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☆ Cybersecurity professionals share best practices for securing 5G networks
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Rosalie Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Professionals at the RSA Conference shared insights on securing 5G devices and networks. Business Insider spoke with several cybersecurity professionals at the annual RSA Conference, which took place from May 6 to 9 in San Francisco. Private 5G networks will change the way in which everything connects." Here are cybersecurity professionals' best practices for securing 5G devices and networks. That's because as more devices get connected to 5G networks, the bigger the attack surface becomes.

Persons: —, Nathan Howe, it's, Andrea Carcano, Boaz Gelbord, Donna Johnson, you've, Christine Gadsby, It's, Darren Guccione, Guccione, Jimmy Mesta, Carcano Organizations: RSA, Service, Business, RSA Conference, Nozomi Networks, BlackBerry, RAD Security Locations: San Francisco, cybersecurity

☆ GameStop, AMC extend gains but broader meme stock rally shows signs of fizzling
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Vicky Mckeever | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

GameStop and AMC logged further gains in premarket trading as the broader meme stock frenzy fizzled early on its third day, with Blackberry shares flat and Koss edging lower. Brick-and-mortar video game retailer GameStop was up 10.16% at 6:40 a.m. The meme stock craze resurged on Monday, seemingly reignited by a rare social media update from "Roaring Kitty." The return of the meme stock phenomenon brought GameStop and AMC shares up over 70% on Monday, with the stock extending gains into Tuesday. Speaking on CNBC's "Street Signs Europe" on Tuesday, Smead Capital Management CEO Cole Smead described the meme stock craze as "frankly stupid."

Persons: Keith Gill, Gill, Cole Smead, —, Yun Li Organizations: GameStop, AMC, BlackBerry, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, Smead Capital

☆ GameStop, AMC attracting a fraction of retail trader interest seen during 2021's meme mania
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

GameStop and AMC are seeing big buying from mom-and-pop investors, but the purchases pale in comparison to the meme stock explosion seen three years ago. The video game seller and movie theater chain saw more than $15.8 million and $37.5 million, respectively, in net retail trader inflows on Monday, data from Vanda Research shows. But that is dwarfed by peak daily inflows of about $87.5 million for GameStop and $170 million for AMC seen in late January 2021. AMC and GameStop, along with other names associated with 2021's blitz including BlackBerry and Koss , were well off session highs in Tuesday afternoon trading. Still, GameStop and AMC on Tuesday were up more than 55% and 40%, respectively, as of 2:15 p.m.

Persons: Keith Gill Organizations: GameStop, AMC, Vanda Research

☆ Meme stocks extend short-squeeze rally to massive 100%+ gains with GameStop and AMC leading the way
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

GameStop and AMC Entertainment extended their gains on Tuesday to more than 100%. AMC Entertainment took advantage of the massive rally by selling shares to raise capital. AdvertisementWhat began with a Sunday evening tweet from Keith Gill, AKA Roaring Kitty, has materialized into a massive short-squeeze rally that has taken shares of GameStop and AMC Entertainment up 74% and 78% on Monday alone. Before the opening bell, shares of GameStop and AMC soared as much as 158% and 132%, respectively. The rallies have pushed a massive short-squeeze in the stocks, not unlike the 2021 rally that caught Wall Street short sellers off guard and sank a prominent hedge fund.

Persons: Keith Gill, —, Wall, DataTrek, Nicholas Colas, Colas Organizations: GameStop, AMC Entertainment, Service, AMC

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: AMC, GameStop, Sony, Planet Fitness and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Meme stocks — Meme stocks roared for a second day with GameStop surging more than 65% and AMC popping over 70%. AMC's Tuesday rally came even after the movie theater said it completed a $250 million stock sale during Monday's wild trading. Sony — U.S.-listed shares jumped 5.3% after quarterly revenue came in at 3.5 trillion yen, topping the consensus expectation of 2.89 trillion yen from analysts polled by LSEG. On Holding — The shoe maker jumped 16% after first-quarter earnings came in well ahead of analysts' expectations. Boston Beer Company — Shares added 1% after the beer brewer was upgraded by Jefferies to buy from hold.

Persons: United, Newell Brands, Roth, —, Yun Li, Michelle Fox, Samantha Subin, Hakyung Kim, Brian Evans Organizations: GameStop, AMC, Sony —, LSEG, Vodafone — U.S, United Airlines —, Barclays, Boston Beer, Jefferies, JPMorgan Locations: Europe

☆ GameStop is surging for a second day — but one market guru calls the Reddit-fueled rally a 'speculation orgy'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

GameStop shares soared once again ahead of Tuesday's opening bell. Other meme stocks like AMC and BlackBerry have also racked up big gains this week. Market gurus like Jim Chanos and Larry McDonald aren't convinced by the Reddit-fueled rally, though. AdvertisementGameStop and other big-name "meme stocks" kept rising ahead of Tuesday's opening bell — but some of the best-known voices in the market are highly skeptical about the rally. AMC, BlackBerry, and several other meme stocks — notable for their popularity on retail investing forums such as Reddit's r/WallStreetBets — also racked up major gains in early-morning trading.

Persons: Jim Chanos, Larry McDonald aren't, —, Keith Gill's, Gill, Kitty, Keith Gill, Roaring, Lol, Ferris, Larry McDonald, Jerome, Powell's Organizations: GameStop, AMC, BlackBerry, Service, Pirates

☆ Reddit shares close near record after two-day rally driven by meme stocks
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Traders work as Reddit's logo is displayed, at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., March 21, 2024. Reddit shares popped 7% on Tuesday, climbing for a second straight day after retail traders kicked off a buying frenzy of so-called meme stocks. The stock closed at $62.34, Reddit's second-highest close since its IPO in March. The rally began Monday when "Roaring Kitty," aka Keith Gill, the man who inspired meme stock mania in 2021, resurfaced online, sending shares of GameStop and AMC soaring. Other stocks that have been bunched in with the meme group rose, including BlackBerry , Koss and SunPower .

Persons: Reddit's, Keith Gill, Gill, Reddit Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, GameStop, AMC, BlackBerry Locations: New York City, U.S

☆ New FTC transcript reveals juicy details on how Jeff Bezos and other top Amazon execs used disappearing messages
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

In the past, he set Signal messages to automatically delete after one week. "I never would have used Signal under any circumstances with disappearing messages on or off to discuss any complicated business issues. Associated PressJEDI ContractThe FTC lawyer also showed Bezos a log of Signal messages that were used with the disappearing message feature activated. He said he "did not" know Signal messages were covered by those legal guidelines. The company was "unable to determine" why that's the case, but said it's possible Signal messages were deleted when they got new phones.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Bezos, Mike Hopkins, —, Andy Jassy, Amazon's, Jassy, Donald Trump, there's, I'm, Jeff Blackburn, Hopkins, Blackburn, Blackburn wasn't, Blackburn's, Max Organizations: Federal Trade, Amazon, Business, FTC, Associated Press, Defense Department, Microsoft, Department of Defense, Blackburn, Bezos Locations: Bezos, Blackburn

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Boeing, Norfolk Southern, Nvidia & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

BlackBerry — BlackBerry shares popped more than 9% after the company announced a partnership with Advanced Micro Devices on robotics systems. Neogen Corp — The food safety stock shed 9% after the company reported a surprise loss of 1 cent per share. The company also trimmed its previous guidance, saying it now expects revenue to range between $920 million and $910 million for the full year. Norfolk Southern announced that it reached a $600 million settlement related to its derailment in East Palestine. Nvidia — Shares fell more than 2%, putting the chipmaker on track for its fifth losing session in six.

Persons: Tilray, FactSet, Goldman Sachs, Molson Coors, Molson, — CNBC's Michelle Fox, Sarah Min, Pia Singh, Yun Li Organizations: Moderna, Reuters, Merck, Boeing, New York Times, Google, American Eagle Outfitters, JPMorgan, Eagle Outfitters, Bank of America, EV, Molson, Pfizer, Neogen Corp, Norfolk Southern, Nvidia —, Netflix Locations: East Palestine

☆ Jim Cramer goes Mad for March with a special Final Four version of Lightning Round
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailJim Cramer goes Mad for March with a special Final Four version of Lightning Round'Mad Money' host Jim Cramer weighs in on stock including: Uber, Citi, Tesla, SuperMicro, BlackBerry and more.

Persons: Jim Cramer Organizations: Citi, Tesla

☆ Here are the 3 key things we're most focused on in the stock market this week
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The annual reading is above the 2% target set by the central bank but is a slight deceleration from the 2.9% annual rate in December and January. Looking ahead to next week, it's all about the macroeconomic updates as the first quarter earnings season is mostly over. ET: ISM Manufacturing PMI After the bell: PVH Corp. (PVH), Canoo (GOEV) Tuesday, April 2 10:00 a.m. ET: ISM Services PMI Before the bell: Acuity Brands (AYI) After the bell: BlackBerry (BB), Levi Strauss (LEVI) Thursday, April 4 8:30 a.m. If Jim has talked about a stock on CNBC TV, he waits 72 hours after issuing the trade alert before executing the trade.

Persons: Dow, payrolls, Paychex, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Buster's, Levi Strauss, LEVI, Lamb Weston, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Eric Thayer Organizations: Dow Jones, Nasdaq, Federal, Cal, Maine Foods, Conagra, PVH Corp, PMI, Maine, Brands, Jim Cramer's Charitable, CNBC, Workers, Grand Central Market, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: U.S, Cal, Los Angeles , California

☆ Penélope Cruz says social media is 'a cruel experiment' on children
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Penélope Cruz says her two kids, 10 and 12, don't have phones or social media accounts. Cruz says her two kids, 10 and 12, don't have phones or social media accounts. AdvertisementPenélope Cruz says her two kids don't have phones or social media accounts. If they want a career in the spotlight, it will be on their own terms, Cruz said. "No social media until at least 16 — I really see that as protecting mental health."

Persons: Penélope Cruz, Cruz, Elle, —, Luna, Leo, Javier Bardem — Organizations: Service, CBS Locations: Spanish

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Persons: you've, I've, 12MP, Brendan Griffiths, I'm, Max, Samsung's, that's, Foldables, I'd, Price Organizations: Samsung, 1TB, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Samsung's Locations: Bath

Song’s quietly romantic film, starring Greta Lee and Teo Yoo as childhood friends who reconnect later in life, earned nominations for her direction, script and for both actors. “May December,” about an actress preparing to play a Mary Kay Letourneau-like role got nods for Natalie Portman, Charles Melton and screenwriter Samy Burch. MGM’s “American Fiction,” featuring Jeffrey Wright as a frustrated novelist, got recognition for Wright, Erika Alexander and Sterling K. Brown. Josh Welsh, the president of Film Independent, said the spirit awards look for films and shows that, “demonstrate the uniqueness of vision, original, provocative subject matter, economy of means and diversity, both on screen and off.”The Spirit Awards also recognize television series. Billie Eilish was also nominated for “Swarm.”Saturday Night Live’s Aidy Bryant is hosting the show, which will take place on Feb. 25 in Santa Monica, California.

Persons: Song’s, Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, “, Mary Kay Letourneau, Natalie Portman, Charles Melton, Samy Burch, MGM’s, Jeffrey Wright, Wright, Erika Alexander, Sterling K, Brown . Jefferson, ”, ” Kelly Reichardt’s, Robert Altman, Michelle Williams, André Benjamin, Hong Chau, Judd Hirsch, Amanda Plummer, Alexander Payne's “, Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa, Payne, Giamatti, Andrew Haigh, Ira Sachs, William Oldroyd, Eileen, Haynes, Song, “ Oppenheimer, Maestro ”, Lee, Yoo, Portman, Jessica Chastain, Monica, Judy Reyes, Andrew Scott, Franz Rogowski, Teyana Taylor, Noah Galvin, Anne Hathaway, Glenn Howerton, Marin Ireland, Catalina Saavedra, Ben Whishaw, Brown, Alexander, Marshawn Lynch, Sandra Hüller, Justine Triet’s “, Jonathan Glazer’s, Iceland’s, Wata, Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Josh Welsh, Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, Bella Ramsey, Murray Bartlett, Nick Offerman, Billie Eilish, Live’s Aidy Bryant Organizations: NFL, ”, Film, “, YouTube Locations: Hong, Melton, Randolph, Poland, Denmark, Santa Monica , California

☆ The woman who travels around the US in an Airstream with her husband and a goat
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“We didn’t know how well she was going to do with traveling,” Cate tells CNN Travel. Kid on boardPet goat Frankie spends several months of the year traveling around the US in and Airstream with her owners Cate and Chad Battles. “We’ve been all over the country and we’ll pass someone on a trail and they’ll be like, ‘Is that Frankie?’” Cate recalls. “So it’s really, really funny.”She particularly enjoyed getting the chance to speak with other goat owners to “talk goats,” while appearing on the program. And it ended up working really, really great.

Persons: Frankie, Cate Battles, Chad, who’ve, ” Cate, they’ve, Cate, ”, “ I’ve, she’d, “, they’d, they’d “, Woody Guthrie, Maggie, it’s, they’ll, that’s, “ We’ve, ’ ” Cate, ” Airstream, I’ll, they’re, We’re, haven’t, They’ve Organizations: CNN, CNN Travel, Chad Battles, Argosy, ”, Discovery Locations: United States, Midwest , Montana , Wyoming, Idaho, Antarctica, Tennessee, Asheville , North Carolina, Chad, Southern Oregon, Western North Carolina, Pacific Northwest, Oregon, Utah, California , Nevada , Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, North Carolina , Kentucky , Ohio , Indiana , Illinois , Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming, Canada, Arizona, Southern California, Baja , Mexico, Airstream

☆ Jonathan Braun, the drug smuggler Trump pardoned, once flew to California to beat an associate with a belt, prosecutors alleged
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A drug smuggler pardoned by Trump was accused of "viciously" beating a younger employee with a belt. Braun's "brutal assault left the 'kid's' entire body 'black and blue,'" prosecutors alleged. Trump pardoned Jonathan Braun on his final day in office as part of a slew of last-minute pardons and commutations. But Braun found out the marijuana had been stolen and ordered the man to shell out $100,000 to pay him back, prosecutors alleged. When the man refused, Braun and another associate flew to California, broke into the man's house, and Braun started attacking him with his belt, prosecutors alleged in the court filings.

Persons: Trump, Jonathan Braun's, —, Donald Trump, Jonathan Braun, Braun, Prosecutors, Department's Organizations: Service, Prosecutors, New York Times Locations: Canada, Israel, California

☆ What's the iPhone screen of a former president look like? Obama just shared his most-used apps.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former President Obama gave a quick tour of his phone habits in an interview with The Verge. AdvertisementAdvertisementWhat is former President Barack Obama doing when he picks up his phone with a few minutes to kill? It turns out he's using some popular apps. Obama shared what apps are on his iPhone dock and some on his home screen in new interview with The Verge published Tuesday. In the rest of the interview, Obama talked about AI advancements, regulations for AI, and free speech, among other topics.

Persons: Obama, —, Barack Obama, wasn't, Nilay Patel, it's, Bob Dylan Organizations: Service, Apple, Friends

☆ Outgoing BlackBerry CEO Chen: AI was already a big part of our offering 'before it was fashionable'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailOutgoing BlackBerry CEO Chen: AI was already a big part of our offering 'before it was fashionable'John Chen, Outgoing BlackBerry CEO, joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' to talk his time at the company, what's next for the company and why he is choosing to leave now.

Persons: Chen, John Chen, what's Organizations: BlackBerry

☆ BlackBerry Taps Richard Lynch as Interim CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Ben Glickman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ BlackBerry CEO John Chen to depart - The Globe and Mail
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Blackberry CEO John Chen takes part in an event at the BlackBerry QNX headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 15, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies BlackBerry Ltd FollowOct 30 (Reuters) - BlackBerry's (BB.TO) CEO John Chen has resigned and will exit the company on Friday, the Globe and Mail reported on Monday citing a source familiar with the matter. Chen joined BlackBerry in November 2013 and led the company's turnaround efforts in pivoting it from consumer hardware business to one that focused on enterprise software. Earlier this month, the company said it would separate the IoT and cybersecurity units and target a subsidiary initial public offering for the IoT business next fiscal year. Last year, it pulled the plug on its smartphones business and has since been trying to sell its legacy patents related to its mobile devices.

Persons: John Chen, Chris Wattie, Chen, Yuvraj Malik, Chavi Mehta, Shailesh Kuber, Krishna Chandra Organizations: BlackBerry, REUTERS, Globe and Mail, U.S, Thomson Locations: Ottawa , Ontario, Canada, Canadian, Bengaluru

☆ Blackberry CEO John Chen announces plans to retire
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBlackberry CEO John Chen announces plans to retireBlackberry's CEO announces he is planning to retire effective November 4 of this year.

Persons: John Chen

☆ Is It Time to Give Candy Corn the Respect It Deserves?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Derrick Bryson Taylor | More About Derrick Bryson Taylor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Sitting in her Wiggins, Miss., home one fall afternoon, Wanda King began counting all of the candy corn flavors she has collected over the years. There is sea salt chocolate, caramel, peppermint, cookies, Starburst, Sour Patch Kids, apple pie, pumpkin pie, s’mores and three separate coffee flavors. Some are holiday themed, like eggnog and witch’s teeth, which are off white with green tips. “It is the ultimate survival sugar rush,” she said, noting that she’d recently checked the freshness of a batch from 2017. “Candy corn don’t go bad.

Persons: Wiggins, Wanda King, King, ”, she’d, It’ll Locations: Miss, Mason

A woman holds her smart phone which displays the Google home page, in this picture illustration taken February 24, 2016. Google's James Kolotouros, who negotiated search distribution agreements with Android device makers and carriers, testified the agreements gave Google search exclusivity, and Google monitored compliance with them. Advertisers are not told their LTV, and Google uses "tunings" to adjust the price of ads, he said. Google's vice president and general manager of ads, Jerry Dischler, acknowledged that Google earned more than $100 billion in 2020 from search ads. Apple's (AAPL.O) senior vice president of services Eddie Cue praised Google's search and acknowledged under questioning that the smartphone maker had meetings with Microsoft and DuckDuckGo, which uses Bing searches, but found them inadequate.

Persons: Eric Gaillard, Google's James Kolotouros, Adam Juda, Joshua Lowcock, Jerry Dischler, Satya Nadella, Eddie Cue, Bing, John Schmidtlein, Google's, Diane Bartz, Marguerita Choy Organizations: REUTERS, U.S, Google, Department, GOOGLE, Verizon, Samsung, LTV, UM Worldwide, Microsoft, Apple, Nokia, Bing, Thomson Locations: WASHINGTON

A woman holds her smart phone which displays the Google home page, in this picture illustration taken February 24, 2016. Google's vice president and general manager of ads, Jerry Dischler, acknowledged that Google earned more than $100 billion in 2020 from search ads. GOOGLE'S DEFENSE NO. GOOGLE'S DEFENSE NO. GOOGLE DEFENSE NO.

Persons: Eric Gaillard, Sundar Pichai, Kevin Murphy, Apple, Joshua Lowcock, Jerry Dischler, Eddie Cue, Bing, John Schmidtlein, Google's, Jennifer Fitzpatrick, Diane Bartz, Marguerita Choy Organizations: REUTERS, U.S, Google, Justice Department, Verizon, Samsung, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Microsoft, UM Worldwide, Nokia, Bing, GOOGLE, Core Systems, Thomson Locations: WASHINGTON

☆ Lightning Round: Wait for Shopify to come down before buying more, says Jim Cramer
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailLightning Round: Wait for Shopify to come down before buying more, says Jim Cramer'Mad Money' host Jim Cramer weighs in on stocks including: Topgolf, Sabre, BlackBerry, Under Armour, Shopify, Vertex and Kyndryl.

Persons: Jim Cramer, Armour

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