. “Diplomacy should (impose) reason on Kim’s reckless rhetoric and dangerous provocations,” Mattis said, referring […]
Read moreA recent Google Home blunder highlights one of the search giant’s next big challenges with its smart speaker device. Anger broke out on social media Thursday afternoon when people started creating videos that showed that Google’s smart speaker, Home, couldn’t answer the question “Who is Jesus?” but could provide responses for Buddha, Muhammad, and Satan. […]
Read morePresident Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s farewell meeting and a tsunami of earnings reports from tech’s heaviest hitters are some of the big events for markets in the week ahead. The stock market could continue its record-setting run as month end approaches, and the S&P 500 is already on […]
Read moreWhen CNBC’s Jim Cramer wants to remind himself what a fabulous quarter looks like, he goes back to the earnings reports from manufacturing colossus 3M. “Every earnings season, 3M, the old Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing, puts on a clinic, showing you exactly how it’s done,” the “Mad Money” host said. “3M gives you everything you […]
Read moreMy editor recently asked me to imagine Apple’s 20-year vision. I can’t read Tim Cook‘s mind. But if I were the CEO of Apple, my vision would be just that — it would, literally, be my vision. Many people see the future of technology as a world where we are surrounded by technological devices, overwhelmed […]
Read moreHead of esports scholarship program is bullish on competitive gaming, but not with games like NBA 2K
When Mark Deppe, the acting director for University of California, Irvine’s esports program, thinks of esports, he doesn’t think of traditional sports games like NBA 2K. It may sound ironic, but compared to high-profile competition games like Overwatch and League of Legends, Take-Two Interactive’s basketball-themed series doesn’t stack up, Deppe told CNBC. “I’m a little […]
Read moreHere’s a roundup of the most important deals in venture capital from the past week. Facebook acquired Confirm.io, a Boston-based start-up that helps businesses run identity authentication checks on government issued ID’s. If Facebook fully integrates Confirm.io’s “biometric identity authentication” APIs into its own platform, it may become easier for users to regain access to […]
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This year, the week of the Super Bowl coincides with the week of the Super Earnings Bowl for CNBC’s Jim Cramer. “Even as President Trump made the pitch for doing business in America at Davos, it’s the earnings that are front and center,” the “Mad Money” host said. Without further ado, Cramer turned to the […]
Read moreMatthew Chan is a 39-year-old radiologist who lives in Sacramento, Calif., has three children and was recently diagnosed with stage four colon cancer. He started radiation on Jan. 1 and “probably” has less than six months to live, according to a blog post published on Jan. 4 by a friend. That friend, Alan Miller, was […]
Read moreAmazon is set to report earnings next Thursday after the market closes, and the options market is implying a relatively large post-earnings move for the stock. One derivative strategist said the move is expected to be quite notable. “Investors are really nervous about this stock, just in terms of how big the movement could be,” […]
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