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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify in teen social media addiction suit. 💼
Yahoo Finance· 2026-02-18 20:09
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is taking the stand in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday as part of a landmark civil lawsuit accusing social media companies of building their platforms to get users addicted to them, causing mental health to be at risk. The case, known as JCCP 5255, revolves around a 20-year-old woman known as K.G.M. and her mother Karen, who allege that K.G.M.'s social media use, which began when she was 10, led to "dangerous dependency on the [social media companies' products], anxiety, dep ...
Google's DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis warns of dangers in AI. 👀
Yahoo Finance· 2026-02-18 19:27
I think we're going to enter in the next probably 10 years this new a new golden era for scientific discovery almost a new renaissance using these tools incredible tools um like AlphaFold but I hope that will be the first of many uh that can massively speed up our research and accelerate scientific discovery across almost uh any subject area. I think we're on the cusp of an absolutely incredible transformation um that's going to uh uh uh bring incredible benefits in science and medicine specifically is what ...
The Trump administration doesn't want states regulating prediction markets
Yahoo Finance· 2026-02-18 19:06
To those who seek to challenge our authority in this space, let me be clear. We will see you in court. >> State governments are on notice. Lawsuits trying to regulate prediction markets like Kalshi and Poly Market are overstepping the authority of the federal government. That's the stance of the Trump administration. Several states are suing prediction markets, alleging that they operate unlicensed sports books. But the Trump administration and the companies themselves don't see their offerings as gambling ...
Berkshire Hathaway reveals $350 million New York Times stake
Yahoo Finance· 2026-02-18 15:11
Next up, the New York Times. Those shares were edging higher after Bergkshire Hathaway disclosed a new $350 million investment in the company. This was made during Warren Buffett's last quarter as CEO of Bergkshire.And it comes six years after Buffett sold all sold off all of Berkshire stake in newspapers, calling the industry quote toast. Bergkshire Hathway also trimmed its stake in Apple and revealed a new position in Alphabet. ...
US stocks close slightly higher, Infleqtion CEO discusses quantum computing company's IPO
Yahoo Finance· 2026-02-17 23:40
Hello and welcome to asking for a trend. I'm Josh Flipton and for the next half hour we are breaking down the trends of today that'll move stocks tomorrow. Well, quantum computing is in the spotlight as inflection makes its public debut on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker INFQ.Join me now is the CEO of Inflection, Matt Canella. Matt, it is good to see you. Maybe start here, Matt.Um, why go public now. You know, what why this moment in time, Matt. What was sort of the the puts and takes that fact ...
What's weighing on gold and silver prices? eToro CEO talks retail investor adoption of AI
Yahoo Finance· 2026-02-17 23:20
Hello and welcome to Market Domination Overtime. Let's get to Yahoo Finance's Jared Blickery with all the trading action. Jared, >> thank you Josh.Uh photo finish for the majors here. Dow just ekking out a very, very small win. 32 points or about seven basis points.You can see the very choppy intraday action behind me there. Here's a Nasdaq Composite up a tiny bit more, 14 basis points and a very similar chart. And the S&P 500 uh finishing up onetenth of 1%.And let me just show you a year-to- date real quic ...
The roles copper and AI play for this metal miner, the 3 things the housing market needs right now
Yahoo Finance· 2026-02-17 22:29
Hello and welcome to Market Domination. I'm Josh Lipton live from our New York headquarters. It's just now going to the closing balance.Stocks are turning higher here after initially falling earlier in the day. Very own Jared Blickery is standing by with all the headlines. Jared, >> thank you Josh.Nice to begin the week with a little bit of strength here, especially with all the volatility we saw last week. And we'll get into the VIX in just a second. For now, here's the Dow Jones Industrial Average up not ...
Spotify CEO: It's best developers haven't written a line of code since December, thanks to AI
Yahoo Finance· 2026-02-17 22:06
When I speak to my most senior engineers, the the best developers we had, they actually say that they haven't written a single line of code since December. They actually only generate code and supervise it. An engineer at Spotify on their morning commute from Slack on their cell phone can tell Claude to fix a bug or add a new feature to the iOS app. And once Claude finishes that work, the engineer then gets a new version of the app pushed to them on Slack on their phone so that he can then merge it to produ ...
Could software sell-off be big buying opportunity in 2026? Dutch Bros CEO talks expansion plans
Yahoo Finance· 2026-02-17 17:30
[music] Welcome to Market Catalysts. I'm Julie Hyman. [music] We are 30 minutes into the US trading day.So, let's get to the three market catalyst we're watching this hour. First up, the AI scare trade weighs on investor sentiment still or again. We're going to have full market coverage [music] ahead as the software selloff simmers on Wall Street.Plus, we'll get a preview of Walmart's earnings results after the retailer's [music] trillion dollar milestone. And we'll talk with the CEO, Dutch Bros, as the sto ...
The catalyst to push bitcoin out of its slump, Walmart vs. Amazon and who's the better value stock
Yahoo Finance· 2026-02-17 17:00
Good Tuesday morning and welcome to opening bid live from Yahoo Finance's New York City headquarters. I'm Yao Fines executive editor Brian Sazi. It's always a little tricky the day after holiday for investors.You don't know if the same narrative that drove stocks preh holiday will hold into the new week. For example, last week everyone still hated software stocks. But will this week uh bring out the bottom fissurers in these obliterated names.Who knows. But the continued weakness in shares of AI King Nvidia ...