Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers the keynote address during the 2019 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) on June 03, 2019 in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Apple has purchased autonomous vehicle startup Drive.ai, the company confirmed to CNBC. The deal confirms Apple’s continued interest in self-driving car software, and it will bolster
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A person uses a Juul Labs electronic cigarette device in San Francisco, on Monday, June 24, 2019. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images San Francisco on Tuesday became the first city in the country to ban e-cigarettes after city officials approved an ordinance that prohibits selling nicotine pods or devices that haven’t been
Multinational companies are starting to question whether it’s time to shift production out of China due to the ongoing trade war between Washington and Beijing. Many firms are already making the move to other countries, with Vietnam as one of the major beneficiaries of tensions between the world’s two largest economies. President Donald Trump is set to meet with
U.S. stock index futures were slightly lower Tuesday morning, amid expectations of more dovish talk from the Federal Reserve. At around 02:30 a.m. ET, Dow futures slipped 43 points, indicating a negative open of more than 16 points. Futures on the S&P and Nasdaq were both seen slightly lower. Market focus is largely attuned to
Bill Gates Adam Galica | CNBC If Bill Gates were to drop out of Harvard University and start a new company today, it would be one that focuses on artificial intelligence, he said in an interview on Monday. The perspective shows that the Microsoft co-founder hasn’t lost interest in the technology industry where his company
Todd Wawrychuk | Disney Parks The planet of Batuu is now open to all Disneyland theme park guests, but that doesn’t mean visiting it is going to be easy. The month-long reservation period, which restricted crowd sizes and how long guests could wander around the new land, has come to an end. Starting Monday, anyone
An American Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 arriving from Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport is seen taxiing to its gate at the Miami International Airport on March 12, 2019 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images American Airlines is prepared to further delay returning the Boeing 737 Max to its schedule as regulators review
Stands at the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing on May 30, 2019 Visual China Group | Getty Images The U.S. is considering a requirement that next-generation 5G cellular technology for domestic use be made outside of China, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing sources. The shift could force
Tourists rest at Bavaro beach, in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, on January 16, 2012. Erika Santelices | AFP | Getty Images Over 2 million Americans travel to the Dominican Republic every year, but following a number of mysterious deaths on the island, tourists are rethinking whether they want to travel there. So far nine Americans
A scene from Netflix’s miniseries “Chernobyl”. Source: Netflix We may be living in troubled times, but if you think that means that television shows with distressing subject matter would have trouble finding an audience, think again. Programming that traffics in gloom and doom, such as HBO’s “Chernobyl,” is resonating with large numbers of people, many
Image Source | Getty Images Dietary advice seems to change every decade. Fat is bad, then suddenly it’s good again. Nowadays, for many people, carbs are the enemy. But it turns out that healthy dietary guidelines can’t be boiled down into simple rules. A new crop of studies, which leverage the latest health testing and
Jim Cramer Scott Mlyn | CNBC Dell Technologies is a “ridiculously cheap” stock, despite investor concerns that an economic slowdown in China will eventually harm its business, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday. Shares of the computer software company rallied in early May to $70 per share. But since mid-May, the stock has come right back
A Toys R Us Inc. retail store in Frederick, Maryland, U.S., on Monday, April 16, 2018. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Defunct children’s retail chain Toys R Us will open new stores later this year, according to Bloomberg. The company liquidated its assets last year after entering bankruptcy in September 2017. The company
Phil Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing at Apple Inc., speaks at an Apple event at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park on September 12, 2018 in Cupertino, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images An executive board led by Apple marketing SVP Phil Schiller meets every week to discuss controversial apps or other
Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte told CNBC he was optimistic about the possibility that the European Commission would not pursue an excessive deficit procedure (EDP) – against his government for the continued high levels of Italian sovereign debt. Italy wrote a letter to the EU’s executive branch earlier this week insisting that Rome would respect
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday in front of a live-studio audience that McKesson is a stock to stay away from here. “They are in such a difficult spot right now,” the “Mad Money” host told a guest. “I’m in the house of pain with CVS. I don’t want you to join me with McKesson and
Young shoppers browse makeup products at an Estee Lauder MAC Cosmetics store. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google-owned YouTube announced on Tuesday that it will begin using augmented reality to allow viewers to try on makeup as they’re watching videos. With AR Beauty Try-On, a viewer can see how a shade of lipstick
All of us are looking to make a good impression when it comes to advancing our careers, and thanks to the digital age, there are all sorts of techniques to embrace if you’re looking to stand out from the crowd. Yet, one of the fundamental attributes you should have at your disposal is knowing how
Jeff Bezos announces Blue Moon, a lunar landing vehicle for the Moon, during a Blue Origin event in Washington, DC, May 9, 2019. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos gave more insight into his space company’s lunar plans on Wednesday, explaining how its spacecraft will eventually be
Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley. John Sleezer | Kansas City Star | TNS | Getty Images Tech trade organizations on Wednesday lashed back at a newly proposed bill by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., that would fundamentally alter the business models of tech companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google’s YouTube. The new bill, titled the Ending