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TikTok climbs the download charts, takes aim at Snapchat and Twitter
TikTok, owned by China-based company ByteDance, allows users to create and share short-form videos similar to those on SnapChat and Vine.TikTok is rapidly climbing the app download charts, and is taking aim at Snapchat's users. A new app is taking off, ...
'Counter-drone' tech gains speed as more take to the skies
By 2022, the FAA expects we'll have 2.9 million drones flying in the US.In Atlanta, unauthorized drones inundated air space over the stadium set to host the Super Bowl, days ahead of the game on Sunday.Now, counter-drone tech is popping up everywhere to keep the bad drones away. ...
Amazon sellers get caught in US-China trade spat as money transfer service abruptly closes
WorldFirst is used by Amazon sellers who do business across the globe and transact in many currencies.The parent company is based in the U.K. and is reportedly in advanced talks to be acquired by China's Ant Financial.U.S. customers weren't told why the service was suddenly shuttered this week. ...
Here's how many people Tesla laid off at its California facilities
Tesla's second round of layoffs in just seven months impacted at least 1,017 California employees at the company.Filings with California's Employment Development Department reveal Tesla laid off 78 employees from its Palo Alto office, 137 from its Lathrop facility and 802 from various facilities, ...
Foxconn does damage control over Wisconsin factory
Reuters reports earlier this week that the company is shifting strategy and will offer mostly researcher and engineering jobs in Wisconsin, not the blue-collar manufacturing jobs that were originally promised.Foxconn has $4 billion in tax breaks from the state to build LCD TV screens at the plant, ...
Morgan Stanley says Spaceflight Industries is 'entirely' disrupting the rocket launch market
Spaceflight Industries' rocket launch services business is disrupting the industry's model 'entirely,' Morgan Stanley said in a note to investors Friday.The note is the latest in Morgan Stanley's 'Space Disruptor Series. ...
Cramer Remix: This was the real creator of December's short-lived bear market
CNBC's Jim Cramer breaks down how the Fed was the driving force behind the December slump.The 'Mad Money' host also sits down with the CEOs of Carbon and ADP.In the lightning round, Cramer's callers impress him with their stock picks. ...
Anonymous Tesla shorts who snap pics of Tesla parking lots have a new web site
Tesla short sellers have been gathering and sharing research, including aerial photography, about the automaker's activities on social media platforms, especially Twitter, for months.Today a group of the Tesla bears launched a website, Tslaq.org, to share contributors' photos, ...
These Super Bowl ads try to make humans feel better about AI taking over, with sad robots
'Robots will be able to do everything better than us. ... I mean all of us,' said Elon Musk in 2017. It is too early to know whether Musk is right, but, as GeekWire points out, ...
Tesla is betting big on China, and here's what Elon Musk had to say about it
China's industry ministry expects new energy vehicle output to hit 2 million in 2020, with sales of 7 million such vehicles there by 2025, some 20 percent of the overall autos market.Electric vehicle maker Tesla is rushing to serve that market, ...
Amazon is about to report earnings, and here's one thing to watch
Amazon will be the latest FANG stock to report earnings with its release after the bell Thursday. And one market watcher expects the e-commerce leader to knock it out of the park. 'We own this one and we continue to love the growth story,' said Mark Tepper, ...
Elon Musk blames SpaceX layoffs on 'absolutely insane' Mars rocket and satellite internet projects
CEO Elon Musk explained this month's layoffs at SpaceX were different than those at Tesla.'SpaceX has to be incredibly spartan with expenditures,' Musk said.Musk's space company is developing two ambitious projects: Starlink (an internet satellite network) and Starship (a Martian rocket). ...
Intel names Robert Swan as permanent CEO
Bob Swan, 58, has been interim CEO for seven months and chief financial officer since 2016. He was also elected to the company's board of directors.Todd Underwood, currently vice president of finance, will take over as interim CFO while the company searches for a permanent CFO. ...
Tesla ramps production as competitors flood market with electric cars. 'Pile-up of epic proportions'
Automakers from Acura to Zotye are plugging into electric vehicles.Industry analysts expect to see nearly a dozen new all-electric vehicles in U.S. showrooms by the end of 2019, with dozens more coming to market in 2020.Jaguar, ...
How Facebook, GE and Apple turned their struggles into stock gains: Cramer
CNBC's Jim Cramer says low expectations helped Facebook, General Electric and Apple's stocks come out on top after earnings.Facebook's results suggest the social media giant has finally managed to move past its scandals, the 'Mad Money' host says.As for GE, ...
CBS wants to get bigger, so it's thinking about a variety of mergers and buyouts
The CBS board has come to the conclusion that the company needs to add scale, sources say.CBS has a board meeting to hear from its bankers on merger options today, sources say. ...
A second Apple self-driving car engineer is accused of stealing trade secrets
A recently unsealed affidavit by an FBI agent alleges former Apple engineer Jizhong Chen took confidential and proprietary information about Apple's self-driving project to his personal devices in an attempt to steal trade secrets.Another engineer was accused of similar crimes in July. ...
Elon Musk says the Tesla Model X is the 'Faberge egg of cars'
Tesla CEO Elon Musk called the company's Model X luxury utility vehicle a 'work of art' that he likened to the 'Faberge egg of cars.' 'It's an incredible vehicle and probably nothing like it will ever be made again and maybe it shouldn't, ...
Google violated the same Apple rules as Facebook but fixed the problem before Apple reacted
A Google app, Screenwise Meter, appears to violate the same Apple rules for enterprise apps as an app that got Facebook in trouble.Participants download Screenwise using an enterprise profile instead of through the app store.By Apple's rules, ...
Tesla shares fall after company posts 4Q profit that misses expectations, replaces CFO
Tesla's earnings were hit on a number of fronts, the company said.It cited a decline in revenue from the sale of regulatory credits and higher import duties on parts from China.Lower prices on the Model S and Model X in China and a lower-priced midrange version of the Model 3 also hurt sales. ...