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Deal-hunters fuel $12 billion Cyber Monday shopping spree
  + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz Acquire Licensing RightsNov 27 (Reuters) - After a busy holiday shopping weekend, discount seekers are expected to spend between a record $12 billion and $12.4 billion on beauty products, electronics, toys and apparel on Cyber Monday, according to Adobe Analytics. Heavy online traffic and transactions could add up to a boost in sales by U.S. shoppers of 5.4% or more, according to Adobe. Shoppers spent $10.3 billion in the weekend leading up to Cyber Monday, up 7.7% from last year as retailers offered more discounts compared to last year. More merchandise was being discounted in the weekend leading up to Cyber Monday, according to a report from LSEG. Walmart (WMT.N) , eager to capture market share, slashed prices on Sunday night, joining the trend of retailers' early discounts on major shopping days.
Persons: Eduardo Munoz, Vivek Pandya, Pandya, TJ Maxx, Jharonne Martis, LSEG, Rob Garf, Garf, Vanessa O'Connell, Deborah Sophia, Arriana, David Gregorio, Nick Zieminski Organizations: Workers, REUTERS, Adobe Analytics, U.S, Adobe, Shoppers, Adobe Digital, Walmart, Reuters, Costco, Commerce, Insider Intelligence, Thomson Locations: Robbinsville Township, New Jersey, U.S, Salesforce, Ross
Price-sensitive US shoppers nab early 'Cyber Monday' deals
  + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
[1/3] Workers select and pack items during Cyber Monday at the Amazon fulfilment center in Robbinsville Township in New Jersey, U.S., November 28, 2022. Heavy online traffic and transactions could add up to a record $12 billion outlay by U.S. shoppers on Cyber Monday, according to Adobe Analytics. "You have consumers out there who are very price-sensitive and conscientious, and who want to make sure they get the very best possible deal." Walmart (WMT.N) , eager to capture market share, slashed prices on Sunday night, joining the trend of retailers' early discounts on major shopping days. Last-minute shoppers on Monday could spend $4 billion between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.
Persons: Eduardo Munoz, Vivek Pandya, Pandya, Rob Garf, Garf, Vanessa O'Connell, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Workers, REUTERS, Adobe Analytics, Adobe Digital, Walmart, Adobe, Commerce, Thomson Locations: Robbinsville Township, New Jersey, U.S, Salesforce
Black Friday's spending spike reflects a consumer who is more willing to spend than in 2022, when gas and food prices were painfully high. Pandya noted that impulse purchases may have played a role in the Black Friday growth since $5.3 billion of the online sales came from mobile shopping. A Mastercard analysis of this year's Black Friday sales found that in-store sales rose just over 1% versus online sales, which grew by over 8% compared to last year. Black Friday kept the momentum going from the day before on Thanksgiving when online sales totaled $5.6 billion, according to a prior Adobe analysis. The report forecasts that online shoppers will spend roughly $10 billion over the course of Saturday and Sunday, and a record $12 billion on Cyber Monday.
Persons: they're, Vivek Pandya, Pandya Organizations: Woodbury, Adobe Analytics, Adobe Digital, Adobe, Mastercard, Target Locations: Lacoste, Central Valley , New York, U.S
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Persons: Zach Wilson, Charissa Thompson, Tony Gonzalez, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Richard Sherman, ExpressVPN, AWST Organizations: Dolphins, Jets, Black, Buffalo Bills, Miami, AFC East, Amazon, . Jets, Fox, Amazon Prime, Insiders, Prime, Friday, Apple, Watch Dolphins, Football, Seahawks, Cowboys, Patriots, Steelers, Chargers, Raiders, Rams, Browns Locations: Tua, New York, Miami
One part of artificial intelligence will have an increasing role to play, according to Morgan Stanley. The theme, which it called "Edge AI," involves running AI algorithms directly on a user's device, be it a smartphone, laptop or wearable, among other things. Edge AI can help save costs, reduce latency (or lag time), among other benefits, Morgan Stanley said. MediaTek Morgan Stanley said MediaTek , the largest chip design house in Asia, is gearing up for Edge AI. Xiaomi Morgan Stanley said Xiaomi is a key beneficiary, given its first-mover advantage in Edge AI.
Persons: Morgan Stanley, Apple Morgan Stanley, Apple, DELL, Dell, MediaTek Morgan Stanley, MediaTek, Qualcomm Morgan Stanley, STMicroelectronics, Xiaomi Morgan Stanley, Xiaomi, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Edge, Apple, Dell, PCS, Qualcomm, Hong Locations: Asia, Taiwan, Hong Kong
REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Meta's (META.O) head of augmented reality software is stepping down from his role, a company spokesperson told Reuters on Friday, raising questions about the company's progress in developing a custom operating system for its planned AR glasses. A Meta spokesperson confirmed Box would be leaving the company at the end of this week and said he was doing so for personal reasons. It aims to ship its first AR glasses to consumers in 2027. The Meta spokesperson declined to address the roadmap or whether the OS that Box's team was building would be in the first generation AR glasses. Box is known for having led the creation of the Xbox One operating system and later heading Microsoft's core operating system group, which works across all Windows products.
Persons: Eric Gaillard, Don Box, Mark Zuckerberg, Andrew Bosworth, Meta, Katie Paul, Kenneth Li, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Cannes Lions International, Creativity, REUTERS, Meta, Reuters, Labs, Microsoft, Xbox, Thomson Locations: Cannes, France
Building a private 5G network for your business could be beneficial if you need fast data transfers. But 5G is more expensive than 4G or WiFi, so it may not be worth it for every business. McKinsey has estimated that mobile operators will spend more than $650 billion from 2022 to 2025 to make 5G networks the norm. If you're considering adding 5G to your business, here's what you need to know. "At present, there are very few 5G business networks deployed, and many are still in a trial phase.
Persons: , Keith Brownsword, Brownsword, William Webb, Webb, who's, Fabio Giust, Giust, it's, Samantha Kight Organizations: Service, Mobile, McKinsey, 4G, Institute of Electrical, Electronics Engineers, Access, 5G's
A custom-built rack for the Maia 100 AI Accelerator and its "sidekick" inside a thermal chamber at a Microsoft lab in Redmond, Washington. The first, its Maia 100 artificial intelligence chip, could compete with Nvidia's highly sought-after AI graphics processing units. In addition to designing the Maia chip, Microsoft has devised custom liquid-cooled hardware called Sidekicks that fit in racks right next to racks containing Maia servers. Moving from GPUs to AWS Trainium AI chips can be more complicated than migrating from Intel Xeons to Gravitons, though. WATCH: Nvidia notches tenth straight day of gains, driven by new AI chip announcement
Persons: Maia, Nvidia's, Rani Borkar, Borkar, OpenAI, OpenAI's, We've, they've, Colette Kress, Steve Tuck, Tuck, Graviton, Dave Brown, Brown Organizations: Microsoft, Intel, Google, CNBC, Amazon, Services, Nvidia, AMD, Computer, Companies, SQL, AWS Locations: Redmond , Washington, Seattle, New York, Gravitons
A sign is pictured outside a Google office near the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., May 8, 2019. Among the opportunities is the company's plan to liven its timer-setting, command-fulfilling Google Assistant with Bard's human-directed suggestions. Connecting these products, first via mobile devices in the coming months, will introduce AI to more people, said Krawczyk. Google Search traffic fell 0.4%, the analysts' note said. The surge reminded Krawczyk of what Google Search faced upon news of pop star Michael Jackson's death in 2009, he said.
Persons: Paresh Dave, Bard, Jack Krawczyk, OpenAI, ChatGPT, Krawczyk, Michael Jackson's, Jeffrey Dastin, Daniel Wallis Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters NEXT, Google, YouTube, Bank of America, Gmail, Thomson Locations: Mountain View , California, U.S, New York, ChatGPT
A sign is pictured outside a Google office near the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., May 8, 2019. Among the opportunities is the company's plan to liven its timer-setting, command-fulfilling Google Assistant with Bard's human-directed suggestions. Connecting these products, first via mobile devices in the coming months, will introduce AI to more people, said Krawczyk. Google Search traffic fell 0.4%, the analysts' note said. The surge reminded Krawczyk of what Google Search faced upon news of pop star Michael Jackson's death in 2009, he said.
Persons: Paresh Dave, Bard, Jack Krawczyk, OpenAI, ChatGPT, Krawczyk, Michael Jackson's, Jeffrey Dastin, Daniel Wallis Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters NEXT, Google, YouTube, Bank of America, Gmail, Thomson Locations: Mountain View , California, U.S, New York, ChatGPT
Google’s App Store Power Goes on Trial
  + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Miles Kruppa | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Fortnite-maker Epic Games claims that Google used its dominant position to squeeze excess profits from app developers. Photo: Epic GamesGoogle’s power in the digital economy will face another major legal test starting Monday in a case targeting its role as a gatekeeper on billions of mobile devices. A group of San Francisco jurors will begin hearing arguments from Fortnite-maker Epic Games that Google used its dominant position to squeeze excess profits from app developers. The case forms the second part of Epic’s attack on the two largest mobile software providers after the game developer went up against Apple in a 2021 courtroom battle.
Organizations: Epic Games, Google, Epic, Apple Locations: San Francisco
Now his phone keeps up with him — the Z Fold5 has enough battery to last a full day, including video calls. Louis Angel Scott, the cofounder and COO of Cutbox, a UK-based barber chain that offers convenient and affordable cuts, understands this clearly. Angel Scott and his cofounder initially founded Cutbox out of frustration with long wait times associated with the barbering industry. Samsung created products like the Galaxy Z Fold5 for technology-leaning entrepreneurs like Angel Scott. "The back-end experience is so seamless to access on the Z Fold5 due to the bigger screen," Angel Scott said.
Persons: Andy Davis, Davis, Samsung's Knox, Knox, I've, Louis Angel Scott, Angel Scott, Cutbox, Pen Organizations: Black, Samsung, Buds2, Insider Studios, Samsung Labs Locations: barbershops
The rise in new mobile devices has allowed us to access aspects of our personal healthcare in increasingly simple and flexible ways. AdvertisementAdvertisementOne such business is Qured, a startup that was founded in 2017 in London that offers users access to at-home health screening. That experience really drove my determination to work with innovative tech startups," said Lyz Swanton, Qured's COO. "We are seeing more patients relying on their smartphones to access healthcare," Swanton said. "I am very excited for the future of healthtech and the possibilities of mobile innovation to transform lives," Swanton said.
Persons: , Lyz Swanton, Qured, Swanton, Samsung Knox, Thomas Christensen, Christensen, campervans Organizations: CDC, Premier League football, Devices, Samsung, Insider Studios Swanton, Samsung Galaxy Locations: London
Hong Kong CNN —Canada has banned Chinese super-app WeChat on official government devices citing cybersecurity risks, following similar action taken against short-form video app TikTok earlier this year. CNN has reached out to Tencent, the owner of Wechat, and Kaspersky Lab for comment. In February, the Canadian government banned TikTok, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, from government-issued mobile devices in light of cybersecurity concerns. Relative to TikTok, Wechat has been a less prominent target of global governments over the past year in part because it is much more popular among Chinese speakers. In August 2020, then-US President Donald Trump tried to ban Wechat along with TikTok by issuing executive orders.
Persons: Yintao Yu, Wechat, Donald Trump, Joe Biden Organizations: Hong Kong CNN —, Kaspersky, Treasury Board of Canada, CNN, Facebook, Twitter, PayPal, Chinese Communist Party, Trump Locations: Hong Kong, Hong Kong CNN — Canada, Russian, China, Beijing, California
People in China just aren't that enamored with Apple's iPhone 15. Apple faces stiff local competition from Chinese rival Huawei, which launched its Mate 60 Pro smartphone weeks before the iPhone 15.launched its Mate 60 Pro smartphone weeks before the iPhone 15. As of press time, posts discussing the iPhone 15 have drawn over 100 million views on Weibo, China's version of X. If it were you, would you upgrade to the iPhone 15 just to get USB C charging?" Apple launched the iPhone 15 at its "Wonderlust" event in September.
Persons: Organizations: Apple, Huawei, Weibo, Service, Bloomberg, Xiaomi Locations: China, Weibo, Hong Kong
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
REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsOTTAWA, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Canada on Monday banned Chinese messaging application WeChat and Russian antivirus program Kaspersky on government-issued mobile devices due to privacy and security risks, but said government information had not been compromised. WeChat and Kaspersky did not immediately respond to requests for comment. "The decision to remove and block the WeChat and the Kaspersky applications was made to ensure that government of Canada networks and data remain secure and protected and are in line with the approach of our international partners," the statement said. The applications will be removed from government-issued mobile devices on Monday, and users will be blocked from downloading them in the future. Canada in February banned TikTok, the short-video app owned by Chinese company Bytedance, from government-issued devices due to similar privacy and security concerns.
Persons: Dado Ruvic, Kaspersky, TikTok, Ismail Shakil, Yuvraj Malik, Grant McCool Organizations: REUTERS, Rights OTTAWA, HK, Treasury Board of Canada, Treasury, Thomson Locations: Canada, Moscow, Ottawa, Bengaluru
Google leaders fear the search engine could become irrelevant to youth, a company exec testified. Senior VP Prabhakar Raghavan said Google is beset by rivals and youth call it "Grandpa Google." The company is defending itself in a landmark antitrust case brought by the US government. And it cited evidence that consumers switch their search engine to Google the majority of the time in cases where another search engine is offered as the default choice. One option would be to prohibit Google from paying companies to make Google a default search engine.
Persons: Prabhakar Raghavan, Google, , Google's, Raghavan, Grandpa Google, Bing, Trump, Judge Amit Mehta Organizations: Google, Service, Fortune, Yahoo, The, Apple, Microsoft, Justice Department Locations: U.S, Alexandria , Virginia
Prabhakar Raghavan, Google's senior vice president for knowledge and information products, testified for the tech giant as it defends itself in the biggest antitrust trial in the last 25 years. The government has accused the company of illegally thwarting competitors from making inroads against its ubiquitous search engine. Google says its search engine is dominant because it has a better product than its competitors. And it cited evidence that consumers switch their search engine to Google the majority of the time in cases where another search engine is offered as the default choice. One option would be to prohibit Google from paying companies to make Google a default search engine.
Persons: Prabhakar Raghavan, Google's, Raghavan, Google, Grandpa Google, ” Raghavan, , Bing, Trump, Judge Amit Mehta Organizations: WASHINGTON, Google, Fortune, Yahoo, The, Apple, Microsoft, Justice Department Locations: U.S, Alexandria , Virginia
People visit the LG display at the international consumer technology fair IFA in Berlin, Germany September 2, 2022. Mobile display panel orders are concentrated in the second half of the year, when panels for Apple's latest mobile products are produced before the holiday season. Shares in LG Display rose as much as 8% after the earnings result, versus a 0.7% drop in the wider market (.KS11). "LG Display made it clear it will turn to profit. LG Display posted an operating loss of 662 billion won ($491.11 million) for the July-September quarter versus a loss of 759 billion won a year earlier.
Persons: Lisi Niesner, Sung, Kim, Jeff Kim, midsized, Max, 1,347.9600, Joyce Lee, Heekyong Yang, Clarence Fernandez, Jamie Freed, Lincoln Organizations: LG, IFA, REUTERS, Wednesday, Apple, KB Securities, Analysts, Thomson Locations: Berlin, Germany, SEOUL, Korean
That's where the bipartisan $52.7 billion CHIPS Act comes in, with a goal of having the U.S. compete once again with countries like South Korea and Taiwan in semiconductors. "The CHIPS Act was a bipartisan recognition that is not an acceptable status quo." There is also funding from the CHIPS Act earmarked for worker development. However, as now more than a year has passed since President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS Act into law, many in the U.S. semiconductor industry are waiting for that money to flow into it. "This is a global industry and will remain a global industry and that's a good thing, but we want the United States to be a core part of their business models."
Persons: Michael Schmidt, Schmidt, Joe Biden, we've, CNBC's Morgan Brennan, isn't Organizations: CNBC, Treasury Department, Nvidia, Qualcomm, AMD Locations: U.S, South Korea, Taiwan, United States
She also discussed how the company is rethinking the future of Google Assistant. AdvertisementAdvertisementThere's a lot of pressure on Google right now. A key person in the middle of all this is Sissie Hsiao, Google's VP and general manager of Bard and Google Assistant. If it disappoints, it will embolden critics who say Google has fallen behind. Google Assistant was the answer, and in 2021 Google reshuffled its search team to put Hsiao in charge of its voice assistant.
Persons: Bard, , OpenAI's, Sundar Pichai, Demis Hassabis, Sissie Hsiao, Google's, She's, Hsiao, Gemini, I've, OpenAI, Josh Edelson, Getty Hsiao, It's, it's Organizations: Google, Service, Gemini, Microsoft Locations: Bard
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Persons: Russell Wilson, Taylor, Travis Kelce, Charissa Thompson, Tony Gonzalez, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Richard Sherman, ExpressVPN Organizations: Broncos, Chiefs, Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Vikings, Amazon, Fox, Amazon Prime, Insiders, Prime, Apple, Watch Broncos, Thursday, Jaguars, Saints, Buccaneers, Bills, Titans, Steelers, Panthers, Bears, Bengals, Ravens, Football, Dolphins, Jets, Seahawks, Cowboys, Patriots, Chargers, Raiders, Rams, Browns Locations: San Francisco Bay, Denver
Semiconductors are looking undervalued, thanks to the selloff in some parts of the sector, according to Morningstar. That's even more undervalued than the wider tech sector, which it believes is 5% undervalued. Morningstar noted such stocks have sold off a little in September, especially in analog and mixed signal names — two types of chips in the semiconductor industry — and even in artificial intelligence chipmakers. Outside the AI sector, the firm also likes autos, expecting more chips to be used in cars, especially electric vehicles, in the years to come. That will enable the company to achieve high single-digit long term revenue growth, Morningstar said.
Persons: Morningstar, Brian Colello, Jack Keegan, it's Organizations: Nvidia, Infineon Technologies, NXP Semiconductors, Qualcomm, Morningstar, Skyworks Locations: Taiwan
Visitors can now pinch and zoom their way around the ancient Greek site, with a digital overlay showing how it once looked. Other, less widely known features also appear: Many of the sculptures on the Acropolis were painted in striking colors. Tech giant like Meta and Apple are pushing into VR headsets that can cost thousands of dollars. “Accessibility is extending to the digital space,” Mendoni said at a preview launch event for the Chronos app in May. “Real visitors and virtual visitors anywhere around the world can share historical knowledge.”Developed by Greek telecoms provider Cosmote, the free app's designers say they hope to build on existing features that include an artificial intelligence-powered virtual guide, Clio.
Persons: Athena, , , Maria Engberg, Lina Mendoni, ” Mendoni, Panayiotis Gabrielides, Petros Giannakouris Organizations: , British Museum, Greece’s Culture Ministry, Bank of Greece, Revenue, Titans, Tech, Apple, VR, Malmo University, Culture Ministry, Microsoft, Olympic, Cosmote, Acropolis Museum Locations: ATHENS, Greece, London, Tourism, Rhodes, Sweden, Athens, China, Olympia
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