Stanley Druckenmiller at CNBC’s Delivering Alpha on Sept. 28, 2022. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller said on Wednesday that his decision to sell out of Nvidia this year was a “big mistake.” “I’ve made so many mistakes in my investment career — one of them was I sold all my Nvidia probably … Read more
Key members of Google’s legal team are headlining a fundraiser for Kamala Harris on Friday – thumbing their noses at concerns over conflicts of interest as they face off against the Biden-Harris Justice Department in a historic antitrust case targeting the Big Tech giant. Karen Dunn — the top litigator at white-shoe law firm Paul … Read more
Amazon on Wednesday announced plans to invest in nuclear power production to fuel its data centers with clean energy, a key part of the e-commerce giant’s push to expand AI-powered services. “Nuclear energy is safe, reliable, and can help meet the energy needs of our customers for decades to come,” said Kevin Miller, Amazon Web … Read more
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk, a tech mogul who is the world’s richest person, plunged more than $70 million into helping Donald Trump and other Republicans win in November’s election, making him one of the biggest donors to GOP causes this campaign season, according to campaign finance disclosures released this week. Musk made … Read more
Apple appeared to experience a widespread outage on Wednesday afternoon, with users reporting trouble using the App Store. The issues began around 11 am ET, according to a spike in reports on Downdetector, a site that tracks outages. Several users grumbled that they were unable to download apps within the App Store, though software updates … Read more
Avishek Das | Lightrocket | Getty Images The price of bitcoin neared $68,400 on Wednesday, reaching its highest level since July and sparking a rally across the crypto sector. Bitcoin is up more than 9% over the last week and ether is up about 7%. Other popular coins have also rallied, with solana up close … Read more
A Dutch chipmaking giant sparked chaos after it accidentally published a disappointing financial outlook a day earlier than scheduled – slashing billions in market value across the semiconductor sector. Shares of ASML — which manufactures equipment used to make chips, including the processors used to power artificial intelligence — sank nearly 6% Wednesday. The stock … Read more
Two months before Election Day, a photo of singer Elton John in a pink coat with the letters “MAGA” on it surfaced on social media, suggesting the global superstar had endorsed former President Donald Trump. But the photo wasn’t real. It’s the latest in a series of images and videos created using artificial intelligence that … Read more
NEW YORK — A celestial object discovered decades ago is actually twins orbiting each other, a new study confirms. Scientists have puzzled over the object known as Gliese 229B, the first known brown dwarf discovered 30 years ago. Brown dwarfs are sometimes called failed stars because they’re lighter than stars, but heavier than gas giant … Read more
It’s been just over twenty-four hours since the launch of the Donald Trump-endorsed digital coin “WLFI,” and the token is failing to deliver on the ambitious fundraising goals set by its founding team. World Liberty Financial — which bills itself as a crypto bank where customers will be encouraged to borrow, lend and invest in … Read more