Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to ramp up his company’s spending on artificial intelligence in 2026. Wall Street seems fine with that strategy. … Read more
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., wears a pair of Meta Oakley Vanguard AI glasses during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta reported fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday that topped estimates and issued stronger-than-expected sales guidance. The stock popped as much … Read more
A television station broadcasts the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold rates after a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The S&P 500 reached a milestone level on Wednesday, hitting 7,000 … Read more
A landmark case against social media giants Meta, Alphabet’s YouTube and TikTok is set to begin Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court. It’s the first of several high-profile legal cases kicking off in 2026 that center on allegations that the companies misled the public about the safety of their apps despite knowing that certain design … Read more
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg tries on Orion AR glasses at the Meta Connect annual event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., September 25, 2024. REUTERS/Manuel Orbegozo Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Meta‘s deprioritizing virtual reality in favor of artificial intelligence and Internet-connected smart glasses has chilled the industry, leading to concerns about its … Read more
CNBC’s Jim Cramer alerted investors on Friday that next week will be a consequential one for Wall Street, pointing to a heavy load of quarterly earnings and a Federal Reserve meeting. “Make no mistake, next week matters,” Cramer said. He later added, “The bottom line? Mag Sevens. Momentum pays. Red-hot industrials, and a Fed meeting. … Read more
Megacap earnings results next week could lift a stock market that’s broadened out to include a larger number of winners. Earnings kick into high gear next week, with four of the so-called Magnificent Seven companies set to report: Meta Platforms , Microsoft , and Tesla report Wednesday, while Apple posts Thursday. But the group isn’t … Read more
Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta on Wednesday said it will begin to show advertising on its Threads microblogging service to all users globally starting next week. “With ads on Threads, businesses can authentically join this conversation while finding new ways to connect with the people most interested in … Read more
World Economic Forum security badges Leonie Kidd | CNBC Davos Season I have been going to the World Economic Forum since 2009, when I was a young news assistant on “Squawk Box Europe” and had no idea what I was getting into. Back then, and still now, it is CNBC International’s biggest outside broadcast of … Read more
Alexandr Wang, former CEO of Scale, attends an AI summit in Paris in February 2025. Getty Images The founders of some of the world’s most successful startups have been young: Think Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg, both of whom were just 19 when they launched their ventures. But with the rise of billion-dollar artificial intelligence … Read more