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People walk in front of the New York Stock Exchange on December 29, 2023.Spencer Pratt | Getty Imagesof Dow Jones Industrial Average has surpassed another important milestone. This is the latest in a nearly 130-year rally involving an ever-changing set of stocks.Friday’s close average exceeded the 50,000 mark for the first time in history. But today’s index is very different than it was a century ago, or even just a few decades ago.Stock chart iconStock chart iconDow, all-time highThis average was created by Charles Dow in 1896 for just 12 industrial stocks. In combination with Dow Jones Traffic Averagethe two…
This week, AI chipmaker Cerebra Systems announced it had raised $1 billion in new funding at a valuation of $23 billion. That’s nearly tripled from the $8.1 billion valuation that Nvidia’s rival reached just six months ago. The round was led by Tiger Global, but the bulk of the new funding came from Benchmark Capital, one of the company’s early backers. Prominent Silicon Valley firms invested at least $225 million in Cerebras’ latest round, according to people familiar with the deal. Benchmark first bet on 10-year-old Cerebras in 2016 when it led the company’s $27 million Series A. Since the…
Are you curious about Winter Spritz? After all, the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics officially opened in northern Italy on February 6, with 3,000 of the world’s top athletes in sports such as hockey, figure skating and cross-country skiing skating into the ceremony. During a welcome event themed on Armoniaor harmony, NBC Sports” Terry Gordon and veteran Olympic reporter Mary Carrillo Former Olympic snowboarder also participates Shaun White Comment on the ceremony at National parade held at San Siro stadium in Milan. (today’s Savannah Guthrie He was also scheduled to host this year’s opening ceremony, but resigned on February 3 as…
Evidence is mounting that a weakening labor market could dampen the optimistic economic outlook for the U.S. economy this year, while also paving the way for further interest rate cuts. There was a lot of employment-related data released this week, and none of it was positive. Private employment was nearly flat in January, with a net gain of just 22,000 jobs, according to ADP. The number of job openings has fallen to the lowest level since September 2020, dropping by nearly 1 million jobs in just two months. With the U.S. economy still mired in financial crisis, the number of…
Taylor Swift’s Wi$h Li$t cheers on Team USA’s Olympic athletes. The singer surprised Team USA ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics with an unexpected video message wishing them luck before the Olympics officially began in Milan and Cortina. “Hi, I’m Taylor,” the 36-year-old said in a Feb. 6 video shared on NBC Olympics’ social media accounts. “I just wanted to send a message to all the athletes that will be competing in the Olympics. I just wanted to say thank you.” The “Oparit” singer continued, “It’s really inspiring to know your story and see all the sacrifices you’ve made, the…
NFL media chief Hans Schroeder told CNBC Sports on Friday that the NFL will be in talks with non-traditional media companies to potentially sell rights to live games.”We have some people who are partners in a smaller sense, maybe not the complete package, but we’re partners in both ways, and others who still want to be partners with live NFL games elsewhere in the media world,” Schroeder said in an interview with Radio Row ahead of Super Bowl LX in San Francisco. “We will have those discussions,” he added. “We want to understand all of our options and understand what…
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI Inc., during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, USA, on Tuesday, September 23, 2025.Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesOpenAI is on the defensive ahead of Sunday’s Super Bowl. Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman and other senior executives at the artificial intelligence startup took to social media this week to try to address concerns about the company’s partnerships, lawsuits, research activities and information gathering from archrival Anthropic.In a podcast appearance Thursday, Altman said it often feels like a “hurricane of madness” is sweeping through the company, and that sometimes…
2026 Olympics: Officials respond to ski jumper’s claim he had acid injected into his penisThis may be the only time these A-listers count as a B-team. Usher and Stanley Tucci would normally be in the spotlight, but the spotlight is now on the athletes on the U.S. team aiming for gold at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics. Familiar names like Mikaela Shiffrin, Alex Hall, Lindsey Vonn, Chloe Kim, and Alex Ferreira round out the team’s veteran squad, as well as first- and second-time Olympians like Alisa Liu, Ilya Marinin, and Mary Bokok who are eager to prove they have what it…
Samuel Boivin | Null Photo | Getty ImagesArtificial intelligence companies are playing their biggest role yet at the Super Bowl, with all major AI companies buying advertising to showcase their tools to an expected audience of 130 million viewers, both consumer and enterprise. This year’s Super Bowl ads cost a record $8 million on average for a 30-second spot, with some reaching $10 million and even more to produce. Well-funded tech giants and startups alike are seizing the opportunity to join the national conversation.The battle began the week before the big game, when Anthropic’s Claude debuted an ad that undermined…
Following last year’s trend of showcasing AI in multi-million dollar ad spots, the 2026 Super Bowl ad takes it a step further by leveraging AI to both create commercials and promote the latest AI products. Love it or hate it, this technology has become a star in its own right alongside the latest movie trailers and snack brands. Explore the biggest moments from this year’s big gaming ads, featuring everything from robots and AI glasses to a little drama involving tech founders. Svedka Vodka brand Svedka has tapped what it touts as the first national Super Bowl spot to be…