Overnight news that U.S. President Donald Trump had canceled a scheduled summit with Kim Jong Un looked set to be in focus on Friday, with futures tipping a lower start to the session for Asian markets. Nikkei futures traded in Chicago were down 0.68 percent compared to the benchmark’s Thursday close. Australian SPI futures were […]
Read moreLithium stocks like FMC Corp. are under pressure, but for CNBC’s Jim Cramer, the agricultural chemical play is flashing screaming buy signals. “I’m glad FMC’s getting hit here because you’re getting a chance to buy a red-hot stock into weakness, just in case you missed the incredible buying opportunity in March,” when the stock was […]
Read moreAs consumers grow increasingly health-conscious and chemical-averse, companies like Indigo Agriculture are working to weed out old, synthetic agricultural solutions like GMOs, Indigo CEO David Perry told CNBC on Thursday. “Modern agriculture’s really built on technologies that were created decades ago: synthetic fertilizer, synthetic chemicals, GMOs and plant breeding. We’re taking an entirely new approach,” […]
Read moreEssential Products, the smartphone and gadget startup founded by Android creator Andy Rubin, is exploring a potential sale, Bloomberg reports. The company has also cancelled the development of a new phone, the report says. The appeal of Essential’s first device was that it gave users a “pure” Android experience, meaning that it didn’t come with […]
Read moreU.S. tech companies would be forced to disclose if they allowed American adversaries, like Russia and China, to examine the inner workings of software sold to the U.S. military under proposed legislation, Senate staff told Reuters on Thursday. The bill, approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday, comes after a year-long Reuters investigation […]
Read moreData center infrastructure company Nutanix dropped about 5 percent in extended trading on Thursday after losing more money in the fiscal third quarter than analysts expected. While revenue beat estimates, Nutanix also gave a forecast for the current quarter that disappointed investors. Earnings: Loss of 21 cents per share, excluding certain items, vs. loss of […]
Read moreJason Spero, a vice president at Google, said that before the 2016 presidential election, his political activism amounted to attending the occasional fundraiser and writing checks to his preferred candidates. But after Trump’s victory, that all changed. “I’d never been as aware, awake, and active as I have been since that November,” he said. Now, […]
Read moreA Twitter user has crafted the exact search needed to send your feed back 10 years — and it’s resurfacing some early, silly tweets. The specific search, shared by early Kickstarter executive Andy Baio, will show you what everyone who you follow now was tweeting about 10 years ago. (You can adjust the date in […]
Read moreJournalism is under attack from every corner. Donald Trump has been attacking the industry ever since he started running for president in 2015, and single-handedly popularized the term “fake news.” On Wednesday, he was joined by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who went on an anti-media tirade to his nearly 22 million Twitter followers, telling them […]
Read moreThe Apple Watch is already one of my favorite tech products — I wear one every day — and I recently started using a feature that’s made it even more fun: Activity Sharing. It’s even helping me move more throughout the day. You probably already use the Activity app on your Apple Watch. It’s the […]
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