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Reels came from TikTok's rise. Threads came from Twitter's implosion. Mark Zuckerberg has spent the better part of a decade identifying fast-growing categories, building Meta's version, and running it through a user base that no other company can match. He just found his next one. The New York ...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the federal derivatives regulator, filed a lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Kentucky on June 23, 2026, making it the ninth state the agency has sued in an accelerating battle over who gets to regulate prediction markets in the United States. Kentucky had moved the ...
The U.S. dollar has separated from the pack, rising to the highest levels in more than a year and building on gains again Wednesday, as investors use the greenback as a sanctuary from risks tied to the global tech selloff and calibrate the impact of expected Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes over the back half of the year. There also was little change in Fed forecasts with futures indicating a 60% chance of a rate hike in September. Charalampos Pissouros, senior market analyst at XM, thinks the dollar rally is extending beyond the Fed funds trade.
Amazon’s chief executive has said that power is the “single biggest constraint” in its cloud and artificial-intelligence business. Here, Amazon has an incumbent advantage. It is the world’s largest cloud provider and has been building a lot of data centers over the past two decades.
(Bloomberg) -- Micron Technology Inc.’s earnings report on Wednesday afternoon is shaping up to be one of the most important in months as investors find themselves suddenly on edge over the sustainability of the AI rally.Most Read from BloombergStocks Slide as Wall Street Gets AI Wake-Up Call: Markets WrapOracle Cut 21,000 Jobs in 12 Months, Says AI Replaced Some Roles‘FOMO Really Got Me’: Taiwanese Go Deep Into Debt to Amp 100% Stock RallySpaceX Falls for Third Day, Erases $600 Billion in Marke
(Bloomberg) -- ByteDance Ltd., the developer of TikTok, is in preliminary talks with banks for a borrowing of about $20 billion, people familiar with the matter said, in what would be the firm’s largest offshore loan yet at a time when it’s boosting investments in artificial intelligence.Most Read from BloombergStocks Slide as Wall Street Gets AI Wake-Up Call: Markets WrapOracle Cut 21,000 Jobs in 12 Months, Says AI Replaced Some Roles‘FOMO Really Got Me’: Taiwanese Go Deep Into Debt to Amp 100%
By Diana Novak Jones June 23 (Reuters) - Google's YouTube has settled with a minor who claimed the platform caused mental health harms, the plaintiff’s lawyers said, ahead of a second California trial
Google's YouTube has settled a lawsuit brought by a minor who claimed the platform damaged his mental health, his lawyers said Tuesday, ahead of a second California trial over social media's role in the youth mental health crisis. The suit named four defendants — YouTube, Meta's Instagram, Snap Inc's Snapchat and ByteDance's TikTok — and the remaining three companies are still set to face trial in July. Google spokesperson Jose Castaneda said in a statement that the lawsuit had been amicably resolved.
Retail investors have spent decades watching Bill Ackman make concentrated bets from the outside, The Motley Fool noted, piecing together his moves through quarterly filings that arrive months after the trades close. That dynamic changed when Pershing Square USA (PSUS) began trading on the New York ...
Technology companies are spending big to incorporate artificial intelligence into their businesses and to build huge data centers. Investors who had jumped on the bandwagon appear to be having second thoughts. Just four companies — Alphabet, Amazon, Meta Platforms and Microsoft — plan to spend up to $720 billion this year, primarily on AI data centers.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently dispatched a small team at his company to create a smartphone app similar to Polymarket and Kalshi, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing two employees with knowledge of the matter. Prediction markets surged in popularity during the 2024 U.S. presidential election and have evolved into an asset class that lets investors wager on a variety of events, from monetary policy to sports tournaments. Trading platforms such as Robinhood and Interactive Brokers have rolled out event contracts.
Stocks could be facing the end-of-quarter reckoning many investors feared when Elon Musk’s SpaceX unveiled plans for its multibillion-dollar initial public offering and Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh took over the central bank’s policy reigns earlier this month. The early signs of a late June “tech wreck” started to formulate Monday, with Google parent Alphabet shedding more than $225 billion in market value, its biggest slump in more than a year, and SpaceX extending its three-day decline to more than $600 billion. Shares in SpaceX were falling 4.3% in premarket trading Tuesday, putting them below $150 a share.
Micron Technology's stock has risen by almost 9x over the past twelve months, taking its market capitalization above $1.2 trillion - among the largest single-year gains in the company's four-decade trading history. The rally is driven by surging demand and a shortage of high-bandwidth memory that is used alongside AI accelerators in data centers. Hyperscalers, including Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet (GOOG), and Meta (META), are projected to spend roughly $700 billion on AI infrastructure this year,
Investing.com -- Meta Platforms announced Tuesday a new line of AI smart glasses in partnership with EssilorLuxottica, marking the company's first entry into lower-priced models under its own brand.
Meta is launching a new line of AI-powered smart glasses called Meta Glasses.
<body><p>STORY: The European Commission plans to ramp up its probe into Meta, a Bloomberg report said. </p><p>The EU alleges the social media giant designs its platforms to be addictive to children. </p><p>The report said the bloc is preparing preliminary findings but has not set a date for the announcement.</p><p>It’s not the first time Meta has faced scrutiny from the commission. </p><p>It first opened a probe into the company under the Digital Services Act in May 2024, due to concerns it had not adequately addressed risks to children.</p><p>In April it charged Meta with breaching its tech rules…</p><p>And said the Instagram owner must do more to block children under 13 from accessing social networks. </p><p>The report said the EU is considering curbs similar to those announced by the UK and other countries after an expert panel delivers recommendations next month.</p><p>Meta and the European Commission did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment. </p><p>Reuters could not independently verify the report.</p><p>Meanwhile, a source told Reuters the social media giant is pushing for legal protection in Washington. </p><p>The source said Meta is lobbying U.S. lawmakers for language that would shield social media firms from certain claims tied to minors’ safety and privacy.</p></body>
Stocks could be facing the end-of-quarter reckoning many investors feared when Elon Musk’s SpaceX unveiled plans for its multibillion-dollar initial public offering and Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh took over the central bank’s policy reigns earlier this month. The early signs of a late June “tech wreck” started to formulate Monday, with Google parent Alphabet shedding more than $225 billion in market value, its biggest slump in more than a year, and SpaceX extending its three-day decline to more than $600 billion. Shares in SpaceX were falling 4.3% in premarket trading Tuesday, putting them below $150 a share.
By Amanda Cooper LONDON, June 23 (Reuters) - Global stocks fell on Tuesday, led by broad-based declines in technology stocks, as investors expect the Federal Reserve to take more aggressive action to
(Bloomberg) -- SpaceX shares extended declines in premarket trading, a day after the company saw the second-largest single-session drop in market value on record. Most Read from BloombergSpaceX Falls for Third Day, Erases $600 Billion in Market ValueOracle Cut 21,000 Jobs in 12 Months, Says AI Replaced Some RolesKorean Stocks Tumble 10% as Extreme Volatility Rattles InvestorsStocks Fall as SpaceX’s Rout Offsets US-Iran Hopes: Markets WrapMeta Invests $900 Million in Cred, Taps Founder to Head Wh
OpenAI debuted its ChatGPT ad pitch at Cannes Lions, but top executives and users alike are pushing back hard.
The tech company’s head count shrank by roughly 13% in its previous fiscal year, as it continued to invest in artificial intelligence.
The rocket company’s shares fell 16% amid reports it plans to sell at least $20 billion in bonds. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite fell 1.3%, while the Dow rose 0.3%.
(Bloomberg) -- House lawmakers have reached a bipartisan deal on a legislative package intended to strengthen online safety and privacy protections for children and teenagers—a key sign of progress on a major policy priority.Most Read from BloombergIran Says Hormuz Closed Again as Talks With US Set to OpenUS and Iran Make ‘Progress’ in Talks, Aim to Keep Hormuz OpenMeta Taps New WhatsApp Boss as Part of $900 Million InvestmentIranian Negotiators Said to Still Be Engaged in Talks With USStocks Fa
(Bloomberg) -- Alphabet Inc. shares tumbled on Monday following the departure of another high-profile artificial intelligence leader to a rival.Most Read from BloombergIran Says Hormuz Closed Again as Talks With US Set to OpenUS and Iran Make ‘Progress’ in Talks, Aim to Keep Hormuz OpenIranian Negotiators Said to Still Be Engaged in Talks With USMeta Taps New WhatsApp Boss as Part of $900 Million InvestmentIran Cites ‘Major Progress’ After All-Night Talks With USThe stock fell as much as 7.2%, t
BANGALORE, June 22 - Indian fintech firm CRED's founder Kunal Shah will become Meta-owned WhatsApp's new leader, the messaging app's current head Will Cathcart said on Monday in a post on X.
Indian fintech firm CRED said on Monday it will raise about $900 million from Meta Platforms at a post-money valuation of $4.5 billion, as it seeks to accelerate growth and prepare for an eventual stock market listing. (Reporting by Surbhi Misra in Bengaluru; Editing by Diti Pujara)
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