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In this article GOOGL Larry Page, left, and Sergey Brin, co-founders of Google Inc. JB Reed | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google founders and controlling Alphabet stakeholders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have sold more than $1 billion worth of stock combined since May of this year. Beginning in May of this year, the two

In this article AMZN Amazon drivers begin their delivery routes as workers at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, New York prepare to walk off their jobs demanding stepped-up protection and pay after several workers at the facility were diagnosed with COVID-19. Paul Hennessy | Barcroft Media | Getty Images Amazon delivery companies around the

In this article PINS Ben Silbermann, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Pinterest, speaks in front of the company’s logo at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), during the company’s IPO on April 18, 2019 in New York City. Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images Pinterest shares fell more than 14% in after-hours trading on

In this article AMZN Andy Jassy, CEO Amazon Web Services, speaks at the WSJD Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, October 25, 2016. Mike Blake | Reuters Amazon is set to announce its second-quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday. Here’s what Wall Street is expecting: Earnings: $12.30 per share, according to analysts surveyed by

A person looking at a smartphone with the projected Robinhood price shares in Los Angeles, July 27, 2021. Chris Delmas | AFP | Getty Images Shares of Robinhood slipped as much as 10% during its Nasdaq debut on Thursday, after pricing shares at the low end of the IPO range. The online brokerage last traded

Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya. Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg via Getty Images LONDON — On June 3, one of London’s hottest days of the year so far, Chamath Palihapitiya, an early Facebook executive turned tech investor, had lunch on the rooftop of The Ned hotel with the co-founders of insurance start-up Flock: Ed Kingler and Antton Pena. The

Pedestrians use mobile phones while walking past Twitter Inc. headquarters in San Francisco, California, U.S. Bloomberg | Getty Images Twitter has announced that it will close its San Francisco and New York offices immediately as Covid cases surge across the country. Wednesday’s announcement comes just two weeks after the social media company reopened their offices

Sundar Pichai Source: CNBC Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company is extending its office return for employees until Oct. 18 amid the latest Covid-19 outbreaks. In an email to employees Wednesday, Pichai also said the company will require anyone coming to the office to be vaccinated, beginning in the U.S. in coming weeks. Pichai’s

People play computer games at an internet cafe in Fuyang, China’s Anhui province. Lu Qijian | Visual China Group | Getty Images LONDON – After decades of the U.S. and Japan dominating the gaming space, China’s influence is growing as its tech giants snap up gaming studios around the world. Now, some experts think video

Apple CEO Tim Cook attends the opening of the new Apple Tower Theater retail store at Apple Tower Theatre on June 24, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. JC Olivera | Getty Images Apple reported a blowout quarter on Tuesday, driven by sales of iPhones, which were up 50% annually to $39.57 billion in sales. That

The Nokia XR20. HMD Global LONDON — The maker of Nokia-branded phones debuted a slew of new devices Tuesday, including a “military grade” smartphone designed to withstand intense environmental conditions. HMD Global said the Nokia XR20 is the most durable phone it’s created to date. The XR20 sports a tough 6.67-inch Gorilla Glass Victus display

In this article TSLA SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk visits the construction site of Tesla’s gigafactory in Gruenheide, near Berlin, Germany, May 17, 2021. Michele Tantussi | Reuters Tesla reports second-quarter results after the bell on Monday. Here’s what analysts are expecting, according to estimates compiled by Refinitiv: Earnings: 98 cents per share, adjusted, expected

In this article TSLA Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., right, departs from court for the SolarCity trial in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., on Monday, July 12, 2021. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk sniped at Silicon Valley neighbor Apple twice during a conference call to discuss Tesla earnings

Former Cisco CEO John Chambers told CNBC on Monday he is discouraging the start-ups he’s invested in from operating in China, citing Beijing’s increasingly uncertain regulatory approach. “I’m encouraging my startups not to do business in China, or I’m not invested in Chinese start-ups at this time,” he said in a “TechCheck” interview. “It’s too unpredictable,” added

Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images For Matthew Roed, Social Security is looking a lot less promising than the money he’s stashed away in his BitcoinIRA. Roed is a registered nurse living in Golden Valley, Minnesota, and he says he’s spent 16,000 hours researching all things bitcoin. His conclusion? Investing in the cryptocurrency is the key

24K-Production | iStock Editorial | Getty Images The crypto market is down 46% from its all-time high in May, but shrewd investors are celebrating the dip in prices. Because the IRS classifies digital currencies like bitcoin as property, losses on crypto holdings are treated much differently than losses on stocks and mutual funds, according to

This June was the hottest in American history. The 116-degree heat melted power cables in Portland, Oregon, and smashed previous temperature records. Seattle recorded an all-time high of 108 degrees, as did the Canadian province of British Columbia, at a whopping 121 degrees. As the world warms, more people are installing air conditioning. Global energy

China is beating the U.S. when it comes to innovation in online money, posing challenges to the U.S. dollar’s status as the de facto monetary reserve. Nearly 80 countries — including China and the U.S. — are in the process of developing a CBDC, or Central Bank Digital Currency. It’s a form of money that’s

In this article 6694.T-JP Zoom founder Eric Yuan poses in front of the Nasdaq building as the screen shows the logo of the video-conferencing software company Zoom after the opening bell ceremony on April 18, 2019 in New York City. The video-conferencing software company announced it’s IPO priced at $36 per share, at an estimated

In this article AMZN AAPL FB GOOGL San Francisco Compassandcamera | Getty Images Many lawmakers are eager to rein in the power of the largest tech companies: Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google. But some of their proposals could actually hurt the smaller companies they’re meant to protect, venture capitalists warned CNBC. VCs are particularly concerned